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Statewide Iowa (Sioux County Radio) — Community Health Partners is offering new scholarships to encourage more people to complete radon-detection certification training.
Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in Iowa among people who do not smoke. Iowa has the highest radon levels in the country — nearly five times the national average — and northwest Iowa has the highest amount in the state. Radon is an odorless, colorless gas, and the only way to know a home’s radon level is through testing.
Teri Bos, director of community health services at Sioux County Community Health Partners, lays out the two ways to test radon levels.
Community Health Partners partnered with 67 rural public-health agencies to provide training scholarships. These scholarships help individuals become radon measurement or mitigation specialists in rural communities. Bos describes what the scholarships are for and who qualifies for them.
More information about the scholarships and how to apply for them can be found by clicking here.
