radon in granite

Hello, Breaking news stories today in Yahoo reveal high levels of radon (100 piccocuries/L) in some samples of granite (used for countertops). I have asked our supplier (we recently ordered granite countertops) but the answers are vague, and ambiguous. We have a baby in the house and I need better than that BEFORE the counters are installed. How can I go about finding if these coutnertops are safe? Appreciatively, Chris

 

Dear Chris:

I have no way to convince you, so I won't spend much time on this one. Should you care about my opinion, it is completely unsubstantiated misinformation fueled by the manmade engineered stone and hard-plastic (a.k.a. solid surfaces) producers and distributors because their market share is dropping like a brick from the Empire State Buildings. So they use these despicable scare tactics to try to contain the damage.

“Homeowner kits” with Geiger counter and all that are a total scam IMO. Radiation must be measured by a trained technician in a specifically controlled environment.

Like I said, I will not spend any time on this issue.

Oh, BTW, you should also give up your cell phone: even with the blue-tooth it's been “proven” to cause brain tumors…

 

Sure enough, if marblecleaning.org could have its ways, the stone industry would have something solid to fight back these blatant lies.

 

May I ask you now to please read and e-sign our Statement of Purpose at: http://www.marblecleaning.org/purpose.htm?

Ciao and good luck,

Mauri zio Bertoli

 

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