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Accustar WTR 100 Radon in Water Test Kit / For use in homes with a Private Water Supply, such as Well Water

Accustar WTR 100 Radon in Water Test Kit / For use in homes with a Private Water Supply, such as Well Water
Item# WTR-100
$34.95
Your Price: $24.95
Availability: Usually ships the next business day.

Product Description

Includes pre-addressed postage paid return shipping box and lab test results.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has verified this product for accurate radon measurement. NELAP, NEHA & NRPP listed.

Radon also can enter a home through your private well water. If your water contains high levels of radon, the radon gas will escape into your home's air while the water is running. The EPA says, the radon in your water supply poses an inhalation risk and an ingestion risk. Research has shown that your risk of lung cancer from breathing radon in air is much larger than your risk of stomach cancer from swallowing water with radon in it.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has verified this product for accurate radon measurement. NEHA & NRPP listed.

Contains a single test device, instructions, and laboratory analysis. Pre addressed shipping box and postage are included. Results are available the next business day upon receipt by Laboratory.

How to Test

  • Remove the aerator from the faucet if one is attached.
  • Allow cold water to run long enough until water is flowing from the source and not a holding tank or sitting in pipes. This could take as long as 10 minutes minutes.
  • Remove glass vial from box and retain box for return mailing.
  • Place bowl in sink and fill bowl with cold water.
  • Place faucet below water line to prevent air from entering water or creating splashing and bubbles.
  • Allow water to overflow bowl.
  • Collect a sample of water in such a way as to minimize aeration to reduce the loss of radon from the sample
  • Immerse the vial and cap open side up and fill the vial underwater tapping to remove air bubbles.
  • Replace the vial's cap while the vial is underwater.
  • Lift the vial out of the water and turn upside down to check for any air spaces. If there are any air bubbles, empty the vial and try again.
  • Fill out the information sheet with name, address, vial number, date and time the sample was collected.
  • Place the sample in the original box and packaging.
  • Mail the sample to the lab immediately in the U.S. postage prepaid shipping box.

    • Information You Will Provide

  • Name and Address.
  • Serial number of the test vial.
  • Date and time of the test.
  • Sample collection area.
  • Name and address.

    • Receiving the Results

  • Test results are available online the next business day afternoon after the lab receives the sample. Enter the serial number of the test and your test results will be displayed online and the full report can be emailed to you or displayed and printed out.
  • Test results are available through an automated phone system the next business day afternoon after the lab receives the sample.
  • Test results also mailed out the next business day.

    • How it Works

    A standard boro-silicate glass VOA sample collection vial with Teflon sepa cap is used for sample collection. In the laboratory, a measured aliquot of the water sample is mixed with scintillation cocktail in a glass test vial. Radon preferentially dissolves into the cocktail over a period of several hours. The vial is then placed in a shielded chamber for counting. Alpha particles emitted by the breakdown products of Radon create scintillations, or flashes of light, in the cocktail.

    A photo-multiplier tube detects these scintillation's, the signal is electronically enhanced and the effect of the alpha particles are counted. Background counts are subtracted and the net counts are entered into a formula with other relevant data yielding quantitative results stated in picoCuries per Liter (pCi/L).

    AccuStar Labs is a certified National Radon Proficiency Program laboratory registered with the National Environmental Health Association and is registered with every US state that requires registration for Radon testing.