Live testing of a kitchen for Radon before Granite is install

[Topshop]

So you are telling us we should send in thousands of people to be killed and mamed and waste millions of dollars to find out if stone has radon?

If we do that we still have noone to blame it on.

[Huligar]

Thanks for waiting. I just got back from Vegas where the people who come up with programs to deal with Radon and Radiation were having a conference and one of the topics was building materials.

I personally spoke to Stanley P. Liebert of CMT Laboratories who denied any direct or indirect correspondence with our Al or the SSA. Mr. Liebert went on to say that the only thing that he is hoping to point out is the fact that 10 out of the 2000 granites emit some radiation. This however, does not directly translate to what we have been reading on the web. That is, if you have a slab that has some traces of radiation it will give off radon with in the next ten generations. Mr. Liebert is also the proud owner of granite as well. He thinks it’s crazy for someone to remove a counter top simply because of one area that may show a reading.

I also had the pleasure of speaking with Erik Listou of Build Responsible, Gary Hodgden of AAIR Professionals, Bill Brodhead of WPB Enterprises Inc, and Shawn Price of Air Chek, Inc. These guys gave me a crash course in radiation and radon while confirming that we had the hottest stone measured to date.

Everyone that I spoke to all had the same conclusion. At this time the radiation from natural stone has no significant bearing on the radon levels in a home. It was also explained and demonstrated that the meters on the market are not the best tools to go hunting for radon coming from natural stone. The areas of a slab can be easily avoided or even removed if deemed necessary.

In the NSRA test kitchen, the numbers before the installation were all very low. All were less than 0.3 pCi/l on the days of testing (about as low as anyone can measure.)

The test kit in the hall was 0.6 pCi/l
The test kit hanging in the door way was 0.8
The test kit hanging from the cabinets was 0.7
And the one we hung 12" over the "hottest" spot was 1.0 pCi/l

This test was done in a way to make sure we got the highest readings possible. We now intend on testing the home as if we were simply testing for radon in the home.


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[tim scarlata]

I wish we had the clapping smiley

[Topshop]

Great work Jo. It looks like our pal Al is truly a vigilanty psycho. I guess when companies like Silestone and Cambria give you a few hundred thousand bucks you get a bit out of hand trying to prove a point.

[Huligar]

Now that I see Al is online, I am very sorry that I did not get a chance to meet you face to face.
I feel a little better speaking to you now seen that I am well equipped with a stack of business cards ans an invitation to contact them regardless how small I think the question may be.

Al I real need to thank you for turning me on to these guys, I wish the rest of the world was able to attend.Please remind all the guys that this test kitchen is open for them to run any non destructive testing they wish.

[Huligar]

ok, we just got the safety siren pro series II radon gas detector and the femto-tech model CRM-510 we will turn on the cameras at 6pm.

this set of test should take no more than a few days. The CRM-510 is one of those tools that can not be tamper with and will report even if we tilt it at any given time. Do to the fact that this tool is so respected in the radon world, this should be the end of the test. The invitation still stands for anyone to come and run his/her own test or send us the kits with all directions and a phone number so we can be in contact while we are setting up the kits..

[FLF82]

Great Job Jo

[GYANNI]

Kudos to Huligar

[Huligar]

I wish I could take the pat on the back for this one, but all the guys in the NSRA core had a great influence in what we did and how we went about it. This is a result of all your donations hard at work.

[GYANNI]

Jo, can you tell me if there will be some sort of press release soon?