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Project Overview: School Radon Training & Support System September 25 , 2018 • Ankeny, IA

Join the Iowa Cancer Summit presentation on the School Radon Training & Support System, a voluntary and effective program aimed at providing a healthy indoor school environment and preventing radon-induced lung cancer. Learn how to test for radon, implement ongoing testing programs, and save costs on testing and mitigation.

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Project Overview: School Radon Training & Support System September 25 , 2018 • Ankeny, IA

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  1. Project Overview: School Radon Training & Support System September 25, 2018 • Ankeny, IA Iowa Cancer Summit Presented by Julie Weisshaar, Energy Association of Iowa Schools

  2. WHY: Surgeon General Health Advisory • “Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the US and breathing it over prolonged periods can present a significant health risk… • It’s important to know that this threat is completely preventable • Radon can be detected with a simple test and fixed through well-established venting techniques.” (2005) • EPA radon action level is 4 pCi/L School Radon Training & Support System

  3. School Radon Training & Support System • Hybrid created specifically for schools in 2015 • Friendly, voluntary, effective • Based upon info from U.S. EPA, IDPH ANSI-AARST, and SRTSS/school input School Radon Training & Support System

  4. SRTSS Objectives • Learn how to test for school radon ourselves • Provide a healthy indoor school environment • Prevent radon-induced lung cancer • Facilitate an ongoing school radon testing program • Save $ testing and, if needed, mitigating • Have fun • Walk out ready to roll School Radon Training & Support System

  5. Iowa Cancer Consortium Grants • Enabled schools to prioritize • 19Iowa school districts voluntarily participated in 2017-18 • Received matching grant $ to begin or sustain school radon testing cycles • Radon mitigation assistance fund to be shared among school districts as needed School Radon Training & Support System

  6. SRTSS Results 2017-18 • 36 buildings tested • 20 buildings had results BELOW 4 pCi/L (56%) • 16 buildings had some results at or ABOVE the EPA’s action level of 4 pCi/L (44%) • 9 buildings determined the need for active mitigation • ICC grant covered all or majority of costs for 5 buildings to be mitigated School Radon Training & Support System

  7. School Radon Training & Support System

  8. Progress + More Work to Do! • So far, thanks to Iowa schools participating inSRTSS, an estimated 41,110students are safer from radon. • Plus the staff and community members who support them • 2015-16: 9,209 students • 2016-17: 15,312 students • 2017-18: 16,589 students • Iowa public schools educate 485,150 students (Source: 2016-17 Certified Enrollment Summary By District, Iowa Department of Education) School Radon Training & Support System

  9. School Radon Training & Support System FY19 Kickoff Workshops September 24, 2018 Southwestern CC, Osceola, IA October 10, 2018 Great Prairie AEA, Burlington, IA October 24, 2018 Grant Wood AEA, Cedar Rapids, IA October 31, 2018 Iowa Central CC, Fort Dodge, IA

  10. We Can Do This Together! Many thanks to the Iowa Cancer Consortium and Iowa Department of Public Health for their support! School Radon Training & Support System

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