{"id":753543,"date":"2026-06-22T12:27:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:27:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/753543\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:27:10","slug":"dangerous-levels-of-radon-detected-in-several-nl-housing-units","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/753543\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangerous Levels of Radon Detected in Several NL Housing Units"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/newfoundland-and-labrador-nl-housing.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Dangerous Levels of Radon Detected in Several NL Housing Units\"\/>\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The provincial government says it\u2019s found dangerous levels of radon inside almost two dozen public housing units across the province.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.canada.ca\/en\/health-canada\/services\/health-risks-safety\/radiation\/radon.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Radon <\/a>is a naturally occurring, colourless, odourless gas that can enter homes through the ground.<\/p>\n<p>The tests, which have been ongoing since 2023, looked at 172 homes in St. John\u2019s, Gander, Stephenville and Burin.<\/p>\n<p>Twenty-three homes were identified as exceeding Health Canada\u2019s threshold for dangerous levels of radon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/housing-social-supports-minister-joedy-wall-budget-2026.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-297846\" class=\"size-full wp-image-297846\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/housing-social-supports-minister-joedy-wall-budget-2026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"400\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-297846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Housing and Social Supports Minister Joedy Wall (VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>The minister of housing, Joedy Wall, says over half of the homes have been remodelled so far, and another eight still need work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce a property is determined to require mitigation, we\u2019ll certainly do that testing. These measures are taken within one year as per the Health Canada guidelines, and we\u2019re working very closely with Health Canada on this,\u201d he told VOCM News.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ll continue to work with Health Canada to make sure that the testing is done, mitigation, if required, is completed, and that these spaces are safe.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; The provincial government says it\u2019s found dangerous levels of radon inside almost two dozen public housing units&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753544,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":["post-753543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753543"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753543\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753544"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}