{"id":15585,"date":"2019-12-04T15:21:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T20:21:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carexcanada.ca\/?p=15585"},"modified":"2019-12-15T15:29:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T20:29:39","slug":"short-term-home-radon-tests-faulty-99-of-the-time-calgary-study-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carexcanada.ca\/fr\/short-term-home-radon-tests-faulty-99-of-the-time-calgary-study-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Short-term home radon tests faulty 99% of the time, Calgary study finds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb3.22&Prime;][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb3.25&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb3.25&Prime; custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb|||\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding__hover=\u00a0\u00bb|||\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb3.27.4&Prime; background_size=\u00a0\u00bbinitial\u00a0\u00bb background_position=\u00a0\u00bbtop_left\u00a0\u00bb background_repeat=\u00a0\u00bbrepeat\u00a0\u00bb]<em>CBC News &#8211;<\/em>\u00a0Short-term radon test kits are not an effective way to find out if your home has unsafe levels of the dangerous gas, a new study says. 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Researchers from the University of Calgary placed two test kits \u2014 a five-day and 90-day \u2014 in the same homes. Tests were done during the summer and winter months. The results showed that the short-term kits were imprecise up to 99% of the time when compared to a long-term test.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/calgary\/radon-test-kits-not-effective-short-term-university-research-calgary-1.5384088\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<em>CBC News -<\/em>\u00a0Short-term radon test kits are not an effective way to find out if your home has unsafe levels of the dangerous gas, a new study says. Researchers from the University of Calgary placed two test kits \u2014 a five-day and 90-day\u00a0\u2014\u00a0in the same homes. Tests were done during the summer and winter months. 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