Thank you for submitting your response. After a thorough review, you’re eligible to be considered for our additional radon sub-studies.  

We will reach out to you soon to confirm whether you have been selected for participation in our sub-studies or if we are unable to accommodate you at this time. 

Next steps: 

• Please register [email protected] as a safe sender in your email to ensure you receive future communications from our study.
• We aim to send out participation invitations the first week of every month.
• You will be informed if we are able or unable to include you in the study at this time. 

If you do not want to wait to test your home for radon, you can purchase our at-cost radon test kit by clicking the button below. 

Thank you for your interest in the additional Evict Radon National Study sub-studies. Below is information on our currently available sub-studies. 

Lifetime measurement of radon exposure (toenail study): 

• A single radon test from your current residence is a great tool to understand your current lung health. However, the accurate understanding of lifetime lung cancer risk from radon exposure requires radon information for every single indoor environment in which we have spent time. This is because radon-related lung cancer risk is a factor of multi-decade-long exposure to radon across all the indoor environments where we live, work, learn and play. 
• This sub-study wants to determine if measuring long-lived, unique markers of radon exposure will provide a reliable method to measure historical radon across an individual’s lifetime. These markers are captured by the body and released in tissues such as toenails, which will provide a direct readout of radon exposure. This study will be the first large-scale trial to link these markers of radon exposure in toenails to lung cancer risk. 
• The goal of this study will be to collect toenail samples from 1,500 individuals across Canada while they perform a long-term, 120-day radon test.
• The study aims to establish a lifetime measurement of radon exposure to detect lung cancers sooner so they can be treated earlier and ultimately save lives.  

Disability: 

• Our life activity patterns, or the amount of time we spend (hours per day) in the indoor and outdoor environments where we live, learn, work and play, has a significant impact on our radon exposure. For example, a person working from home will have a greater risk of developing lung cancer from radon compared to someone who works away from the same home. Simply put, the person who stays at home is breathing their home’s air more often and, therefore, has a higher risk of developing lung cancer from their home’s radon.  
• Our study is seeking to investigate those people who are currently experiencing disability to determine how their personal risk from residential radon exposure may or may not be different compared to people who do not identify as living with a disability. This study will recruit 1,500 people across Canada, providing participants with a free radon test kit after agreeing to perform a 120-day radon test. 
• This study will highlight how differing ability statutes and socio-demographics can have unintended consequences on lung cancer risk, underlining previously unknown groups at risk. 

Thank you for your interest in the additional Evict Radon National Study sub-studies. If you have any questions, please contact us at [email protected].

Best regards, 
The Evict Radon National Study