The New Brunswick government is now providing free radon testing kits at all 63 public libraries in the province.
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Ninety-day radon testing kits will be provided free of charge at public libraries. (Yves Levesque/Radio-Canada)
Free radon test kits will now be available at all 63 public libraries in New Brunswick, according to the provincial Department of Post-Secondary Education and Training
The kits will include a 90-day test and information about radon gas.
A spokesperson for N.B. Lung said this will make New Brunswick the first province in Canada to make radon testing available for free to the public.
“That’s, you know, a rare opportunity where New Brunswick is ahead of the game here,” Dusty Green said.
“We see a lot of folks that come to N.B. Lung and say that testing, you know, they just can’t afford it right now, and so making it free and available to the public is a great first step.”
Dusty Green, spokesperson for N.B. Lung, said a lot of people say radon testing is unaffordable so free, 90-day tests is a great step. (Joe McDonald/CBC)
Minister Jean-Claude D’Amours said people will follow the instructions on the one-time-use kits,
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