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State of Utah

GARY R. HERBERT
Governor

SPENCER J. COX
Lieutenant Governor
Department of
Environmental Quality

Scott Baird
Executive Director

Kim Shelley
Deputy Director

NEWS RELEASE
September 10, 2020

CONTACT
Eleanor Divver
Radon Coordinator
Office: 801-536-0091
Cell: 801-558-4053
[e-mail]

Utah’s Youngest Citizens Leading Radon Awareness Campaign
With National Radon Poster Contest

SALT LAKE CITY – One in three homes in Utah have elevated levels of radon gas. Exposure to
radon can cause lung cancer. Utah students are doing their part to increase testing of homes for
radon by participating in the 2020 National Radon Poster Contest, which begins October 22. State
contest winners will receive cash awards, with three first-place winners receiving $100 and his/her
teacher receiving $100. Second- and third-place winners also will receive $100 each. There are 3
categories: Grades 4-6, 7-9, and 10-12.

The Utah Department of Environmental Quality’s Radon Program is coordinating this year’s
contest in partnership with the CDC Epidemiology Tracking Program, local health departments
and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Children ages 9-18 enrolled in a public,
private, territorial, tribal, Department of Defense or home school are eligible to participate.
Members of a sponsoring club, such as a scouting organization or an art, computer, science or 4-H
club also are eligible.

There is no entry fee, but only one entry per student is allowed. The entry deadline is:
Oct. 22, 2020. Poster contest submission forms, topics and rules may be found online at
www.radon.utah.gov .

The public is invited to judge this year’s state posters by voting online at www.radon.utah.gov.
Online voting runs from November 5-November 12. All posters will be subject to the following
judging criteria: Content-accuracy, visual communication of topic, reproducibility, and
originality.

More information about contest eligibility, radon test kits, and radon contractors is available at
www.radon.utah.gov or by calling Utah’s Radon Hotline at 1-800-458-0145.

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