The Radon Council

The Radon Council came into being in 1990 and is the Independent non-profit making Self-Regulatory Body for the radon industry and should not be confused with a trade association.  Its formation was welcomed in the Interim Report of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Indoor Pollution, which called upon industry to provide a solution to the radon problem. The first objectives were to identify the “cowboy” operators and dubious training courses then in practice.  Later there followed a first edition of a training manual (now in its third edition) and an agreed Code of Practice for the industry.  The Council has now drawn up an Approved List of Contractors offering advice and services involving remedial work for radon gas.

List of Contractors, Suppliers & Consultants (Quick Link)

UK Lead for US CanSar project

The Radon Council is pleased to act as the UK lead for the US not for profit organisation Cancer Survivors Against Radon (CanSAR). One of our member companies is already promoting the Radon Tee project in the UK. Radon Council President Dennis Papworth OBE (left) and Chairman Brian Ahern (right) are pleased to lend support. See www.cansar.org.

New Board Member

The Radon Council are pleased to report that Professor William J. Angell accepted an appointment to the board of the Radon Council at the Annual General Meeting in July 2009. Professor Angell hails from the University of Minnesota and in addition to this directorship he is also Chair of the World Health Organization (WHO) International Radon Project's - Mitigation and Prevention Working Group, a Director of the Midwest Universities Radon Consortium, and President of the American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists.

World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends Action Level Reduction

In November 2009 the World Health Organisation (WHO) issued a recommendation that the Action Level for radon in the home should be reduced to 100Bqm-3.  The current UK level is 200Bqm-3.

Delay in Revision of UK Building Regulations

The Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG) has suggested it will not be making amendments to the Building Regulations with regards to radon protection until 2013. Estimates suggest that radon kills over 2000 people a year in the UK, and The Radon Council consider this delay will allow avoidable deaths to continue.

E-mail: admin@radoncouncil.org