{"id":24950,"date":"2019-02-13T12:11:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T18:11:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=24950"},"modified":"2019-03-18T13:06:22","modified_gmt":"2019-03-18T19:06:22","slug":"radon-mitigation-standard-proposed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/update.legislature.ne.gov\/?p=24950","title":{"rendered":"Radon mitigation standard proposed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The state\u2019s building code would adopt standards for radon resistant construction for new houses under a bill considered Feb. 12 by the Urban Affairs Committee.<\/p>\n

\"Sen.
Sen. Wendy DeBoer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LB130, introduced by Bennington Sen. Wendy DeBoer, would adopt standards recommended by the Radon Resistant New Construction Task Force.<\/p>\n

The bill would incorporate those standards into the state building code and require local building codes to adopt minimum standards.<\/p>\n

\u201cRadon is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers,\u201d DeBoer said. \u201cAccording to the World Health Organization, there is no known threshold concentration below which radon exposure presents no risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jenny Steventon of the Sarpy\/Cass Health Department testified in favor of the bill. Sixty percent of the 90,000 homes tested in Nebraska had levels of radon suggesting mitigation, she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cNebraska\u2019s fertile soils emit radon, resulting in Nebraska having one of the highest average level of radon homes in the United States,\u201d Steventon said.<\/p>\n

Also testifying in favor of the bill was Mark Versch, a retired environmental health analyst. He said radon often enters a home\u2019s basement as water vapor is released from the ground.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you have a humidity problem, inadvertently, you have a radon problem,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

No one testified against LB130 and the committee took no immediate action on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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