Test your home for radon gas for free, thanks to Citizens for Clean Air

The local nonprofit group Citizens for Clean Air (CCA) in Grand Junction is loaning out digital radon testing devices for free to area residents so people can test the air inside their homes for radon gas, an odorless, invisible, radioactive gas released naturally from rocks, soil and water. Radon gas can get trapped inside homes and buildings and build up to unsafe levels, especially for pets and children, in the wintertime when doors and windows are typically closed most of the time.

CCA is lending out devices called Airthings Corentium digital radon monitors. They will loan them out for up to three weeks at a time. The monitors are about  the size of a cell phone, but thicker, and are very easy to use.

      AirThings digital radon gas monitor

As an alternative, you can also contact the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, which is offering free radon test kits while they last: https://cdphe.colorado.gov/hm/radon

Radon gas is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers and is prevalent in high levels throughout Colorado and six other states in the U.S.

ALL homes, old and new, should be tested if radon gas levels are unknown.

CCA orders their testing equipment online through Airthings.com. Each Corentium radon gas monitoring unit costs $150.00, plus shipping and tax. CCA is only able to lend these out at no charge to the community because of the generosity of their donors.

CCA thanks everyone who donated to them throughout 2025 to help advance the cause of safe and clean air.

If you’d like to become a member of CCA, attend their meetings or donate to the group to help advance their work, go to this link.

Map of Radon levels detected in our area by radon gas monitors:

 

Map of concentrations of radon gas as detected locally and reported by radon gas monitors (Source: RadonMap.com/usa/Colorado)

 

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