MSDH, state libraries team up to supply radon test kits
The Mississippi State Department of Health and the state's public library system are teaming up this week to distribute radon gas test kits. (Source: WWNY)
By WDAM Staff | January 24, 2021 at 7:04 PM CST - Updated January 24 at 7:50 PM
JACKSON, Miss. (WDAM) - The Mississippi State Department of Health’s radon program is partnering with the Mississippi Public Library System this week to offer free radon home test kits as part of “Radon Action Month.”
Radon is an odorless, colorless gas and is the second leading cause of lung cancer nationwide. More than 20,000 Americans die of radon-related lung cancer each year, and radon causes up to 15 percent of lung cancers worldwide.