MSDH News: News Release from the Mississippi State Department of Health

JACKSON, Miss. — The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Radon Program is partnering with the Mississippi Public Library System next week to offer free radon home test kits as part of Radon Action Month. Radon is an odorless, colorless gas and is the second leading cause of lung cancer nationwide. More than 20,000 Americans die of radon-related lung cancer each year, and radon causes up to 15 percent of lung cancers worldwide. Radon is a radioactive gas found in nature. Its source is natural uranium in the earth. Being a gas, radon moves upward out of the soil and into the air, where it can enter and accumulate in homes. Uranium is found in most soils and in granite. Test kits will be available while supplies last at the following libraries January 25-29, 2021: Northern Mississippi Lee County Public Library, Tupelo Starkville/Oktibbeha Public Library, Starkville Carrollton/North Carrollton Public Library, North Carrollton Elizabeth Jones Public Library, Grenada Indianola/Sunflower Public Library, Indianola Greenwood/Leflore Public Library, Greenwood Humphreys County Public Library, Belzoni Central Mississippi B.S. Ricks Public Library, Yazoo City Fannie Lou Hamer Public Library, Jackson Dekalb County Public Library, Dekalb Attala County Public Library, Kosciusko Leake County Public Library, Carthage Meridian-Lauderdale Public Library, Meridian Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg Public Library, Hattiesburg Poplarville Public Library, Poplarville For more information on radon exposure, visit the MSDH website at www.HealthyMS.com/radon. Follow MSDH by e-mail and social media at HealthyMS.com/connect. Press Contact: MSDH Office of Communications, (601) 576-7667 Note to media: After hours or during emergencies, call 1-866-HLTHY4U (1-866-458-4948) STAY CONNECTED:             Manage Preferences  |  Unsubscribe  |  Help This email was sent to ooseims.archieves@blogger.com using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: Mississippi State Department of Health · 570 East Woodrow Wilson Drive · Jackson, MS 39216