Ingozi yeRadon Exposure esuka kwiGranite Countertops
Ngaba i-granite countertops ingabangela umdlavuza wamaphaphu? Ungazi njani? Unokufumana njani ukuba ukhuselekile?
Iingxaki zeGranite zingabangela njani umdlavuza weLung?
Ukuxhalabisa malunga ne-counterparts ye-granite ekhokelela kumdlavuza wamaphaphu kwenzeka ngenxa yokuba siyazi ukuba ezinye zezi ndawo zendalo zingakhipha i-radon. Ukubola okuqhelekileyo kwe-uranium ekhoyo kwi-granite kuvelisa i- radon gas , kodwa inani le gas liyakwazi ukuhluka ngokugqithiseleyo.
Ukuze siqonde kakuhle le makhe sibuye siphinde sithethe ngokubaluleka kwe-radon kumdlavuza wamaphaphu ukuze uqonde umngcipheko wakho, ukuba kukho.
I-Radon kunye ne-Exposure kunye neMngcipheko weNgqungquthela yomhlaza
Ukubonakaliswa kwerhasi yeerdon emakhaya ethu-kunokwenzeka naphi na kwilizwe nakuzo zonke i-States-zicingelwa ukuba yinto yesibini ebangela umdlavuza wamaphaphu ngokubanzi, kunye neyona nto ibangela umdlavuza wemiphunga kubantu abangabhemi . Ekubeni umdlavuza wamaphaphu ungabikho ababhemayo yi-6 eyona nto ibangela umdla wokufa komhlaza e-United States, ezi azincinci manani. Ukuqhathaniswa okukhawulezayo, kukho ama-40,000 amabhinqa abulawa ngumdlavuza webele e-US ngamnye ngonyaka. Kukho abantu abangama-27,000 abafa ngenxa yomhlaza we-lungon . Sekunjalo, ngokuqinisekileyo siva ngakumbi malunga nomhlaza webele.
Ukuva ilizwi elithi radon lingafaka umfanekiso wabasebenzi basezimayini entloko yakho, kodwa eqinisweni, umngcipheko omkhulu kunabo bachitha ixesha elininzi ekhaya: abafazi nabantwana.
Igesi yeRadon ibangelwa ukubola okuqhelekileyo kwe-uranium, enokuthi ibe khona kwiimigangatho ezahlukileyo edwaleni phantsi kwezindlu zethu.
Xa ikhutshelwe emoyeni ngaphandle, akuyona ingxaki njengoko ihamba ngokubanzi. Xa sivalelwe emakhaya ethu, kunjalo, amanqanaba angakha phezulu, kwaye ekugqibeleni, kukhokelela kumhlaza.
Uninzi lwama-radon luvela ngenxa ye-radon ehamba emakhaya ethu ngokusebenzisa isiseko ngendlela yokutyunjwa, amaphampu kunye ne-drain.
Ubudala bendlu yakho abubalulekile, kwaye amakhaya amatsha anganikezela umngcipheko ophezulu ngenxa yokutywinwa ngakumbi.
Buyela kwiComputer and Exposure Radon
Izifundo zibonise ukuba i-countertraps i-granite inokukhupha i-radon kunye ne-radiation, kodwa oku kudla ngamanqanaba aphantsi kakhulu angaphantsi kwinqanaba elenzeka kumakhaya amaninzi, kwaye ngaphantsi komda ophakanyiswe yi-Arhente yokuKhuselwa kweNdalo (i-EPA).
Kubalulekile nokuba, phambi kokuba ukhange ngokucacileyo kwi-granite, ukuba uqaphele ukuba ezininzi iimveliso "zendalo" ziza kuthwala i-radon kwinqanaba elithile. Imveliso evela kubumba ngezitena, ukuya kwi-marble, kwi-gesi yendalo, ingaba ne-radon, kwaye ekubeni i-granite ingenasiphelo kunezinye iimveliso, kufuneka ibe neyona nkxalabo.
Oko kwathiwa, kwiimeko ezinqabileyo, i-radon evela kwi-countertraps ye-granite ibalulekileyo. Yintoni ongayenza ukuze uqinisekise ukuba ukhuselekile?
