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Originally Posted by vintageogauge
Another scam that I don't believe in. You can check your basement once a week for a year and get a different reading every time. We sold a house once and the inspector set his testing equipment, came back and said it was "TOO LOW" so he re-set it and came back to find a reading that was borderline. the buyer wanted it mitigated and I refused, they accepted the house the way it was. The next time I sold a house I covered the sump pump and no problem. You spend more hours in the bedroom than in any other room in the house, why don't they test the bedroom? I think you know the answer. None of the government lending agencies require a radon test.
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I tend to agree with you. But, the EPA claims that radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. and the National Cancer Institute claims that about 20,000 people die every year from lung cancer caused by radon gas. The potential problem is more likely as houses become better insulated and more leak proof. If your house has windows and doors that leak air, the house will not fill up with radon gas. Passive mitigation is very inexpensive, especially if it is designed into the house construction. You just install a plastic pipe from the basement sump to the exterior wall. If that doesn't work, then you need to install a fan in the pipe.