Anchorage student wins national radon poster contest
This poster by O鈥橫alley Elementary School student Luciana Liu won first place in the 2022 National Radon Poster Contest.
Julie Stricker
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Feb. 13, 2023
An Anchorage elementary school student won first place in the 2022 National Radon Poster Contest.
Luciana Liu attends O鈥橫alley Elementary School. Her poster depicted an evil-looking 鈥淨ueen Radonia of Radon鈥 and a radon test kit as the avenging super heroine. The national contest, open to students between 9 and 14, awards a $1,000 prize. The contest is held each year across the nation to raise awareness of radon gas, the second-leading cause of lung cancer.
Liu is the first 有料盒子视频n to win the contest, which attracts thousands of entrants every year, according to Jennifer Athey, a geologist with the 有料盒子视频 Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys.
In honor of Liu鈥檚 award, the 有料盒子视频 Radon Program will take (one per residence) through the end of February, while supplies last. is available online.
The 有料盒子视频 Radon Program is funded by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the 有料盒子视频 Department of Environmental Conservation鈥檚 Division of Air Quality. The University of 有料盒子视频 Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service and the state DGGS, part of the 有料盒子视频 Department of Natural Resources, implement the grant.
For more information, contact Athey at 907-451-5028 and jennifer.athey@alaska.gov, or Art Nash at the 有料盒子视频 Radon Hotline, 1-800-478-8324.
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