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R a d o n i n G e o r g i a G e o r g i a R a d o n E d u c a t i o n P r o g r a m ( G R E P )

N e w s l e t t e r a n d O u t r e a c h R e p o r t

GREP is funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Stephens County Quality of Life Show

In April the Georgia Radon Program participated in the Quality of Life Show hosted by Ste-

phens County’s WNEG radio station. WNEG has hosted this event for the last several years as a

home show, but this year decided to change it a bit. The Quality of Life Show’s aim this year was

to incorporate more vendors and exhibitors covering health and wellness topics.

Stephens County and WNEG have a lovely, involved group of citizens who attended the

event, many of whom we had met previously at the same event. Several individuals said they

had tested their homes for radon and even convinced their family member and neighbors to do

the same based on our presence at the event before. Several new individuals we met were very

interested in testing their homes for radon as well.

It is always nice to reconnect with local citizens at events like these and to hear updates

on how their radon tests went. This year’s Quality of Life Show was a success and we hope to

continue to participate in the future.

Athens-Clarke County Employee Health Fair

The Georgia Radon Program also participated in the annual Athens-Clarke County Em-

ployee Health fair this year. Our program has been invited to this event for several years run-

ning to educate ACC Employees on the importance of testing their homes for radon.

ACC Employees are encouraged and given time from their employers to attend the

event, which makes for a great turn-out every year. Once again, we were able to interact with

many people we had met previously, either at this event or local programs we have been in-

vited to provide. The Georgia Radon Program is always honored to attend this event and looks

forward to continued collaborations in the future.

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Barrow County Radon Outreach

April 2018 saw the first ever Barrow County Employee Health Fair and our program was

able to attend and provide an exhibit through our great connection with the Barrow County Ex-

tension Office. According to lab results we have been able to obtain, Barrow County consistent-

ly tests as one of Georgia’s highest counties in terms of the percentage of test kits that come

back elevated, which is anything 4.0 picocuries per liter or above. Approximately over 36% of

test kits are considered elevated for this area, so it is very important that our program pro-

motes testing and radon awareness here.

Much like the Athens-Clarke County Health Fair, Barrow County employees were encour-

aged to attend this event. We were able to provide radon education to around 60 individuals,

many of whom had not been aware of the need to test.

We were also able to make a connection with the local Rotary Club to provide a pro-

gram over lunch a few weeks later. The Rotary Club of Winder has several very active members

who made for a great audience for our program. Some of the visiting members from other local

clubs were interested in having the same program done for their home clubs as well.

While testing for radon is important no matter where you live, our program was very ex-

cited to bring radon education to an area where high levels of radon occur very frequently.

L to R: Alicia Holloway (Barrow County Extension Agent), Gabrielle Dean (UGA Radon Program Extension Educator),

and Sunita Singh (Rotary Club of Winder President) presenting books donated on behalf of the Rotary Club of Winder

after the Radon Presentation.

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R a d o n O u t r e a c h

Program Contacts & Media Impressions April through June 2018

PROGRAM CONTACTS Total

Programs-Meetings 3

Participants 100

Materials Distributed

Exhibits-Events

Participants

Materials Distributed

OTHER CONTACTS Total

Total Contacts

Medical Professionals

Home Builders

Realtors

Consumer Contacts

KIT USAGE DATA Total

Kits Distributed 207

Results Received 152

> 4.0 pCi/L 37

< 4.0 pCi/L 109

Incomplete 6

% > 4.0 pCi/L 25%

Highest Level 12.9

MITIGATION DATA Total

RRNC2

Mitigations3

Mitigation Referreals 6

MEDIA IMPRESSIONS Total

Radio

Listeners

Television

Viewers

Newspaper6

Circulation

Newsletter

Distribution

Local Web Hits4

GA SIRG Web Hits5 1,208

TOTAL IMPRESSIONS 1Other includes radon education/results of former educators & county FACS/4-H Agents. 2Reported annually by Southface and building professionals 3Mitigation & RRNCs completed by Certified Mitigators are reported annually. 4Began tracking Jan 1, 2010 5Web hits for www.UGAradon.org are shared equally among the radon educators.

