Thread: radon emitting granite

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.

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Originally Posted by 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.

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.

Oh, no. Not this topic again.

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

charlie

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

Originally Posted by Gunnar Alquist

Oh, no. Not this topic again.

Gunnar,

It just won't go away will it?

Originally Posted by CHARLIE VAN FLEET

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! Works great for Elk!

Originally Posted by 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.

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!

Originally Posted by Rick Hurst

Gunnar,

It just won't go away will it?

Apparently not.

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

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Originally Posted by Gunnar Alquist

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.