2 Minute Granite & Radiation Video

[Doggieman1111]

ok so that's what, 0.4 mr/hr? I wouldn't want to sleep on that every night, but really, in the grand scheme of things I don't think it's going to do much damage to anyone unless you press your body against it every day for hours at a time. And then maybe after 20 years of that you'd see a slight increase in your potential cancer rate.

[Doggieman1111]

"nucular" huh?

[kossmikham]

That granite is also the type that is most preferred by douchebags all over the US. The McMansion industry boom that finally went bust over a year ago, sucked up tons and tons of these rocks. The proud owners are getting lit up like Las Vegas and breathing in radon on a daily basis.

[TCSRock78]

It is an ironic twist, isn't it?

People can get seriously stupid over this topic, especially the poor lady that saved and dreamed for years till she could afford a granite countertop.

You would be surprised at the number of people that learn they have a dangerous type of stone in their home then refuse to have it tested. They usually say they don't want to know if they were exposed.

[FissionableFusion]

It does not matter whether the units are in rem, rad, or roentgen. If the readings are pure gamma, these units of measure for exposure or dose are considered equal. 1 rem = 1 rad = 1 roentgen.

[TCSRock78]

Thanks FissionableFusion.

You are exactly right, a rem is a rad is a roentgen for this lmited discussion of pure gamma.

[vipervnm]

These people unfortunately don't know what their detector's readings mean. 1.68mREM (1,680 microRem) exposure for 24 hours is considered the daily safe limit for human exposure. You're saying the instrument is reading anywhere from 100 to 400 microREM. WHO CARES?! Breathing benzene once every few days while filling up at a gas station is FAR MORE hazardous...and even that is a minuscule hazard. Get a clue and stop this pathetic fear mongering. Using 'hot' to describe this is embarrassing.

[TCSRock78]

Unfortunately, these sock puppets aren't interested in facts, just preventing anyone from taking this issue seriously. But if I was to nitpick, vipernm's use off 1.68 mciroREM is a giveaway as to his actual knowledge. 1.68 microrem/hr or 1.68ur/hr would be the way to express the number. By using unconventional capitalization and omitting the time frame, he exposes himself as ignorant.

[TCSRock78]

Oh, so you believe a granite fabricator that says it is safe over another that is telling you it is freaking hot?

And we are to believe that you would put a product in your home, knowingly, that was 80 times background radiation?

We have been shipping samples to some nuclear power plant labs, but we can't actually ship them directly to the labs. The samples have to go their homes, then they take them in personally. Why? The granite is too hot to accept from a shipment. Silly, huh?

[stoneadvice]

You are a clown, how much work has your plastic countertop company lost to the granite countertop industry. You un-calibrated jackass meter will do the same thing with a salt shaker and a potato. Which high school did you not graduate from? Yee Haw!

[athsolid]

ramandu,

pm 1703 is a scintilator, it doesn't read alpha, just gamma. If you are that ignorant, why are you here posing as an expert?

And the rem is a rad is a roetgen is common knowledge in the radition world. This guy is writing for the general public and doesn't want their eyes to glaze over by being ultra precise.

As to the rest of your claims, it looks like this guy is just trying to get the hotter stones removed from the market. Who in their right mind would object to that?

[njsockmonkey]

How can you take this seriously when the word "NUCLEAR" is not even pronounced correctly???

[TCSRock78]

Hmmm, sockmonkey... I think you are telling us that someone has their hand up your a** and is controlling you. Take that seriously.

[bigbadmeerkat]

That is seriously hot! Aren't you even slightly concerned about your own safety?

[TCSRock78]

Yes, it does give me pause. When we are documenting slabs being cut up to send to the scientists, you have to have your head almost touching the slab to read the meter. And it takes hours to read each 3" square, there are close to 900 of the areas to measure per slab.

I think it is partly the power of suggestion, but it gives me a headache when measuring the slabs.

I'll be glad when I don't have to do this anymore.

[vipervnm]

Maybe the headaches are caused by the obnoxious beeping??

[TCSRock78]

Well, I didn't get to review this before it was published, & there are several mistakes I made. First time I've done this, wasn't prepared. This is real life, warts and all. Two mistakes I found: The Geiger counter on X100 was actually showing 10 millirems, not 1 rem, stupid mistake on my part. The second mistake was when I was pointing out the data log info. I said 456 cpm when I should have said 4560 cpm. I'll review it again tomorrow night to see if there are any more errors.