Hi ALL; Everyone wants to live a long healthy life, and I'm no exception. Long term good health is the result of *reduced* insults to the body. Radon is one of them. Many years ago I became aware of Radon and did a bit of research on the subject. I decided I wanted to monitor this gas on a 24 hour basis. Bought two monitors. Turned out to be a good decision.
I live in NH, famous for its granite and Radon gas. I have a fairly new tight house and its a great trap for radon gas. Its also in my water. The "sample cans" that they test with, left open for a week, then sent to a lab...are of little value. Monitoring radon on a continuous basis, shows that it can really vary, depending on temp, wind, velocity, house water consumption and GOD knows what else. The EPA has established 4 pico curries per liter (4 pc/l) as the flash point that should cause you to take action. The action I took was to have 5 PVC pipes sunk into the basement floor. These are tied into a header that runs to a huge fan, that hangs under the roof. It creates a suction *under* the basement floor and blows the R gas out through a roof vent. I shut it off during the summer when the windows are open. Yesterday morning I looked at the basement unit and it was at a surrealistic 91 pc/l. The upstairs bedroom was at 17. I immediately opened up the house to change the air. It had rained for at 24 hours and I think this had funneled it into the house. This radon decays in 3 1/2 days but is constantly seeping in. Its a colorless, odorless gas and over time can mess your lungs up. *Vital lung capacity is the second best indicator, next to age, as to how long you are going to live.* What's your radon level? Phil Sr. -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
