{"id":887,"date":"2025-12-18T10:20:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T15:20:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/?page_id=887"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:43:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T20:43:25","slug":"radon_map","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/radon\/radon_map\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Radon Potential Map"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Radon potential\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/pdf_files\/radon\/radon_tier_2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TIER ASSIGNMENTS FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY<\/a> <i class=\"fas fa-file-pdf text-danger\" title=\"Adobe Acrobat PDF file\"><\/i>\u202fare based on the following:<\/p>\n<p><b>Tier 1:<\/b>\u202f\u202f \u202f High potential \u2013 at least 25 homes tested with 25 percent or more having radon concentrations greater than or equal to 4 pCi\/L<\/p>\n<p><b>Tier 2:<\/b>\u202f\u202f \u202f Moderate potential \u2013 at least 25 homes tested with 5 to 24 percent having radon concentrations greater than or equal to 4 pCi\/L<\/p>\n<p><b>Tier 3:<\/b>\u202f\u202f \u202f Low potential \u2013 at least 25 homes tested with less than 5 percent having radon concentrations greater than or equal to 4 pCi\/L<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the Tier designation, the Department recommends that all homes should be tested for radon. Radon concentration can vary widely within a tier location, depending upon the geology and amount of uranium in the soil. Homes in low or moderate radon potential areas can have elevated radon concentrations. The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency both recommend that you take action to mitigate your home if your test results indicate radon levels of 4 pCi\/L of radon or higher.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image=&#8221;878&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Radon potential\u202fTIER ASSIGNMENTS FOR EACH MUNICIPALITY \u202fare based on the following: Tier 1:\u202f\u202f \u202f High potential \u2013 at least 25 homes tested with 25 percent or more having radon concentrations greater than or equal to 4 pCi\/L Tier 2:\u202f\u202f \u202f Moderate potential \u2013 at least 25 homes tested with 5 to 24 percent having [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":129,"featured_media":0,"parent":129,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"fullwidth-title.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-887","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/129"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1174,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/887\/revisions\/1174"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deptest.nj.gov\/rpp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}