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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: NEW DATE IS TUES. APRIL 14th - Radon in NH: Test. Fix. Save a Life.
DESCRIPTION:\n\nTHIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED.\n\nNEW DATE IS TUES. APRIL 
 14th!\n\nRadon Overview\, NH Program Initiatives\, and a Community 
 Advocate's Perspective\n\nJoin Mary Butow\, New Hampshire Department of 
 Health and Human Services (NHDHHS)\, and Tom Jarvela\, Community Advocate\, 
 for a conversation about radon in NH and what you can do to protect 
 yourself and your family.\n\nIn her presentation\, Mary will provide a 
 brief introduction to radon\, review its health effects\, regulatory 
 framework and current initiatives for the program. The presentation 
 information is designed to make community members aware of resources for 
 testing and mitigating radon and how they might partner with the program to 
 increase homeowner and renter awareness of environmental hazards. The talk 
 will also help residents to recognize the exposure routes for radon and 
 typical methods of treating both air and water.\n\nIn his presentation\, 
 Tom will share about how he became a community advocate\, including his 
 experience with testing and treating for radon. He will give a brief 
 overview of the website he developed to help raise awareness about radon 
 and let library patrons across the state know about which libraries 
 currently have programs to lend handheld continuous radon monitors 
 (HCRMs).\n\nMary Butow is the Radon Program Manager with the NH Department 
 of Health and Human Services (NH DHHS). In her current role\, she oversees 
 implementation of NH's State and Tribal Indoor Radon Grants (SIRG) program 
 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)\, including 
 responding to community concerns and promoting testing and mitigation of 
 radon. Most recently she was a Human Health Risk Assessor with the NH 
 Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) Environmental Health Program. 
 In her role at NHDES\, she formulated health-based standards for chemicals 
 in drinking water\, and examined technical literature\, environmental 
 sampling data and reports to identify chemical contaminants which may pose 
 a risk to human health.\n\nTom Jarvela is a New Hampshire native living in 
 Stratham with his wife and two young children. Wearing many volunteer 
 hats\, he serves as the head coach of the Exeter Granite State Track 
 program\, volunteers as an educator at the Great Bay Discovery Center\, and 
 advocated for sustainable commuting as a former advisory board member of 
 Commute Smart Seacoast.\n\nIn 2021\, his family discovered that their home 
 in Stratham had very elevated levels of radon. Having remediated their own 
 radon issues\, he founded radonlibrary.com\, an organization dedicated to 
 working collaboratively with libraries to promote radon awareness in the 
 granite state.\n\nJoin Meeting: 
 https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/8ipGIoYyT7-ju67TC2j05w
LOCATION:Mayer Room
ORGANIZER;CN="Mike Morris":MAILTO:mike.morris@thehowe.org
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CONTACT;CN="Mike Morris":MAILTO:mike.morris@thehowe.org
STATUS:CONFIRMED
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URL:https://thehowe.libcal.com/event/16221522
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