Citizen Science
By consenting to participate in our study, you agree that your radon reading and the corresponding home metric survey can be shared with researchers in a de-identified manner. Please note that all study data is kept encrypted and stored within Canada on highly secure data platforms protected by Canadian law. We will never publish individual addresses or anything that can identify you or your specific home. Everything we do goes through a rigorous Research Ethics Board approval process.
Toenail Study
The Toenail Study is a unique opportunity to help Canadian researchers understand how radon exposure affects us over time. Participants must complete a 120-day radon test using a provided C-NRPP-certified radon test kit, fill out three short online surveys, and submit toenail clippings throughout the testing period. These clippings are analyzed for long-term radon exposure biomarkers, offering insight into how radon is stored in the body. Enrollment is limited, and participation plays a crucial role in advancing scientific knowledge on the impact of long-term radon exposure on our health.
Disability Study
The Radon Disability Study explores how radon impacts specific populations across Canada, particularly individuals who live with various types of disabilities, including hearing, vision, mobility, pain, mental health, and others. To be eligible for participation, people must have a disability that affects daily activities for more than six months and have lived in the same residence for at least five years. If selected, we will send a certified radon test to your primary residence at no cost. This test must remain in place for 91+ days. Participants will be asked to complete online surveys to share information about their health and living environment.
Our target population is individuals experiencing disabilities; however, all residents in the same household are welcome to participate. This approach helps Canadian researchers investigate whether individuals with disabilities are at greater risk from long-term radon exposure and understand differences between residents within the same household.
Gold Standard
All Evict Radon National Study test kits include rigorous quality controls so that you (and our research team) have high confidence that all radon readings are:
- Reliable
- Precise
- Accurate
Radon test production is an International Standards Organization (ISO 17025) certified process, and we include additional checks and controls on test device delivery, testing, and shipping between our team, participants, and the laboratories that read test devices.
Transparency
As a research ethics board-approved study, no part of radon testing kit costs are taken as profits by any party. Canadians who enroll in this national research study are helping cancer prevention researchers located in multiple Universities across Canada to understand radon exposure and develop new ways to protect ourselves and loved ones. By testing your home with the Evict Radon National Study, you’re helping everyone work towards a radon-induced lung cancer-free future.
Order a Test Kit
By entering your email address, you consent to join this study and will be directed to the secure webstore where you can purchase your kit.
