Does your newly rehabbed kitchen have that special glow? Turns out it may be because it's radioactive!
You read it right. According to the New York Times, some people in white coats have declared that some granite counter tops are emitting radiation (including lung cancer causing radon) at 100 times background levels.
The paper reports that worried homeowners are spending $100-300 to test their kitchens for radon and other nasty stuff, and chucking the whole thing into the trash if the numbers are bad.
Fortunately, Worried Dad is not too worried, because we have plain old Formica tops that have not, as of this writing, been proven to cause cancer...
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Great, I just spent a couple of thousand dollars to have my tile counter top replaced with, you guessed it, granite. I be checking for glowing things in the kitchen for now on. Of course in my kitchen there maybe a lot of things that glow in there....
Well, at least you won't have to turn the light on at night.
Bad news: Your Formica countertops are on particle board that leaks formaldehyde: http://www.allergyconsumerreview.com/formaldehyde.html.
Thanks. I was beginning to feel left out.
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