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Military housing would get regular radon checks
A Senate amendment would require routine testing or monitoring in federally controlled housing, and if levels are too high, installation leaders would have seven days to send up a mitigation plan.
Service members and families in military housing could see more routine radon checks under a Senate amendment. It would require testing in homes owned or controlled by the federal government, or let military leaders use monitoring equipment instead.
The schedule is specific. Every unit would be checked at least once every five years. Housing already above Environmental Protection Agency, or EPA, recommended radon levels would be tested at least once every two years until the readings fall back to or below that line.
When the numbers run too high
The sharpest deadline comes after a problem is found. If testing shows radon levels above the EPA’s recommended threshold, the head of the installation would have to send a mitigation plan to the military secretary concerned within seven days.
That matters because radon is invisible. The amendment is aimed at catching a housing problem earlier and moving faster when it needs to be fixed, instead of leaving service members and military families to live with an exposure risk they cannot see.