Colorado Students Invited to Enter 2009 National Radon
Poster Contest
Students, Parents and Teachers Can Win Washington, D.C.,
Trip
Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008 - DENVER - The National
Safety Council, in partnership with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency, is sponsoring a Radon Poster Contest for
children ages 9-14 enrolled in a public, private,
territorial, tribal, Department of Defense or home school.
Members of a sponsoring club, such as a scouting
organization or art, computer, science or 4-H club, also are
eligible. There is no entry fee, and only one entry per
student is allowed. The entry deadline is Oct. 15, 2008.
Poster topics must include one of the following subjects:
- What is radon?
- Where does radon come from?
- How does radon get into our homes?
- Radon can cause lung cancer.
- Test your home for radon.
Winners and runners-up in each category and from each
state and territory will be entered in the national contest.
Original artwork will be judged on content accuracy, visual
communication of the topic, reproducibility and originality.
The winning national poster will be unveiled at an awards
ceremony in Washington, D.C., in January 2009, and will be
reproduced and distributed nationally. The national winner,
a parent and a teacher or sponsoring organization’s
representative will win an all-expense-paid trip to
Washington, D.C., to participate in the ceremony.
“Radon awareness is particularly important in Colorado,”
said Joe Vranka, radiation program manager for the Colorado
Department of Public Health and Environment. “Fifty-two out
of the state’s 64 counties are at high risk for radon, a
colorless, odorless, tasteless radioactive gas that is the
second leading cause of lung cancer.”
More information about contest entries, including
specific artwork requirements, can be found at
www.nsc.org/issues/radon. For more information about
radon, see
www.coloradoradon.info.
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