Roughly one in five residential buildings in Canada has high radon levels — a figure that’s more than doubled since the late 2000s — while radon-induced lung cancer kills an estimated 3,200 people each year, federal figures show.

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[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Yep. We bought a test kit off of Amazon that gave us readings of 400+ Bqm on average which prompted me to buy a proper lab testable module. Months later my results came back and the area that was tested showed a bit over 330 +/- 60 Bqm, way past the upper limit of acceptable Radon levels.

I’ve got a guy coming in to install a fan, so we’ll see how that goes.

[–] non_burglar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'm in the same boat.

Does your province have any grants for installs? The grant process in BC is a nightmare.

[–] veeesix@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

We moved into a new build, so the builder is eating that cost as part of the Tarion program in Ontario, but we paid for the lab test. Thankfully our builder included a soil pipe as part of the new construction before the new building code update came into effect.

[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Holy crap! 400 is wild. I'm glad the builder is covering the cost of the fan.