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Publishing date: May 29, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 2 minute read • Chatham-Kent public health inspector Scott Dawson displays one of the radon test kits Chatham-Kent Public Health provided to homeowners during this past winter to measure to see if the cancer-causing gas was in their home. Ellwood Shreve/Postmedia Network Photo by Ellwood Shreve /Ellwood Shreve/The Daily News
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The results from the 100 Radon Test Kit Challenge taken by some Chatham-Kent residents this past winter shows one in six homes tested have radon levels above the Canadian guideline.
Chatham-Kent public health, worked in collaboration with Take Action on Radon, a Health Canada-funded organization, for the first time to test for the radioactive soil gas that can build to dangerous levels in indoor air, making it the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers.
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Catherine McKenna, the infrastructure minister, revealed the dirty little secret of modern politics when she was caught on camera saying that if politicians holler their talking points, then repeat them louder still, “people will totally believe it.
Bill Blair, the public safety minister, tested the theory on Twitter last weekend when he said his government has “prohibited non-essential travel to Canada” for over a year.
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“International travel is responsible for 2% of COVID-19 cases across Canada and, as the province’s own data shows, around 1% in Ontario,” he said.