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4/2/2013 Putting Radon on the Map Daniel Morris, MS, PhD Environmental Public Health Tracking Program Health risks from radon Leading # of deaths per year 25,000 environmental 20,000 cause of cancer mortality 15,000 10,000

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Putting Radon on the Map

Daniel Morris, MS, PhD Environmental Public Health Tracking Program

Health risks from radon

  • Leading

environmental cause of cancer mortality

  • Second-leading

cause of lung cancer, after smoking

  • 5,000

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# of deaths per year

http://public.health.oregon.gov/HealthyEnvironments/RadiationProtection/RadonGas/Pages/healthrisks.aspx#effects

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Radon Radium Uranium

Radon mitigation system

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http://www.epa.gov/radon/zonemap.html

http://www.epa.gov/radon/states/oregon.html

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Image from http://geology.isu.edu

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Radon mapping project

1/1/2013 1/3/2013 1/5/2013 1/7/2013 1/9/2013 1/11/2013 1/13/2013 1/15/2013 1/17/2013 1/19/2013 1/21/2013 1/23/2013 1/25/2013 1/27/2013 1/29/2013 1/31/2013 2/2/2013 2/4/2013 2/6/2013 2/8/2013 2/10/2013 2/12/2013 2/14/2013 2/16/2013 2/18/2013 2/20/2013 2/22/2013 2/24/2013 2/26/2013 2/28/2013

Web site views Radon kit sales Front page Oregonian article, 1/24/13 Second Oregonian article and live chat, 2/20/13 News coverage of statewide map KGW reports on radon maps, 1/18/13 4,000 Web site views Test kit sales 300

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Conclusions & next steps

  • Great return for a modest investment
  • Can replicate in other states
  • Assemble state data for a national study

Thanks

Oregon Radon Program

  • Bretty Sherry
  • Justin Waltz
  • Dave Dreher
  • Kasey Setzer

Oregon Tracking

  • Tara Chetock
  • Curtis Cude

Jae Douglas

Portland State University

  • Scott Burns
  • Tamara Linde
  • Kassandra Lindsey
  • Hilary Whitney
  • Deborah Theison
  • Selecity Icefire

DOGAMI (oregongeology.org)

  • Clark Niewendorp
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Questions?

Daniel Morris, MS, PhD

Epidemiologist Oregon Tracking Program Daniel.s.morris@state.or.us 971-673-1210

healthoregon.org/epht Data Portal: epht.oregon.gov facebook.com/OregonEPHT