Get Your Home Tested for Radon

Here’s why it’s so important for everyone to get their homes tested for radon:

- Radon gas is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States, accounting for over 21,000 lung cancer deaths each year.

- Radon is naturally occurring, but you can’t see it or smell it.

- The only way to detect radon in your home is to test for it.

This January during Radon Action Month, the Lung Association has partnered with Protect Environmental to provide free radon test kits in select markets. The Lung Association also offers radon tests starting at $15.

Learn more about radon, including how to get your home tested, at Lung.org/radon.

Protect Your Lung Health During and After Wildfires

During and after wildfires, poor air quality is dangerous for everyone, especially for people with chronic lung conditions like asthma and COPD.

If you or your loved ones are in areas affected by wildfire smoke, here are essential tips and resources to help you protect your lungs:

- Tips for People Affected by the Los Angeles Wildfires

- How to Create a Clean Room

- How to Choose a Safe & Effective Air Cleaner

We also recommend the following tools to monitor air quality and to track wildfire smoke:

- AirNow.gov: Air Quality by Zip Code

- AirNow.gov/wildfires: Wildfire & Smoke Map

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Ready for What’s Next

With a new Presidential administration, Lung Association President and CEO Harold Wimmer recently issued a statement outlining our 2025 policy priorities, including:

- protecting and expanding access to quality and affordable healthcare;

- championing clean air for all; and

- improving lung health, reducing the burden of chronic disease and creating a tobacco?free future.

We need your help and your voice to promote and protect lung health in the coming year:

- Learn more about our public policy positions and advocacy priorities.

- Share your voice and advocate for policies that will help improve lung health and prevent lung disease.

- Contact your members of Congress and ask them to make lung health a priority this year.