Houston KHOU 11 - Report on Granite Radiation

News report on the possible dangerous levels of Radiation and Radon gas in some granite countertops.

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News & Politics

Tags:

• Granite
• Countertops
• Kitchen
• Radon
• Radiation

[dtlease]

You're totally right, this stuff is all a marketing ploy... that's why the New York Times ran a story on it... and the Today Show. It goes without saying that every story THOSE news organizations run has pretty much no basis in fact.

[martyn347]

what about people who cut granite can they die from radiation

[dodoslovensko]

ask any fireman .when they go to any factory that makes pvc or any kind f plastic. when it burns it makes toxic vapor. same smell when u cut quartz , silestone, or any other man made stuff. what it is they put stone gravel and mix it whit glue.

[mcqueen6666]

What does cancer smell like? I know there are supposedly cats and I think dogs that can smell it

[Ballpythondude420]

long term food storage where uranium could leach into their food and kill them.Like that ex-kgb agent a few years back That was more than likely purposefull, but again the radiation wouln't be the issue it would be a poisoning issue and you would die in hours, not get cancer. Unless the material was givin in small amounts and stayed in your liver until enough built up and dislodged. Then it would occur over a period of time but you would still die in hours.

[Ballpythondude420]

Radon gas is formed when nuclear material ( such as uranium) decomposes now it's very possible that there is some uranium mixed in with the counter top. Now unless they were using methods to purify the uranium in there counter top it wouldn't be a big threat. Or if they were eating yes i mean consuming the granite in there counter top ( because uranium and depleted uranium are very poisonous not because of radiation) they wouldn't be In much risk unless they were using their counter tops as

[xxCCBBxx]

the fact that it is the marble institute proves its biased... a prestigious chemist at the university of Nottingham even said granite gives off radon. google periodic videos and select radon under the Nottingham sight

[mAtT1018969]

thats possible granite is a common house hold upgrade but it is impossible for granite to hold radon or radiation sorry it was proved by the marble instatue of america

[xxCCBBxx]

i knew 4 people with cancer. 2 of them died. 4 of them have granite tops...

[xxCCBBxx]

i knew 4 people with cancer 2 of them died. all of them have granite tops...

[dodoslovensko]

i work in granite shop. i know the difference when u cut the plastic garbage smells like pure cancer to me . granite dont make this odor .all u get from granite dust is small particles which clog your lungs = black lung . thath is it. if u wear a dust mask it wont get tghrouth , but the gas mask is no help when u work whith plastic .