Rural Ontario man finds high levels of radioactive gas in new home — wants others to check

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Bob Barnes bought a property in Cedar Springs that he has been renovating.

If it wasn’t for an encounter with a neighbour last summer, Bob Barnes would have never known his recently purchased house also came with extremely high levels of a cancer causing gas.If it wasn't for an encounter with a neighbour last summer, Bob Barnes would have never known his recently purchased house also came with extremely high levels of a cancer-causing gas.

Bob Barnes checks his radon levels every morning to make sure they are within a healthy limit. He keeps windows in his living room and bedroom cracked. The amount of time you spend in the home, and for how many years, can also factor into the chances of you getting lung cancer, he said. He drilled a hole into the concrete in the basement, sticking a pipe overtop with a fan to blow the gas out of his home.

Goodarzi said a main reason for a lack of policy and general public awareness of the gas is because it falls under provincial jurisdiction, like all mineral rights, gas and natural waterways.

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