What states have a Newborn Radon Program

Jeff Miner

Greetings fellow radon pundits. I am trying to get the Tahoe Newborn Radon program (where every new parent goes home with a free radon test kit) started at our local hospital in South Lake Tahoe, CA. The first (hopefully of many!) in California. Does anyone have records of which states have a Newborn Radon Program? I copied mine initially from Pennsylvania and Utah has also helped, but I would like to know if there is a list of states with a current Newborn Radon Program along with the number of participating hospitals. Google is surprisingly silent on the topic.

Thanks,

Jeff Miner
Radon At Tahoe
RadonAtTahoe.com

Michael Kitto

Jeff - Many years ago I received a couple of SIRG grants to provide (through the hospital) radon info and test kit to new parents that lived in Zone 1 counties. Although I am now not involved in the program, I am glad to say the program is still continued by the radon section of the NY State Health Dept. (as evidenced by the packages that my new grandchildren brought home from the hospital). - Mike Kitto

Cynthia Costello

Jeff...

Mike is correct. NYS does still have an outreach program for newborns. We have 56 participating hospitals.

Cindy Costello
NYS Radon Program

Jeff Miner

↪Michael Kitto

Thanks Mike. Glad to hear you got the evidence along with your new grand kids!
Jeff

Jeff Miner

My unofficial tally so far:

States Using the Newborn Radon Program
as of 8.22.2019
Participating Test Kits
State Hospitals per year
Pennsylvania 100 500
New York 56
Utah 16
Alabama 7

Chrystine Kelley

Hi Jeff- I will be polling all the state radon programs about this today and ask them to let you know if they have a newborn program. Chrys

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