The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that
numerous lung cancer deaths result every year due to radon
exposure. Given this, radon education has become an important
issue. The purpose of this research was to examine what
action consumers had taken to respond to radon as a hazard
following an education testing program and why they had taken
that action.
In the Fall of 1992, the Virginia citizens Consumer
Council, in partnership with Virginia Cooperative Extension,
conducted a radon education campaign to promote and sell radon
test kits. This study is based on a follow-up telephone
survey in which 100 Virginia consumers whose homes tested with
high radon levels were asked what action they had taken to
reduce their radon exposure.
Using a proportional allocation, a sample was drawn from
eight Virginia counties. statistical analysis included the
use of cross tabulation tables and testing for association
through the use of the gamma function.
Statistically significant findings included: 1) objective
risk does have an impact of hazard response; and 2) a
correlation was found between how worried consumers were about
their radon problem and their response to the hazard.
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