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Evil Countertops & Cell Phones
So in one day I realized that my health was seriously at risk because I renovated my kitchen and talk to my mother. That can’t be good.
The New York Times revealed today that my granite countertops are leaking radon and trying to kill me. How could I have known that my newly remodeled kitchen had such a mean streak? Basically it has always been known that granite contains tiny, tiny amounts of radioactive materials like uranium but now that people are trying to out do each other’s kitchens with more and more exotic granite, some granite is coming through “hot” with more dangerous levels. In typical alarmist style people are said to be ripping out their countertops and floors. I’m no scientist, but that seems a little extreme. I wouldn’t take my granite out unless it was actually glowing green! How will this warning affect Home Depot and Lowe‘s that are in the granite business big time? What about every television show on HGTV that relies on granite for the big reveal!? Will real estate ads tout cancer free countertops as a selling point?
Then I find out that this totally credible doctor out of the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute warned 3,000 colleagues to drop their cell phones because of a very real cancer risk. He bases this on early unpublished data because he says science takes too long to provide answers. Can you imagine if health care marketers followed suit and just started to launch drugs before the FDA approved them because the bureacracy is too slow? We would have a lot of “oops, my bad” type of retractions, wouldn’t we? But this cell phone thing does worry me because my BlackBerry is basically attached to my fingertips and I have long chats with my folks when I’m on the road or during my commute. I’m not sure I’m ready to change my behavior but I think I am going to pay close attention to this one.
I don’t think I’m going to watch the news or read the paper tomorrow so I don’t have to give anything else up.
Just Ask a Woman
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