How dangerous is radon to your health?

If you're breathing radioactive radon gas, how dangerous is it?, and what's the likelihood of you getting lung cancer? Risk Bites looks at radon safety, and the potential harm that being exposed to this radioactive gas can cause .

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[michaelgaudette]

Love the chippy soundtrack playing over the arithmetic of death calculations.

[SpyBug]

When talking about the rate of death that really upbeat music just didn't fit

[mpa]

Good music, it made me like radon very much

[danielharries]

The guy: 155, 000 people every year in America die of lung cancer
The background music : *happy whistle noises*

[peterhorne]

ANNDDD…it’s all over the screen! 😅I couldn’t even edge to this

[TidalWaveDan]

What I’m getting is, get out the house more. Got it!

[mikechaplin]

I watched a YouTube video that basically said that the EPA 4pC/l number is mumbo-jumbo, and they basically used a lot of what the EPA actually called "guesswork" based on people who have far more exposure to radon, like people who work in mines. But there has never been a scientific study of people living in homes with typical amounts of radon, and what the effect is.

[shinershows]

Video about radon death? Add happiest music you can find.

[deadtreebark]

I really enjoyed the music, it's probably the only reason I kept watching

[AdamAdam-wpqk]

Adding the music was just unnecessary smh 🤦‍♂️

[TrentHendyTravels]

So it’s more dangerous to drive my car so I should stop driving right?

[michaelmolter]

I think the maths are a little shaky here. 10 out of 70 radon deaths doesn't imply that not smoking protects you, or that smoking amplifies the dangers of radon. It could just as well imply that, of those that die of radon related lung cancer, most live in low cost housing without radon mitigation, which would be associated / correlated with poverty and smoking.

[cyrus]

So Radon cant kill you if you smoke in your basement

[bobbynygaardchrisitansen]

you may be able to do something at home but I doubt most companies will have it on their radar in work environment and some might work at a company for 40 years in a high radar area.

[ThePeterDislikeShow]

What happens when the radon finally decays in your basement, can the decay products like lead-210 and polonium-210 be dangerous too as they settle into the dust?

[Larry-pfsz]

i was going to get a radon test kit but it takes 3 months then send it for testing probley an other month, then what to do, now cut out ther middle man, i took a small fan fron a ceramid heater wired it derect made a frame, put it in a hole in the wall in my crall space, first day the cayughing soure throute i had went away and causrt me f all, dident have to wait 4 months to see if i had radon and breath it for that time, just sulved the problem instantly at no cast or waiting.

[TheHartonGroup]

I want to point out that not having a basement doesn’t mean you’re safe. The highest level I’ve ever seen was on a slab (27 pico).

[Firefuzz]

That’s nice. Just tested my basement. 26pci/l is what the test picked up.

[psycholaw]

Been sleeping in basement since I was 6

I'm cancer immune

[JavenarchX]

This music is giving me ear cancer....