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SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF A STATEWIDE RADON HAZARD SUB-CODE FOR RESIDENTIAL AND EDUCATIONAL NEW CONSTRUCTION

Ronald F. Simon 1 , Deborah Fisher 2
1 Ecosphere Corporation; Technical Consultant, Eastern Regional Radon Training Center, Rutgers
University 2 Director, Eastern Regional Radon Training Center, Rutgers University, Eastern Regional Radon Training
Center, Rutgers University, 21 Road One, Piscataway, New Jersey USA 08854-8031

In 1986 The State of New Jersey embarked on a program that would enable the characterization of
the State's indoor radon problem. The primary goals were to determine where in the state, elevated
radon levels in homes were likely to be found, and to increase understanding of the influence of a
variety of environmental and structural parameters which exacerbated the flow of radon into homes.
To accomplish this, a study was initiated which involved radon measurements in 6000 homes and
data collection and analysis of environmental and structural building parameters presumed to
influence indoor radon levels. The study included an assessment of radon induced lung cancer
mortality risk in the New Jersey population.