6As of 4/20/18 circulation numbers are reported in full

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R a d o n O u t r e a c h

Program Contacts & Media Impressions April 2003 through June 2018

PROGRAM CONTACTS Hall DeKalb Gwinnett Elbert Walton Southface Other1 Totals

Programs / Meetings 344 187 266 193 624 1,084 27 2,725

Participants 10,564 4,335 15,112 3,866 23,080 17,946 2,099 77,002

Materials Distributed 18,792 11,441 15,887 6,595 46,547 9,184 75 108,521

Exhibits or Events1 68 86 175 63 175 67 31 665

Participants 49,387 6,558 146,287 11,978 161,033 13,798 2,996 392,037

Materials Distributed 105,923 8,947 50,145 8,057 26,470 1,296 1,346 202,184

OTHER CONTACTS Hall DeKalb Gwinnett Elbert Walton Southface Other Totals

Total Direct Contacts 9,049 1,385 1,216 475 5,507 12,268 52 29,952

Medical professionals 583 51 242 56 905 0 24 1,861

Home builders 371 29 43 45 378 10,082 0 10,948

Realtors 600 93 85 25 209 836 28 1,876

Consumer Contacts 7,495 1,212 846 349 4,015 1,350 0 15,267

KIT USAGE DATA Hall DeKalb Gwinnett Elbert Walton Southface Other Totals

Kits Distributed 12,579 4,275 7,895 2,893 12,183 5,192 4,600 49,617

Test Results Received 5,587 1,622 2,477 1,354 6,309 1,060 849 19,258

Highest Level 49.9 31.3 54.4 44.0 85.8 77.1 0.0 85.8

MITIGATION DATA Hall DeKalb Gwinnett Elbert Walton Southface Other Totals

Mitigation Referrals 1,970 249 361 91 751 412 0 3,834

Mitigations2,7 7,499

RRNC3 1,480

MEDIA IMPRESSIONS Hall DeKalb Gwinnett Elbert Walton Southface Other Totals

Radio Outreach 66 11 8 4,278 137 1 2 4,503

Listening Audience 4,847,000 3,670,000 10,000 4,020,000 2,693,000 2,000 377,000 15,619,000

TV Outreach 140 75 713 8 279 2 437 1,654

Viewing Audience 25,170,100 12,733,000 73,981,740 15,080 27,894,200 1,328,000 8,385,000 149,507,120

Newspaper Outreach 77 4 19 13 102 0 6 221

Circulation6 2,413,138 3,223,000 1,304,817 154,800 3,545,449 0 69,500 10,710,704

Newsletter Outreach 57 2 14 17 56 9 16 171

Distribution 180,997 249 16,746 9,215 1,832,280 903,048 6,054 2,948,589

Local Web Hits5 18 1,044 20,600 0 12,000 0 0 33,662

State Web Hits6 84,260 51,296 0 135,556

TOTAL IMPRESSIONS 32,628,105 19,644,145 75,350,755 4,215,947 35,993,781 2,284,344 8,837,554 178,953,423

1Other includes radon education/results of former radon educators and county FACS/4-H Agents.

2Reported annually by Southface and building professionals

3Certified GA mitigators reported their mitigations & RRNCs annually through 2012.

4Began tracking Jan. 1, 2010

5UGA Radon Program web hits are shared equally among the 5 radon educators

6As of 4/20/18 circulation numbers are reported in full 7Mitigation data reflect installations during 2017 that were collected during this reporting period

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RADON RESOURCES & CONTACTS

Radon Hotline Numbers

National Hotlines

Kansas State University / EPA 1-800-SOS-RADON (1-800-767-7236) 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday

National Hispanic Indoor Air Quality 1-800-725-8312

The Radon Fix It Line: (National Safety Program) 1-800-644-6999

Get live help for your radon questions 1-800-55RADON (557-2366)*

Radon Fix-It Hotline—General information on reducing radon levels 1-800-644-6999*

Safe Drinking Water Hotline 1-800-426-4791

* Operated by Kansas State University in partnership with EPA

The Georgia Radon Education Program is funded by the U.S. Environmental Pro-

tection Agency in partnership with the University of Georgia College of Family &

Consumer Sciences Cooperative Extension.

UGA Radon Program Team

www.ugaradon.org

Dr. Pamela R. Turner, Director 706-542-9165

prturner@uga.edu

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