Oconto County Public Health is lowering the price of radon tests to encourage county residents to test for radon gas in their homes.
The easy to use tests will be for sale at the discounted price of $5 per test through the entire month of January, which is National Radon Action Month.
To make it even easier to get a radon test, several Oconto County municipalities have partnered with Public Health to sell the test kits at their locations though January. You can get a test kit at the following locations:
• Abrams Town Hall: 920-826-2299
• Brazeau Town Hall: 920-897-3855
• Chase Town Hall: 920-562-3957
• Gillett City Hall: 920-855-2255
• Little River Town Hall: 920-834-3617
• Little Suamico Town Hall: 920-826-7655
• Mountain Town Hall: 715-276-6474
• Oconto County Courthouse, Building C, third floor: 920-834-7000
• Riverview Town Hall: 715-276-6914
• Townsend Town Hall: 715-276-6856
For more information and addresses for these locations, visit www.co.oconto.wi.us/474/Municipalities.
For an extra fee, test kits can be mailed from the Oconto County Courthouse only. Call 920-834-7000 for more information.
Anyone with a home in Oconto County (including cabins) can buy a test kit from any of these locations.
You are welcome to buy a test kit at your nearest location; you do not have to live in that municipality.
Hours vary by location. Please verify that the location will be open before traveling to it.
Radon is a radioactive gas from the ground that can enter your home through tiny cracks in the foundation. It causes 21,000 lung cancer deaths nationwide each year, and approximately 962 of these deaths are in Wisconsin. Fortunately, this cause of lung cancer is largely preventable. The first step is to test.
For more information, visit www.ocph.info/radon.
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