radon emitting granite

[Jerome W. Young]

anyone ever heard of this? A client called me about this stating they had watched a show that proposed that radon was being emitted from granite counter tops. :confused:

[Ted Menelly]

anyone ever heard of this? A client called me about this stating they had watched a show that proposed that radon was being emitted from granite counter tops. :confused:


Yep

That is what this planet is made of....Granite. It does emit radon. I think you will find that in most case what it giving off amounts to next to nothing but then again there "has been cases with high emmission" Personally I think it is all a bit stretched but that is just me. Some folks have some pretty strong opinions about radon as a whole.

There are past threads on this board that talk about it extensively.

[Gunnar Alquist]

Oh, no. Not this topic again.

[CHARLIE VAN FLEET]

hey
you can get cancer from red meat--give me a steak

charlie

[Rick Hurst]

My grandson still has that granite pacifier we had made. He's doing fine. :rolleyes:

[Rick Hurst]

Oh, no. Not this topic again.


Gunnar,

It just won't go away will it?

[Scott Patterson]

hey
you can get cancer from red meat--give me a steak

charlie

We just place the meat on our granite counter in the kitchen and let it cook to a nice med/rare. Takes a while, but by then it is also aged! :D Works great for Elk!

[Scott Patterson]

anyone ever heard of this? A client called me about this stating they had watched a show that proposed that radon was being emitted from granite counter tops. :confused:

Yes, it can be an issue with some granite. Most of the granite suppliers will supply a certificate showing how much or that it is radioactive free. Some of it is "hot" and is not suppose to be sold in the States. Most of that as you can guess is coming from China!

[Gunnar Alquist]

Gunnar,

It just won't go away will it?

Apparently not.

[William Levy]

Its better to test the whole house for radon in IR County, we can test counters if client thinks there is a problem..see our web site granite pages
Cheers

Bill

William Levy
Associated Radon Services
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[John Kogel]

Apparently not.The half-life of Radon = 1.8 hours to 3.8 days.
The half-life of Uranium = 4.5 billion years
The half-life of this topic = somewhere between the two. :D:):D