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IEMA Kicks Off School Screening Program During Radon Action Month

SPRINGFIELD–(ENEWSPF)–January 4, 2011.  A $38,000 grant recently awarded to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) will be used to help 50 Illinois school districts screen school buildings for the radioactive gas radon.  IEMA announced the screening program today as it kicked off a statewide observance of Radon Action Month during January.

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“While thousands of homes in Illinois already have been tested for radon, very few school buildings have been screened,” said IEMA Interim Director Joe…

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