One day after a government program was announced to provide New Brunswickers with free radon tests for their homes, many people were turned away because the demand was too high.
Charity devoted to lung health calls on provincial government to replenish supply
Hannah Rudderham · CBC News
· Posted: Oct 16, 2025 8:41 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
Many libraries have already run out of the 90-day free radon testing kits that were announced on Tuesday. (Yves Levesque/Radio-Canada)
Many New Brunswickers were turned away one day after a government program was announced offering free radon tests at all 63 public libraries in the province.
“The demand was overwhelming,” said Melanie Langille, president and CEO of NB Lung.
“We had a lot of phone calls from libraries and patrons, even as early as about noon [on Wednesday], to say that the initial allotment had been completely … depleted.”
The government-funded kits, which were announced on Tuesday, included a 90-day test kit and information about radon.
Melanie Langille, the president of NB Lung, said her organization received a lot of calls from libraries and patrons the day after the announcement about the now-depleted supply of radon test kits. (Silas Brown/CBC)
Radon is a naturally occurring gas, created by the breakdown of uranium in soil, but it’s radioactive and hard to detect.
The gas can get into a home through cracks in the foundation,
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