Full Text of HR0816 96th General Assembly
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION 816
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| WHEREAS, Radon is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless | 3 |
| radioactive gas that comes from the radioactive decay of | 4 |
| naturally-occurring uranium in the soil; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States Surgeon General issued a Health | 6 |
| Advisory warning Americans that indoor radon is the | 7 |
| second-leading cause of lung cancer in the United States and | 8 |
| that breathing radon over prolonged periods can present a | 9 |
| significant health risk to families; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Radon Awareness Act requires sellers | 11 |
| to provide anyone buying a home, condominium, or other | 12 |
| residential property in Illinois with information about indoor | 13 |
| radon exposure and how radon is the leading cause of lung | 14 |
| cancer in non-smokers; and
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| WHEREAS, The United States Environmental Protection Agency | 16 |
| has estimated that the number of annual lung cancer deaths | 17 |
| related to radon is 21,000; an estimated 1,160 Illinois | 18 |
| citizens may develop radon-related lung cancer every year; and
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| WHEREAS, In accordance with our commitment to protecting | 20 |
| the citizens of Illinois from the health risks associated with | 21 |
| radon, the month of January 2008 was designated "Radon Action |
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| Month" by the Governor; and | 2 |
| WHEREAS, Over 50,000 measurements have been taken in the | 3 |
| State of Illinois since 2002, with homes exceeding the EPA's | 4 |
| Radon Action Level of 4.0 pCi/L being corrected; the State of | 5 |
| Illinois and the American Lung Association of Illinois | 6 |
| encourages all citizens to test their homes every 2 years; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and | 8 |
| the American Lung Association of Illinois are partnering to | 9 |
| provide radon information and guidance to the citizens of | 10 |
| Illinois in testing their homes to find out how much radon they | 11 |
| might be breathing; and
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| WHEREAS, The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the | 13 |
| American Lung Association of Illinois, the University of | 14 |
| Illinois Extension Office, the Respiratory Health Association | 15 |
| of Metropolitan Chicago, and the United States Environmental | 16 |
| Protection Agency are sponsoring video and poster contests for | 17 |
| students to increase public awareness of radon and to encourage | 18 |
| people to test their homes; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| designate January of 2011 as "Radon Action Month" in the State | 22 |
| of Illinois in order to raise awareness of radon and its |
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| effects on families in the State of Illinois and the nation at | 2 |
| large; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we urge the citizens of this State to | 4 |
| regularly test their homes for radon and reduce their risk of | 5 |
| developing lung cancer by taking corrective action when | 6 |
| necessary.
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