Ava Weinreis
A radon mitigation kit will alert people where their homes have high radon.
Minneapolis resident Gregory Wheeler tested his house for radon, and with his children living in the basement closest to the gas, he took action.
Wheeler contacted Hennepin County for further analysis, and then Healthy Homes, a city-run program, covered the cost of installation cost due to his income.
“Being a single father of four with low income, that’s why it made me feel so grateful I was able to get something in the house that was so beneficial,” Wheeler said.
In the U.S., radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer in smokers and the leading cause of lung cancer outside non-smokers, according to the Minnesota Health Department.
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