Radon in New Brunswick one of the provinces to test first
Surveys have placed New Brunswick among the higher provinces for homes over 200 Bq/m³. Some libraries and health programs lend or subsidize monitors from time to time. A paid lab test with a written report is what you keep for a sale or a repair. Our kits ship there like anywhere else in Canada.
What to measure
Health Canada’s guideline is 200 Bq/m³ in a room where people actually spend time. A provincial average, a postal code, and the house next door do not give you that number. The detector goes in the lowest lived-in room.
When
Close the house and heat it. October through April is the useful window for a 91-day test. A 4-day test can answer a deadline. It does not replace the long test when you are deciding on mitigation. See when to test.
If the report is high
Mitigation is not an air purifier and not a season of open windows. How the system works and what changes the price.
The 4-day test is a first reading. The 91-day test is the length Health Canada uses to judge a full heating season. Both are $59 before tax. Shipping, the prepaid return, and the lab are included. Tax is extra. The PDF report is emailed within 2 business days after the lab receives the detector.
Above 200 Bq/m³, the fix is a fan that pulls soil gas from under the slab and exhausts it above the roof. Radon Gas is C-NRPP certified for testing and for mitigation, and ships kits across Canada. Start from the Canada test page.
What the 2009–2011 survey measured in New Brunswick
Raw: 24.8% of homes tested, the highest in the country in that table, with 6.1% above 600. Population-weighted: 20.6%. Health region 6 was 40.0% of 115 homes. Health region 3 was 17.0%. Fredericton.
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