What's Lurking In Your Countertop? Radon Gas? (pollution, install, garden)

[bluepacific]

This was an interesting bit on radioactive Granite Countertops!

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/ga...o_interstitial

[bobmulk]

God, what's next? People are also freaking over the methane from cow farts. Are we going to be saddled with a butt plug device monitoring our gaseous emissions? Methinks some of this crap is going way too far.

[riveree]

I'm curious how this progresses.

Indoor pollution is very real, and now here's another culprit. Is it really any worse than, say, the formaldehyde off-gassing from new furniture, carpet, etc.?

So is everyone going to rip out their granite countertops and install formica now? If so, I'm ahead of the game .

[Donn2390]

This story has been around for a while now. It was started by a company that builds counter tops that compete with granite, so it behooves them to scare you off.
The tech articles I have read show the radon to be way much smaller than allowable, hardly even measurable. . I studied the reports closely, and them went ahead with my granite. It would take a thousand years to do any damage.... I probably won't live that long...

[sacredgrooves]

I have granite and I also perform radon testing. I calibrate my machines right next to the kitchen and my reading is .1....I call BS on these claims.