Crime & Safety
Denver Housing Authority To Begin Testing All Of Its Public Housing Complexes For Radon
The year-long effort to test all DHA complexes for the toxic gas will cost about $250,000.
By Kati Weis, CBS Denver:
DENVER (CBS4) β More than a year after CBS4 Investigates found elevated radon levels in some of the Denver Housing Authorityβs public housing units, the agency says it will begin a year-long effort to test all of its complexes for the toxic gas. DHA says it has set aside $250,000 for the testing project, which will begin this month.
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Radon is an odorless, naturally occurring gas, that when trapped inside a home, can cause lung cancer to those who breathe it over long periods of time.
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