Can Radon test results be manipulated to show below average readings?
Tampering with a Radon testing device, is a serious moral offense, creating artificial security and potentially a life threatening health hazard. Test tampering could threaten the lives of an innocent family by providing an artificial sense of security. Most CRM machines have tamper resistant features. If so moving of the machine would be marked on the results. Data cannot be manipulated from the CRM machine, it prints directly into a “read only” /unchangeable document. Radon levels will change when closed house conditions are not meet. Especially if the open window or door is in the same area as the test kit. Opening windows or doors and leaving them open could either raise or lower Radon concentration depending on the air flow within the home. Continuous Radon Monitors are more likely to detect changes in the radon testing environment. Passive systems could be moved to an outside location and returned. Most Continuous Radon Monitors report Radon concentration hourly, and detect movem
