Anyone with the requisite knowledge, training and equipment.
No- you can test for Radon at any time. Radon levels CAN be higher in winter months due to houses being closed up.
Yes there are numerous different websites you can access to get a radon test kit so you can test your home for any radon leaks that may be there in there.
Radon testing lets you test for radon gas. Radon gas is harmful to your health and cause things such as cancer.
Free-Radon-Test-Kits.com offers what you are looking for with your new house.
The 2 types of radon gas testing devices are activated charcoal and continues radon. Activated charcoal test kit maybe used by the average lay person. To get the results you must send the test back to the company.The continues test kit must be used by a professional.
Not in any state I know of. By the way, the solution to radon is simple: open the window.
well if it passed nothing.... passing is good. im guessing you mean failed a radon test? they will probably need to install some sort of blowers to expell the radon. I have something like this on my house. (we have high levels of Radon, especially during thunderstorms.
Radon exist in all the world, in air and waters, in rocks and soils, in buildings and tunnels, etc; but radon concentrations are very variable and different.
If you are asking about Radon, there aren't any sypmtoms. You just develop some form of lung cancer. The chances are low, maybe three in 10,000 people exposed per year, and epidemiology can't really separate those cancers from normal cancer occurances unless the number of people studied is huge. Just have a whole house Radon test done and have them put one test kit or meter under a glass or metal bowl to see how much the granite is contributing to the home's radon. If you are asking about heavy metal posioning, look up the various heavy metals on the internet. Arsenic, polonium, beryilium, chromium, and lead are some of the more common toxic heavy metals found in granite. One warning, other than geologists studying average local granites, there has been no research on what is in commercially sold granites. Right now, you can sell any granite regardless of it's toxicity or radiation levels. Sad business. For more info, use the link below. We have more info and experts on this subject than anyone else. You don't really expect the stone industry to study this do you?
You can get simple home test kits or detectors. The Pro-Lab RA100 Household Radon Gas Test Kit is a good one.
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Radon is a radioactive gas that causes lung cancer. You cant see, smell, taste radon so it is hard to know if you have it. You can buy Radon Test Kits at Homedepot or any similar store. If you have radon then you can eliminate it yourself for less then five hundred dollars