Cancer From Granite Countertops
If you have granite countertops, you might want to test them to see if they are the type that release harmful levels of radon. A radioactive gas, Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer (smoking is the first leading cause of lung cancer).
You can buy a test for $20-$30 from hardware stores. If you have granite countertops in your home, go get a test. If tests show levels that exceed 4 picocuries per liter of air, you might have a concern.
Not all granite countertops emit Radon.
Boy, I am glad we couldn't afford granite when we remodeled our kitchen. I can now be perfectly happy with my laminate that looks like granite instead of wishing it had been real granite instead.
1 comments:
Best keep looking for info on this topic rather than believe the stone industry. Way too much money at risk, plus the have sucessfully covered this up for the past 14 years. They can’t tell the truth, so they keep digging the hole deeper.
If this was a non issue, neither the CRCPD (state radiation officials) nor AARST (radon scientists) would have committees seting maximum allowable radiation/radon levels for stones and measurement protocols. ANSI and ASME are also looking into the controversy for their organizations.
On the radon issue, we have a full scale radon test going currently, over 20 pCi/L so far from only 36square feet of granite in a 96 square foot room. That is like smoking 2 1/2 packs a day,
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