PRINTER'S NO. 4925
No. 918 Session of 2006
INTRODUCED BY RUBLEY, BAKER, BALDWIN, BEYER, BISHOP,
CALTAGIRONE, CAPPELLI, COHEN, CORRIGAN, CRAHALLA, CREIGHTON,
CRUZ, DeWEESE, DONATUCCI, FRANKEL, GEIST, GEORGE, GILLESPIE,
GOODMAN, GRUCELA, HARHART, HENNESSEY, HERSHEY, HESS, JAMES,
LEDERER, MAJOR, MANN, MARSICO, McGILL, McILHATTAN, MELIO,
MILLARD, MUSTIO, NAILOR, PALLONE, PARKER, PAYNE, PHILLIPS,
PICKETT, PISTELLA, RAMALEY, RAPP, ROSS, SAINATO, SATHER,
SAYLOR, SCAVELLO, B. SMITH, SONNEY, STABACK, E. Z. TAYLOR,
THOMAS, WATSON, WOJNAROSKI, YOUNGBLOOD AND HARPER,
NOVEMBER 15, 2006
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
NOVEMBER 15, 2006
A RESOLUTION
1 Designating the month of January 2007 as "Radon Action Month" in
2 Pennsylvania.
3 WHEREAS, Exposure to radon poses significant health risks and
4 is considered to be the second leading cause of lung cancer next
5 to smoking; and
6 WHEREAS, Smoking combined with elevated indoor radon levels
7 is an especially serious health risk; and
8 WHEREAS, An estimated 40% of homes in this Commonwealth have
9 radon levels greater than the national guideline of 4.0
10 picocuries per liter annual average; and
11 WHEREAS, In this Commonwealth, 49 of the 67 counties have
12 predicted average indoor radon levels greater than 4.0
13 picocuries per liter; and
1 WHEREAS, As part of the Environmental Protection Agency's
2 2006 State Indoor Radon Grant (SIRG) program, the Department of
3 Environmental Protection is conducting a public awareness
4 campaign in connection with "National Radon Action Month"; and
5 WHEREAS, Under the SIRG program the Department of
6 Environmental Protection awards various Radon Awareness Grants
7 for projects to increase public and professional awareness about
8 health risks associated with radon exposure and the need for
9 increased testing and mitigation; and
10 WHEREAS, Grant recipients have included the American Lung
11 Association of Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Association of
12 Broadcasters, the Eastern Regional Radon Training Center and
13 Central Penn Parent; therefore be it
14 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives designate the
15 month of January 2007 as "Radon Action Month" in Pennsylvania.
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