RADON

A few weeks ago I received my utilities bill from the City.  Along with the bill comes an information sheet.  On this sheet it stated that Yukon Housing will provide free of charge radon testers for your house.  I thought, if it's free, why not.  So off I went to get my house tested for Radon.
Now, I didn't even know ANYTHING about radon - what it was, what its effects were, should there be a concern or not.  I knew nothing.  Thinking I would do this and everything would be fine I took the testers home, set them up, then 10 days later returned them to Yukon Housing.    One was placed in my crawl space, one in my bedroom, two floors up.  The crawlspace tested at 78.8 Bq/m3 and my bedroom was 220.9 Bq/m3.  Hmmmmm.  What does that mean.  Over 200 I was advised to talk to Yukon Housing.  So, before I phoned them I googled RADON.  I learned that exposure to Radon causes LUNG CANCER in 1 in 20 people and if you are a smoker it is 1 in 3 chances of lung cancer. Health Canada says a safe level is 200 Bq/m3.  I was over the limit.  The odd thing is that radon is radiated from the ground and my ground level was minimal while 2 floors up the level was over the limit.  Another concern was that although Health Canada gives safe readings, The World Health Organization and the USA Health Department give safe readings at 100 Bq/m3.  Another Hmmmm.  So now I am doing a 2nd reading on my house.   Above is a map of the Radon Testing results in Yukon - apparently the 2nd highest province/territory of radon.  According to this map, 1/2 of the houses in Whitehorse have radon levels above the safe level with 1/4 above the Unsafest level, i.e. the level that reads, do something or you will die.  While at Yukon Housing I looked at a map of Whitehorse only and saw that there are subdivisions in Whitehorse that are 100% above the 600 mark.  100%!!!  In fact, I was told that some of the readings were at the 3,000 Bq/m3 level-  WOW!!! I asked if realtors show that on housing ads!  Porter Creek, if you know Whitehorse, is 1/4 over the 600 Bq/m3 mark.  Wish I could show you a map of Whitehorse but cannot find one on the website.  So, what do you do?  According to Mike Holmes:

If you have a radon problem, it can cost $1,500 to $3,000 to fix it. You need to call in a contractor who has experience in dealing with radon mitigation. You need someone who is certified in radon mitigation by the National Radon Proficiency Program.

(from what I can gather "mitigation" is the steps you an take to seal you house from radon leaking in)

In Yukon we do not have ANYONE who is certified in random mitigation.  NO ONE.  So if you are above the safe level we are advised to do things that are listed in the CMHC/Health Canada guide but looking at all their arrows as to where this radon may be leaking into our house, if we do anything in any one spot it is all guess work.  We are not experts and mitigation is not only costly but necessary to ensure health (which is priceless).

So, in Yukon we have complimentary testing available, but after that, you are on your own.  Is that right?