News 13 Investigates: The invisible danger of radon in schools

by Jennifer Emert

Mon, November 19th 2018, 11:07 PM UTC

While the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, encourages schools to test for radon every few years, in many mountain counties, that hasn't happened. (Photo Credit: WLOS Staff)

Mills River has the nation's largest radon testing lab, Air Check. In a week, you can hang a test, mail it to the lab, where it's opened, analyzed and results are emailed back to you. (Photo Credit: WLOS Staff)

“It's pretty old data at this point, but it did just help to increase the awareness for those schools so they could do some follow up testing and just see where they are with that,” said Catherine Rosfjord, radon training and branch manager for the Radiation Protection Section of the N.C. DHHS (Photo Credit: WLOS Staff)

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While the Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, encourages schools to test for radon every few years, in many mountain counties, that hasn't happened. (Photo Credit: WLOS Staff)

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