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January 23, 2025
Media contact: Tim Heider, PHD.Communications@oha.oregon.gov
Oregon artist wins second place nationally in radon awareness poster contest
PORTLAND, Ore. – January is national Radon Action Month. Students across the Northwest are encouraged to get creative to help raise awareness about the dangers of radon gas by participating in the annual Northwest Radon Poster Contest.
Oregon’s first place winning poster (below) was created by 13-year-old Alexia Vallo from Medford, Ore. Alexia’s poster also took second place nationwide.
Alexia will receive a $300 prize from The American Lung Association.
The poster contest serves to raise awareness of harmful effects of elevated indoor radon levels and promote testing and mitigation of radon gas.
Radon is a naturally occurring, radioactive gas that can build up in homes. Both old and new housing can have radon problems. Testing is the only way to know if a home has radon because it is colorless, odorless and tasteless. Long-term radon exposure to radon is the No. 1 cause of lung cancer in nonsmokers and the second-leading cause of lung cancer in smokers.
Youths ages 9 to 14 who live in Oregon, Idaho and Washington are eligible to participate in the radon poster contest. They must either be enrolled in a public, private, territorial, tribal, Department of Defense or home school, or be a member of a sponsoring club, such as a scouting, art, computer, science or 4-H club. Only one entry per student is allowed. Find contest submission forms and rules at the Northwest Radon Poster Contest page.
The Northwest Radon Poster Contest is sponsored by Oregon Health Authority’s Radon Awareness Program, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, Nez Perce Tribe, Spokane Tribe of Indians and Washington Department of Health’s Radon Program, in collaboration with the Northwest Radon Coalition and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 10.
The American Lung Association announced the national radon poster winners this week.
For more information, contact the Radon Awareness Program at radon.program@state.or.us or visit www.healthoregon.org/radon.
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