About Capitol Granite
Capitol Granite is a quality custom fabricator and installer that meets or exceeds customer expectations each and every time. We want to make sure you understand our process so the process you go through to make a decision is an informed decision. We hope the following links below are informative and useful during your decision process. You may email us at info@capitolgranite.net
Capitol Granite and Marble has been named Fabricator of the Year 2008 by Stone World Magazine.
Capitol Granite and Marble is also accredited by the Marble Intstitute of Amercia.
RADON!
Capitol Granite & Marble is committed in providing our clients the information regarding radon and natural stone products. We feel that safety through education is the most effective way to assist anyone interested in the investment and beauty stone surfaces bring to any project. This is why we offer so many stone and quartz products to meet the needs of beauty and safety for your next stone choice.
The links below will aid in any questions you may have regarding radon and natural stone. From the EPA, Consumer Reports, Marble Institute of America and Stone World much has been written recently about the subject. As with any 'hot topic' much can be said for and against the issue. However, we feel the more you know about radon and natural stone products the better we can assist you in making the right choice to meet your needs. As a commitment to you the customer, we are currently researching available testing procedures.
Are you looking for a home test kit? Go to www.radon.com and click on the yellow TEST NOW button on the right hand side of the web page.
More information regarding radon and stone products
EPA Confirms that Granite Countertops Pose No Significant Health Risk, Undercutting ‘Junk Science’ Fear Mongering, Says Marble Institute of America
CLEVELAND, OH – July 25, 2008 – New U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) statements reaffirm that granite countertops pose no significant health risk, discounting recent alarmist reports about the safety of granite countertops, said the Marble Institute of America, the nation’s leading natural stone association.
The EPA issued its new statements late Friday, following media reports citing junk science and inconsistent testing results that created public concern about granite countertops as a source of radon gas.
"While natural minerals such as granite may occasionally emit radon gas, the levels of radon attributable to such sources are not typically high," the EPA statement said. "EPA believes the principal source of radon in homes is soil gas that is drawn indoors through a natural suction process. Granite is a natural mineral formed by earth's geology," the statement continues. "It is mined and used to produce commercial products such as countertops. It is possible for any granite sample to contain varying concentrations of uranium that can produce radon gas. Some granite used in countertops may contribute variably to indoor radon levels. However, EPA has no reliable data to conclude that types of granite used in countertops are significantly increasing indoor radon levels."
The statements can be found at the EPA website.
The EPA also issued a new statement on the presence of radiation in granite, which said:
“Construction materials such as concrete, cinder blocks, bricks, and granite contain small amounts of radioactive materials that are found naturally in the materials used to make them.”
That statement can be found at the EPA website, at http://www.epa.gov/radiation/sources/index.html#construction
To eliminate confusion resulting from junk science or inconsistent testing, the MIA is working with scientists and other experts to establish universal standards for testing granite countertops for radon emissions. The goal is to
build a scientific consensus around testing protocols so that all research can be done consistently.
Results of the Akron study are available on MIA’s website, www.marble-institute.com.
The Marble Institute of America has many articles; these two should provide insight to their most recent findings
http://www.marble-institute.com/industryresources/consumerradonbrochure.pdf
http://www.marble-institute.com/industryresources/granite_radoninfo.cfm
This link provides a recent Rice University study
http://wjllope.rice.edu/SaxumSubluceo/LLOPE_StoneRadRn.pdf
Stone World, a leading information resource in the industry has written extensively about the subject. This article provides a brief synopsis of how and why this topic has been reported
http://www.stoneworld.com/CDA/Articles/Column/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000376083
From Consumer Reports, a quick read on the recent buzz about Radon:
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/home/2008/06/radon-counters.html
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