brooklyn1 wrote:
> "boulanger" > wrote in message
> ...
>> "Sky" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> x-posted, followups set to rec.food.equipment
>>>
>>>
>>> Over the weekend, I read an article in my local newspaper about a
>>> possible risk of radiation &/or radon contamination from kitchen and
>>> bathroom countertops made of granite & other similar materials. The
>>> article intimated the number of incidences is most likely very small,
>>> but the potential risk does seem to be there. Has anyone else heard of
>>> this? Almost makes one wonder if a geiger counter should be taken when
>>> shopping for building materials!
>>>
>>> For those who might be curious, here's a link for the same article at
>>> the Sacramento Bee newspaper* entitled, "Some homeowners, concerned
>>> about radioactivity, testing granite countertops":
>>>
>>> http://www.sacbee.com/850/story/1702782.html
>>>
>> All granites are radioactive to a certain extent but that which is called
>> granite in kitchen stores may not be so! Quarrymen and monumental masons
>> have their own terminology that may even apply the name granite to a
>> basalt,
>> which is mineralogically poles apart.
>>
>>
> All matter is radioactive, the greater its mass the more radioactivity is
> likely. Most everyday items we live with do not emit hazardous types and/or
> amounts of radioactivity. Being freshly mined from the earth there's a
> definite likelyhood that a chunk of stone can be emmiting some degree of
> radon. I think all who have stone countertops installed should have an
> independant testing agency check for radon... a recording device will be
> placed on or near the stone where it will check emissions 24/7 for like a
> week... not a very expensive test and should be done. Chances are low that
> your countertop will be emitting dangerous levels of radon but it could, the
> only way to know is by having it tested. Anyone who buys stone countertops
> should make the sale conditional upon the merchant agreeing to replace them
> if radon exceeding the levels allowed by the EPA is detected by an
> independant testing lab.
>
> http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/arti...241210,00.html
>
>
>

heck more health risk WORRYING about such than the subject itself .


Talk about a nation of fearful fannies !!