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Tests Show Some Emit Radon Levels That Could Cause Concern; Marble Makers Dismiss Fears
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- Life causes cancer. Death is the cure.
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- I bet a Granite Counter top in your kitchen releases at least 1000 tons of Radon gas per hour directly into your home.
Posted by XmanBorg at 02:37 PM : Jul 25, 2008
Not to mention the gamma rays, that can turn your bones to powder!
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You also should not drop one on your head. - Reply to this comment
- Watch for the first law suit being filed by a neighbor for getting the fumes into her house from next door.
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- What about goverment buildings and courthouses across the USA that are - quite literally - covered in marble?
You''d think that would be a bigger issue.
Truth is, this article is the result of a reporter looking to meet a quota for a story.
Shame, CBS. - Reply to this comment
- ozilot wrote
I stopped believing all of these cancer threats when they (the establishment) said eating hamburgers could cause cancer...
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I felt the same way when they said milk causes cancer.
If you can''t even drink milk anymore, it seems like EVERYTHING causes cancer. So what can we do?
EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY! For no man can delay his dying day, so better to live until you die than to die without ever having lived. - Reply to this comment
- I am curious as to whether CMT Laboratories has any financial interests in Radon testing?
I would really like to see full disclosure on any report that comes out as to any conflict of interest that the party reporting the story may have.
If the CMT lab is an independent lab that has no financial interests in the increases in radon testing - then I will feel more comfortable with this report.
The biggest problem with these reports is that there are so many with conflicts of interest - such as the marble companies who defend the granite countertops and of course the synthetic companies who may bring these concerns. Additionally, we have to worry about people doing the tests as this could also increase their business.
We as consumers do need to be aware of the data and to be able to discern any ulterior motives for presenting the information. - Reply to this comment
- Definitively GW Bush fault!!
Surely McCain has something to do with it too!
IMPEACH!! IMPEACH!!
God Hail Obama our savior!!!!! - Reply to this comment
- I stopped believing all of these cancer threats when they (the establishment) said eating hamburgers could cause cancer...
Posted by ozilot
Denial is one way of dealing with it :) - Reply to this comment
- I bet a Granite Counter top in your kitchen releases at least 1000 tons of Radon gas per hour directly into your home.
Posted by XmanBorg at 02:37 PM : Jul 25, 2008
Not to mention the gamma rays, that can turn your bones to powder! - Reply to this comment
- I bet a Granite Counter top in your kitchen releases at least 1000 tons of Radon gas per hour directly into your home.
The Bush Administration needs to Regulate Radon Gas and put a tax on it and declare it as another gas that causes Global Warming. - Reply to this comment
- OH MY GOD.
Granite Countertops & Radon Gas.
I am going to go live in a Sandstone or Limestone CAVE. - Reply to this comment
- Oh-Brother, one more scam and hype story. Next thing you''ll see is legislation requiring radon tests in your kitchen!
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- You also might cross the street and get killed Hober_Mallow
Enjoy your new counter top! - Reply to this comment
- Just pull the covers over your head and it will be ok.
Oh, and BTW, if you get cancer, just remember, it''s your fault, so expect no compassion from your fellow man. - Reply to this comment
- Great, just great.
I just completed a supreme struggle to sell my old house and move into a new one.
My new house has, guess what, granite countertops !!!
Aarrgghhhh !!!! - Reply to this comment
