Help pick best radon poster

In October, Utah students were challenged to create posters about radon. Last year the Department of Environmental Quality received eight entries from three schools. This year, Utah students rose to the challenge creating 60 posters from eight schools depicting the dangers of radon, where it comes from, how it gets into homes and how residents can test their homes for the invisible, radioactive gas.

Now it's time to vote for your favorite poster. Log on to www.radon.utah.gov and vote for your favorite radon poster by the Dec. 12 deadline. Winners will be for the following categories: Best Hand Drawn Radon Poster. Best Computer Aided Radon Poster and Best Overall Radon Poster

Last year, Sara Jane Egan and Rachel Pinnock, both of Olympus Junior High School, won statewide. Pinnock went on to win for her poster in the

National contest. The 2007 state winners will receive awards from DEQ and have their posters reproduced and framed.

The poster contest is a great way to educate people about the dangers of radon, the leading cause of non-smoking lung cancer, said John Hultquist, radon program manager with the Division of Radiation Control.

For more information, visit www.radon.utah.gov.