wilkes

Will radon kill c*ckroaches and bedbugs too?

Looking for the silver-lining here.

no test for radon but I had it tested fer dawg whiz and it lit up like a christmas tree

all a bunch of bull****

http://www.lowes.com/Search...etectors#!

http://www.walmart.com/sear...nstraint=0

Fins; Can anyone say that Radon definitely is a cause of lung cancer? Well I recently retired after working in the medical field where I was around radiation daily. I was told that radiation can cause cancer and other dangers but I could not see any radiation. Who did I believe, those book I read and teachers even thou I could not see any radiation. Fortunately I have not come down with cancer at this time or had any of the other problems caused by radiation because I used the prescribed precautions most of the time. What effect the Radon has on me in the future is anyone's guess but time will tell. If a buyer does not want to have a Radon Test performed on a house they are buying, that is their choice no one could make it manditory 2 years ago when I was a Realtor. I always suggested the buyer making it part of the package. Better to know before hand that later.

Minimize the Radon Level in your Home!

Many of the 21,000 lung cancer deaths caused by radon in the U.S. each year are preventable. The "action" and "consider action" limits of 4 or 2 pCi/L are merely cost/benefit guidelines - EPA has left the radon mitigation decision and responsibility up to the individual homeowner. EPA has warns the public: "Any radon exposure has some risk of causing lung cancer. The lower the radon level in your home, the lower your family's risk of lung cancer."

You should always try to reduce the radon level in you home to a practical minimum. The target of the U.S. Radon Abatement Act is the natural level outdoors (average 0.4 pCi/L). Whether you current level is 30 or 3 pCi/L, or if a mitigation system is already installed, reducing radon in your home by 90 or 50 percent will reduce the risk to your family by 90 or 50 percent.

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Radon levels for Wilkes Co.

First, I wouldn't trust those DIY test kits.

Second, while some claim that radon is linked to lung cancer, there has never actually been a study to see. I had a good friend that once sold a house to an EPA agent. He laughed at a radon test. He explained the only test done was on German coal miners (who work deep inside the earth where levels would be very high) that smoke two packs of German cigarettes a day. The same agent also explained that radon mitigation startd in he New England area. And the EPA would raise the acceptable radon level to about double of he current level, but that would put many New England mitigation companies out of business, and those companies belong to relatives of politicians (translation: you can't put Kennedy's out of business)

Dark Matter I applaud your group on it's research and suggest the radon be collected from any granite kitchen counter top. If you need a UL Approved sticker let me know.

I am currently involved in an engineering tour-de-force that I hope will culminate in my riding mower being powered solely by a (patent pending) mixture of reclaimed radon gas and WD-40.

I am also reviewing the limits on non-ionizing radiation since many of you even sleep with radiation a few centimeters from your brain cells i suspect the time limit is being exceeded and the area over which the energy is dipersed greatly reduced by that earring serving as a parabolic reflector.

From Wikipedia:

"Radon is a gas that emits ionized radiation. It is released as radium decays which is released from the decay of Uranium and Thorium.

When ionizing radiation is emitted by or absorbed by an atom, it can liberate an atomic particle (typically an electron, proton, or neutron, but sometimes an entire nucleus) from the atom. Such an event can alter chemical bonds and produce ions, usually in ion-pairs, that are especially chemically reactive. This greatly magnifies the chemical and biological damage per unit energy of radiation because chemical bonds will be broken in this process. If the atom was inside a crystal lattice in a solid phase, then a "hole" will exist where the original atom was."

Today, if you get a bank loan the property will have to be tested for radon. Anything above 4.0 will require mitigation before you can get the loan. Another hoop the seller has to go through

What is radon and what would it do to you if it is too high?

When we bought our home with a basement, we had a radon test done. I can't remember the number but the sellers put in a system in our basement that goes out the wall to the outside. We live in Wilkesboro.

We have a radon fan that pulls it from under the basement an goes out the roof. I had never heard of it until we bought our house. We are off Airport Rd and have a full basement. There are houses on either side of us and we are the only ones with one.

Grandpa, yes I am. Just blowing it to the foundation doesn't do it!

Whitehawk; I hope you are talking about having your house treated by pulling the contaminated air from under the basement concrete or crawl space plastic and having it vented above your roof. Yes, I have been involved with many houses that have been tested and mutiple having to be treated or midigated by a licensed professional. My house had a higher result that allowed and will have to be midigated before I can sell it. I purchased 2 test kits from Lowes and verified my results. Note: Most homes with basements in the Millers Creek and to the mountains area will probably test higher than 4.0.

Yes. All homes with granite substratum test for varying amounts or radon. Under house ventilation and a good fan will clear the problem (as a rule.)