But marble manufacturers say flat out that radiation in granite is not dangerous.
Is granite cancerous.
Radon is a colorless and odorless toxic gas linked to lung cancer.
Cancer actually a family of diseases characterized by the uncontrolled growth of cells is the result of a multiple genetic mutations to several of the fail safe mechanisms.
This has put some people off granite countertops.
They are passed down from your parents.
Granites can be predominantly white pink or gray in color depending on their mineralogy the word granite comes from the latin granum a grain in reference to the coarse grained structure of such a completely crystalline rock.
Not really says mike brennan a radiation health physicist with the washington state department of health in olympia.
But can a granite countertop emit enough radiation to pose a health risk.
In fact it is the second leading cause of this disease and may be responsible for the lung cancer deaths of thousands of people in the us.
Radon is a cancer causing natural radioactive gas that you can t see smell or taste the environmental.
Whether granite countertops could cause lung cancer due to the emission of radon gas has been a matter of some debate.
Strictly speaking granite is an.
Radon originating from the soil beneath homes is a more common problem and a far larger public health risk than radon from granite building materials.
Here is the truth about granite countertops and radiation.
And radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmokers.
Radon is the second leading cause of lung cancer and is estimated to cause tens of thousands of lung cancer deaths in the u s.
Brenner director of the center for radiological research at columbia university in new york said the cancer risk from granite countertops even those emitting radiation above background.
Genetic mutations happen in essentially three ways.
At issue is whether some granite countertops emit dangerous levels of radiation especially the gas radon which is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking.