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Agenda Item Number: <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF HEALTH <br />AGENDA ITEM SUMMARY <br /> <br />Meeting Date: November 18, 2015 <br /> <br />Agenda Item Subject: Radon Action Month <br /> <br />Attachment(s): Resolution <br /> <br />Staff or Board Member Reporting: Alan Clapp <br /> <br />Purpose: _X_ Action <br /> _ _ Information only <br /> ___ Information with possible action <br /> <br /> <br />Summary Information: <br /> <br />January is National Radon Action Month. Each year, nationally, more than 22,000 people die <br />from radon-induced lung cancer. Roughly 54 percent of those diagnosed with early-stage lung <br />cancer are expected to live no more than five years after diagnosis. Lung cancer can strike <br />anyone, even a nonsmoker. <br /> <br />The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services Division of Health Service <br />Regulation Radiation Protection Section has asked that the Board of Health recognize January <br />as National Radon Action Month. The proposed resolution is attached. <br /> <br />The Orange County Health Department is partnering with the NC Radon program to provide <br />free short-term radon test kits in recognition of National Radon Action Month. A limited supply <br />of radon test kits are being made available locally January 11 through January 29, 2016 through <br />Environmental Health. Approximately 15,000 kits are being distributed statewide. Only one kit <br />per home is needed to determine if a home has a high level of radon. <br /> <br />Recommended Action: _X_Approve <br /> ___ Approve & forward to Board of Commissioners for action <br />___Approve & forward to ___________________________ <br /> ___ Accept as information <br /> ___Revise & schedule for future action <br />___Other (detail): <br />