If elevated levels of Radon are found in seven out of ten homes in Iowa. Our state leads the nation in the number of homes that will test at 4.0 picocuries per liter (pCi/l) or more on an initial, short-term radon test. The publications listed below were developed to help you understand what Radon is, how it enters buildings, how to test for it, what the test results mean, and how to reduce elevated levels. Click on a title to download the publication.
All of the below information is available at http://www.epa.gov/radon/pubs/index.html 
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Radon Measurement Information
- A Citizen's Guide to Radon
This is a complete guide to taking action to lower the radon level in your home. It offers strategies for testing and discussions of risk of radon and radon myths.
- El Radón Guía para su protección y la de su familia
Este panfleto, la versión en español de la popular "Guía de Radón para Ciudadanos," fué desarrollada por la Coalición Nacional de Organizaciones Hispanas de Servicios (COSSMHO) para la Agencia de los Estados Unidos para Protecctión Ambiental.
- Radon - A Physician's Guide: The Health Threat With A Simple Solution
This booklet on radon has been developed for physicians by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in consultation with the American Medical Association (AMA). Its purpose is to enlist physicians in the national effort to inform the American public about the serious health risk posed by indoor radon gas.
- A Radon Guide for Tenants
This guide, created by the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) with EPA's review, is for people who rent their apartments or houses. The guide explains what radon is, and how to find out if there is a radon problem in your home. The guide also talks about what you can do if there are high radon levels in your home.
- Indoor Radon and Radon Decay Product Measurement Device Protocols
The objective of this document is to provide information, recommendations, and technological guidance for anyone providing measurement services using 15 radon and radon decay product measurement methods. These protocols provide method-specific technological guidance that can be used as the basis for standard operating procedures.
- Protocols for Radon and Radon Decay Product Measurements in Homes
This document presents the US Environmental Protection Agency's technical guidance for measuring radon concentrations in residences. It contains protocols for measuring radon for the purpose of deciding on the need for remedial action, as presented in the 1992 Citizen's Guide to Radon, and the Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide to Radon.
Radon in Real Estate and New Home Construction
- Home Buyer's and Seller's Guide to Radon
This guide has been developed for anyone buying or selling a home who wants to learn about Radon.
- Buying a New Home: How to Protect Your Family From Radon
This introductory brochure provides basic information on radon-resistant construction in new homes and directs the reader to more detailed information.
- Buying a New Home: Have You Considered Radon?
This brochure is designed for consumers who are purchasing newly constructed homes and are curious about radon-resistant features, builders who construct homes with radon-resistant features, and real estate professionals who are selling homes that have radon-resistant features. It can be used as a marketing tool for the home building industry.
- Model Standards and Techniques for Control of Radon in New Residential Buildings
This document is intended to serve as a model for use by the Model Code Organizations, States, and other jurisdictions as they develop and adopt building codes, appendices to codes, or standards specifically applicable to their unique local or regional radon control requirements.
Radon Reduction
- Reducing Radon Risks (the "Hold Your Breath" brochure)
An EPA brochure that provides a brief overview of radon and the need to test for radon.
- Consumer's Guide to Radon Reduction
This booklet is for people who have tested their home for radon and confirmed that they have elevated radon levels.
- Radon Mitigation Standards
The purpose of the Radon Mitigation Standards is to provide radon mitigators with uniform standards that will ensure quality and effectiveness in the design, installation, and evaluation of radon mitigation systems in detached and attached residential buildings three stories or less in height. These standards are intended to serve as a model set of requirements that can be adopted or modified by state and local jurisdictions to fulfill objectives of their specific radon contractor certification or licensure programs.
Radon in Schools and Large Buildings
- Radon in Schools
It is important that students, teachers, and parents be aware that a potential radon problem could exist in their school. This brochure was developed in cooperation with the National Education Association, The American Lung Association, and the Parents and Teachers Association.
- Reducing Radon in Schools: A Team Approach
This document will assist you in determining the best way to reduce elevated radon levels found in schools. It is designed to guide you through the process of confirming a radon problem, selecting the best mitigation strategy, and directing the efforts of a multidisciplinary team assembled to address elevated radon levels in a way that will contribute to the improvement of the overall indoor air quality of the school.
- Radon Prevention in the Design and Construction of Schools and Other Large Buildings
It is typically easier and much less expensive to design and construct a new building with radon resistant and/or easy-to-mitigate features, than to add these features after the building is completed and occupied.
Chapter 1 of this manual is a general introduction for those who need background information on the indoor radon problem and the techniques currently being studied and applied for radon reduction.
Chapter 2 of this manual provides comprehensive information, instructions, and guidelines about the topics and construction techniques discussed in Chapter 1.