Isinyathelo sokuQala - Vavanya ikhaya lakho
Ukuba awuzange uvavise ikhaya lakho nge-radon, isinyathelo sokuqala sizakulibala malunga neempendulo zakho kwaye wenze uvavanyo lwe-radon ekhaya lakho . Ilungelo lakho lokubonakaliswa kwi-radon kwikhaya lakho likhulu kuneli thuba lokukhutshwa kwii-countertops zakho. Iikhikhi zifumaneka kwiivenkile ezininzi ze-hardware malunga ne-$ 10.
Ukuba izinga lakho aliqhelekanga (amanqanaba achazwe kwinqaku lekhonkco apha ngasentla kuvavanyo lwe-radon,) khangela le ngcaciso ekwenzeni ukunciphisa i-radon .
Isinyathelo sesibini - Cinga ukufumaneka kweRadon kwiiComputer yakho
Ukuba unqwenela ukufumana ingcamango ngokwakho ukuba i-counterparts yakho ye-granite iyakhathazeka, unokucinga ukuba wenze uvavanyo olulodwa lwe-radon kwizinga eliphantsi kwekhaya lakho, elinye likamagumbi apho unendawo ye-granite. (Kwaye mhlawumbi uvavanyo lwesithathu kwigumbi elisekude kodwa kumgangatho ofanayo kunye ne-counter counter.) Ukuba uzama oku, kucetyiswa ukuba ubeke zombini iikiti ubuncinane ubunama-intshi ezingama-20 ukusuka phantsi, kwaye ubuncinane ubunama-intshi ezingama-20 ukusuka kwi-counter counter.
Ukuba amanqanaba aqhelekanga, aphinde abuyele emibini imimandla ukuze afumane ukufundwa kwesibini.
Nangona ama-counterparts akho e-granite ehambisa inani elikhulu le-radon, oku akuthethi ukuba kufuneka basuswe. Amashishini okuphucula ukuphucula umoya wangaphakathi anganciphisa izinga le-radon kumazinga amkelekileyo.
Ukuba ukhathazeke ukuba i-countertraps yakho yegranite inokuphakamisa izinga le-radon ekhaya lakho emva kokunciphisa, kukho iindlela ezimbalwa. I-EPA iphakamisa ukuba unokuqesha umqeqeshi we-radon oqinisekisiweyo ukuvavanya ezinye iimithombo ze-radon ekhaya lakho ezifana ne-granite countertops. I-American Association of Radon Ososayensi kunye nezobuchwephesha inoluhlu lwabaqeqeshi abaqeqeshiweyo. Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba, ngokwe-EPA, ezinye zeendlela ezisetyenziswayo ngoku (Geiger counter measurements) azichanekanga.
Okwangoku, akukho migaqo ifuna abavelisi ukuba bavavanye ubukho be-radon kwizixhobo zokwakha. Kodwa oku kungatshintsha kwixesha elizayo njengoko sifunda ngakumbi.
Ngaphantsi kweeGranite Countertops kunye neHaron ekhutshwe ngengozi yeCancer
Nangona kukho umngcipheko we-radon ukuchazwa ngenxa ye-countertraps ye-granite, lo mngcipheko uyingqamaniso nomngcipheko ophezulu ngamanqanaba ephakamileyo e-home related to radon emhlabathini phantsi kwamakhaya okanye naphantsi kwamanzi asemhlabeni. Ngona-nxalenye, abo banomdla wokunciphisa ukunyuka kwabo kwi- carcinogens banokunciphisa kakhulu imizamo yabo ngokujonga ezinye iindlela ongayinciphisa umngcipheko womhlaza wemiphunga , mhlawumbi ungeze ezinye zee- superfoods ukuze Umngcipheko we-umdlavuza ongaphantsi kwimpilo yakho yansuku zonke.
Imithombo:
Allen, J. et al. Ukuvavanya ukuvezwa kwee-counterparts ze-granite - Icandelo 2: iRadon. Umbhalo we-Exposure Science and Epidemiology . 2010. 20 (3): 263-72.
Arhente yo Khuselo. Izixhobo zeGranite kunye neRadon. Ukuhlaziywa nge- 10/26/15. https://www.epa.gov/radiation/granite-countertops-and-radiation