Subsidized radon test kits to California residents offered through the California Department of Health Services are now available.

The radon test kits are available by clicking the “Purchase $5 test kit” link on the Health Services Web site: http://www.dhs.ca.gov/radon/default.htm

Homes in the Sierra Nevada have been found to be more likely to have elevated concentrations of the naturally-occuring cancer-causing gas than the rest of the state.