Comments on: Radon Represents our Largest Exposure to Ionizing Radiation

By: thomasstigwikman

thomasstigwikman — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:27:54 +0000

Well, it is a bit of an apples to oranges comparison. Radon-222 is generally considered more hazardous due to the direct inhalation of radioactive particles and the immediate risk of lung cancer. However, toxic lead poses a long term risk. Also remember that very minute trace amounts of radon-222 can do a lot of damage and from it you’ll end up with minute amounts of lead.

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By: thomasstigwikman

thomasstigwikman — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:27:14 +0000

In reply to World Questioner.

X-rays are considered ionizing radiation (along with gamma rays, alpha particles, and beta particles, etc). You are right this is not an encyclopedia. However, hopefully I am providing enough links for those who want study the topic deeper. Yes Nuclear power is a good topic for another post.

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By: World Questioner

World Questioner — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:37:30 +0000

The worst part of radon is not the ionizing radiation. It’s the fact that radon eventually becomes lead, which is a toxic heavy metal.

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By: World Questioner

World Questioner — Mon, 20 Jan 2025 00:20:21 +0000

You made no mention of X-rays. But this isn’t intended to be an encyclopedia.
Nuclear power is a good topic for another post.

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By: thomasstigwikman

thomasstigwikman — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 04:03:14 +0000

In reply to JoAnna.

Thank you JoAnna. All other radioactive sources are smaller than the quite large radon in the basement problem, and people don’t realize it. It is better to be safe than sorry and try to get rid of it.

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By: JoAnna

JoAnna — Thu, 09 Jan 2025 02:07:36 +0000

Thanks for reinforcing all the testing I required before we bought our house over the summer. The basement was at a 10 I think so we had a radon mitigation system put in. I need to get David to re check the air down there. I also had the well water tested though the realtor didn’t think it was necessary. Thankfully the water tested zero for radon. I still won’t spend much time in the basement regardless.

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By: thomasstigwikman

thomasstigwikman — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 22:43:34 +0000

In reply to Patricia Furstenberg.

Thank you Patricia. Yes a lot of people had these pumps where we lived.

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By: Patricia Furstenberg

Patricia Furstenberg — Tue, 13 Aug 2024 09:58:01 +0000

In reply to thomasstigwikman.

Oh, now that is something worrying. Glad you had it sorted on time.

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By: thomasstigwikman

thomasstigwikman — Mon, 12 Aug 2024 22:29:31 +0000

In reply to Patricia Furstenberg.

Yes, it must have been a problem, but one that people were unaware of. There were so many diseases back then and like you say people did not live long. I remember how surprised I was when I was told we had a significant radon problem in our basement in our first house. They said that spending a day in the basement was equivalent to smoking 12 cigarettes, and our 2-year-old toddler had been spending a lot of time there playing. I knew the Radon problem existed, and I also knew that radiation is an often highly exaggerated problem. So, when I heard 12 cigarettes per day I was surprised. It was a much bigger problem than I thought. We were told that our problem was pretty average for Wisconsin. There were places that were much worse. We got a pump that significantly reduced the Radon problem.

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