These home medical tests may be relevant to Radon poisoning:
You can get radon detection devices at many hardware and home improvement stores, or by contacting the EPA's National Radon Hotline (1-800-SOS-RADON). These devices are left in the home for 2 to 90 days, and indicate whether there might be a radon problem in the home. If results indicate that your home has a level exceeding 4 picocuries (pC/L), you will want to test your home again with the short, 2 to 90 day test and then calculate the average of the two tests, or test your home with an alpha track detector, which measures the long term radon average for three to twelve months. If the radon level in your home exceeds 4 pC/L, there are several techniques available to the lower levels. (Source: excerpt from Radon Testing: NIEHS_1)
Based on a national residential radon survey
completed in 1991, the average indoor radon level is 1.3 picocuries
per liter (pCi/L). The average outdoor level is about 0.4
pCi/L. (Source: excerpt from INDOOR AIR POLLUTION: NWHIC)
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