Radon - Periodic Table of Videos

Radon, the radioactive gas. Watch videos about all the elements at http://www.periodicvideos.com/

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[bionerd23]

i find it funny when people are sitting at bars, drinking beer and smoking cigarettes, talking in fear about what they read lately: the dangerous radon that can cause lung cancer! i think radioactivity is highly overrated in most people's minds, at least compared to what most people expose themselves to on purpose in everyday life and take that as 'normal' and rather harmless, even though it's far worse for your health than a day in your cellar.

[kpshc707]

more radioactive stuff

[TheTytonidae]

@Aviatorsmith Alpha radiation can also be dangerous is a source is ingested. While I am unsure of this, I think that this means that inhaled radon (which would emit alpha particles) might cause damage to DNA.

[Northcodedotno]

Our class room was shut down because they discovered it had 4 times as much radon as recommended! I had only used it for 4 months but think of the teachers that had been there for many years! Anyways now I have to spend an extra 10min before I go to school trying to figure out which classroom to go to.

[Aviatorsmith]

@softilol Not all radioactivity is from radon. There are a lot of naturally occuring isotopes that give off radiation.

[Aviatorsmith]

@pug6666 There are different types of radiation. The radiation that is harmful to humans are mostly gamma radiation and neutron radiation. These forms of radiation are able to penetrate deep into your cells and alter the chemistry of your DNA. The gamma radiation is of high energy and can ionise the atoms in your DNA and mutate it. Atoms in your DNA can also absorb the neutrons and change it's atomic mass. This may cause the processes within the cell to break down.

[Klodvig105]

Where I live, bedrock contains quite a lot of radioactive materials, and as they decay, the radon leves are sometimes quite high. In fact, they are the biggest part of the background radiation here.

[onthecuttingedge2005]

does radon glow brighter than tritium?

[pug6666]

Ok i know that radiation is harmful but what makes it harmful?

[butanuku]

Respond to this video... I bought mine at Home Depot for $9.95. Pretty cheap! Now I know how I'm gonna die! Oh and it was a bargain! No surprises! Pretty good deal! Get your too!

[butanuku]

Respond to this video... No there are a lot of little devils with their little devilish families living underground, including the brothers Polonium and Uranium. They keep trying to kill each other to see who is going to kill you first. Ah! It's cousin Radon for sure! He is always interfering and will definitely kill you! Get the heck out of your inferno! Before you get sucked in!

[butanuku]

@happyseralstudent012 So that's it takes for you to get into your garage, turn on the car and get the hell out of there in 5 minutes. You must be 85 like the guy above. Dear Geez!