Community Health Partners is offering new scholarships to encourage more people to complete radon detection certification training.
Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer in Iowa among people who don’t smoke. Iowa has the highest rate of radon in the country, almost five times the national average, and northwest Iowa has the highest amount in the state. Radon is an odorless and colorless gas and the only way to know the radon level is through tests.
Teri Bos, Director of Community Health Services at Community Health Partners Sioux County, lays out the two ways to test radon levels.
Community Health Partners partnered with 67 rural public health agencies to provide training scholarships. These scholarships help individuals become radon measurement or mitigation specialists in rural communities. Bos describes what the scholarships are for and who qualifies for them.
You can find more information about the scholarships and apply to them by clicking the link for it here.
