>The government sometimes provides good insights,
They "provide insight" in regards to the constitution and laws, yes. It's the reason why they can have politicians invested in radon mitigation corporations. Now go be a good goy and have them install a CPU fan attached to a 6 inch PVC pipe and have them charge you $1000.
>Guess what showed up in the new building code bylaw
This is why I love reminding people you can always sell houses "as is" and avoid the inspection. The only thing bad that happens is that you pass your home off to a fellow bureaucrat hating individual like yourself who actually lives and knows how to own a home, really sets the mind at ease more than anything knowing your old house won't be plastic retrofitted for Ken and Barbie.
Calm down anon. Have your home tested for radon exposure, if they find some get a mitigation system installed.
This anon is right, radon should be much lower on your list of shit to worry about.
Not an argument
The government sometimes provides good insights, less and less often now - sadly
People fail to realize that it's in the government's best interest to keep you alive. They need you to keep working so they can take your money.
It’s a noble gas. It doesn’t react with other elements, meaning it’s safe. It is radioactive though, so really the only way to deal with it is time and filtering your water and air. Luckily it decays quickly.
>meaning it's safe
Radon is not safe. In normal outdoor concentrations it's harmless, but if it seeps into your house it builds up to a concentration that becomes toxic. You're basically breathing in radioactive particles that will frick your lungs up.
It’s a noble gas. It doesn’t react with other elements, meaning it’s safe. It is radioactive though, so really the only way to deal with it is time and filtering your water and air. Luckily it decays quickly.
Good ventilation removes most of the risk
If you live in a REALLY bad radon site then keeping your basement sealed works too, but basements are for boomers anyways and you can remove 100% of radon risk by not having one.
>What's the best way to deal with Radon?
Is this actually an immediate problem or are you just being a spas? If you have tested for it already and it is a problem... It is expensive >I don't want to fricking die.
We all die. Accept that and you will be free
When I was born my parents bought a spec house. Lived there until I was 12. When we sold it the new owners asked for a radon test done. It was off the chart. Now, it's supposed to just increase you lung cancer risk but we had two dogs during that time. One got nose tumors and the other a brain tumor. Will see what happens I guess.
The house we then moved into also had high radon but they had a whole radon mitigation system installed in the basement.
The same way it's dealt with everywhere else in the world. Get your place tested first. I don't know what it costs in your country but it costs about 60 bux here. It takes a few months but then you know if there's anything to be concerned about.
If you're not spending significant time in your basement it probably doesn't matter because that's where radon builds up. It's only if you inhale it over long periods of time that it's a problem.
radon / small radiation dose is actually good for you as long as you don't destroy too many cells.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2477705/
yes there is a tom scucktt video about it no i won't link it
>What's the best way to deal with Radon?
>I don't want to fricking die.
Try turning off the TV and cease listening to people from the government.
Not an argument
The government sometimes provides good insights, less and less often now - sadly
>Not an argument
I'm not arguing
>The government sometimes provides good insights,
They "provide insight" in regards to the constitution and laws, yes. It's the reason why they can have politicians invested in radon mitigation corporations. Now go be a good goy and have them install a CPU fan attached to a 6 inch PVC pipe and have them charge you $1000.
>politicians invested in radon mitigation
I literally have this in my shithole hick township. Guess what showed up in the new building code bylaw?
>Guess what showed up in the new building code bylaw
This is why I love reminding people you can always sell houses "as is" and avoid the inspection. The only thing bad that happens is that you pass your home off to a fellow bureaucrat hating individual like yourself who actually lives and knows how to own a home, really sets the mind at ease more than anything knowing your old house won't be plastic retrofitted for Ken and Barbie.
Calm down anon. Have your home tested for radon exposure, if they find some get a mitigation system installed.
This anon is right, radon should be much lower on your list of shit to worry about.
People fail to realize that it's in the government's best interest to keep you alive. They need you to keep working so they can take your money.
>meaning it's safe
Radon is not safe. In normal outdoor concentrations it's harmless, but if it seeps into your house it builds up to a concentration that becomes toxic. You're basically breathing in radioactive particles that will frick your lungs up.
Fun fact: radon is a byproduct of uranium decay.
Where does radon even come from? Is it part of emissions?
The ground. It comes from the ground. That's why you mitigate it from beneath the foundation.
The absolute state of this board..
It’s a noble gas. It doesn’t react with other elements, meaning it’s safe. It is radioactive though, so really the only way to deal with it is time and filtering your water and air. Luckily it decays quickly.
>Luckily it decays quickly
You know what it decays into? Lead. So you end up with a fine layer of lead dust all over everything in your basement.
>luckily it decays quickly
that’s what makes a radioisotope harmful
Good ventilation removes most of the risk
If you live in a REALLY bad radon site then keeping your basement sealed works too, but basements are for boomers anyways and you can remove 100% of radon risk by not having one.
>but basements are for boomers anyways
...wat??
>I don't want to fricking die.
anon I have bad news
Look up radiation hormesis
I'd be more worried about fumes from your brothers laser cutter
>What's the best way to deal with Radon?
Is this actually an immediate problem or are you just being a spas? If you have tested for it already and it is a problem... It is expensive
>I don't want to fricking die.
We all die. Accept that and you will be free
When I was born my parents bought a spec house. Lived there until I was 12. When we sold it the new owners asked for a radon test done. It was off the chart. Now, it's supposed to just increase you lung cancer risk but we had two dogs during that time. One got nose tumors and the other a brain tumor. Will see what happens I guess.
The house we then moved into also had high radon but they had a whole radon mitigation system installed in the basement.
Air out every day at least 20 mins. Especially during the winter.
You're going to die anyway and old age is so grim it will be a relief. Embrace risk and live well instead of in fear, because fear won't save you.
Radon is a meme
The same way it's dealt with everywhere else in the world. Get your place tested first. I don't know what it costs in your country but it costs about 60 bux here. It takes a few months but then you know if there's anything to be concerned about.
If you're not spending significant time in your basement it probably doesn't matter because that's where radon builds up. It's only if you inhale it over long periods of time that it's a problem.
>t.radon snakeoil merchant
"I can't see it so it must not be real"
jesus
based red exclusion zone chads rise up
RADON4LIFE, glowing lungs for all
Like any poison you can build up a tolerance over time. Just don't die.
radon / small radiation dose is actually good for you as long as you don't destroy too many cells.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2477705/
yes there is a tom scucktt video about it no i won't link it
It's mostly about making sure that the bottom floor or crawl space of your house is well ventilated so it doesn't accumulate
checkmate radon