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From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
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Subject: Re: xkcd: Radon
Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:57:41 -0800
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On 1/22/25 00:08, Default User wrote:
> Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> 
>> On 1/14/25 15:00, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> xkcd: Radon
>>>     https://www.xkcd.com/3037/
>>>
>>> You should wait 100 billion years to build a house if Radon is
>>> detected  in the ground.
> 
>>
>> 	I found this comic to be self-explanatory.
>>
>> 	The problem of excess radon gas is usually dealt with
>> from my watching "This Old House" by ventilation of the basement
>> to the outside getting the radon out of the basement without
>> it entering the living quarters. (TOH addict.)
> 
> I know it's not, bue radon always kind of sounded like a scam.
> 
> "There's this invisible, odorless, gas that gives you THE CANCERS!!!
> Our detectors say YOU HAVE IT! Don't panic though, just install our
> device and it will remove the radon. We can install a lightning rod for
> you too."
> 
> Again, I know radon is real and real danger.
> 
> 
> Brian
> 
> 
	Radon is indeed real but it comes with our lovely planet.

	bliss - hobble