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| 2 | 2 | | SR0006 LRB104 06367 ECR 16403 r |
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| 3 | 3 | | 1 SENATE RESOLUTION |
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| 4 | 4 | | 2 WHEREAS, January is Radon Action Month, and it is |
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| 5 | 5 | | 3 imperative for all Illinois citizens and property owners to |
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| 6 | 6 | | 4 test their homes, schools, apartments, healthcare facilities, |
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| 7 | 7 | | 5 and other occupied buildings for radon; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | 6 WHEREAS, Radon is a colorless, odorless, radioactive gas |
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| 9 | 9 | | 7 that may threaten the health of Illinois citizens and their |
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| 10 | 10 | | 8 families; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | 9 WHEREAS, Radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer |
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| 12 | 12 | | 10 in the U.S., and it is the leading cause of lung cancer in |
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| 13 | 13 | | 11 non-smokers; and |
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| 14 | 14 | | 12 WHEREAS, The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency |
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| 15 | 15 | | 13 estimates that radon is responsible for approximately 21,000 |
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| 16 | 16 | | 14 lung cancer deaths each year; and |
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| 17 | 17 | | 15 WHEREAS, In Illinois, 41% of homes, and an even higher |
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| 18 | 18 | | 16 percentage of schools and commercial buildings, have high |
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| 19 | 19 | | 17 radon levels; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | 18 WHEREAS, Any building in Illinois may have elevated levels |
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| 21 | 21 | | 19 of radon, even if neighboring buildings do not, and elevated |
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| 22 | 22 | | 20 levels pose a serious health threat to Illinois citizens; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 WHEREAS, Testing for radon is simple and inexpensive, and |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 identified radon problems can be fixed; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 WHEREAS, The Illinois Emergency Management Agency, the |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 U.S. Office of Homeland Security, and the U.S. Environmental |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 Protection Agency are supporting efforts to encourage |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 homeowners to test their homes for radon, to mitigate elevated |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 levels of radon, and to build new homes with radon-resistant |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 materials and features; therefore, be it |
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