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by leguminous 302 days ago
The EPA estimates that radon[1] is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. I have a RadonEye monitor in the basement. They aren't that expensive and it's nice to have the piece of mind.

[1] https://www.epa.gov/radon/health-risk-radon
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JumpCrisscross 301 days ago
What lead you to trust RadonEye?
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vintermann 301 days ago
A radon sensor is just an alpha radiation detector. There's little reason to distrust companies making them. You don't even really need very good calibration, you just want to know if radon levels exceed some "you should take action" treshold. Real-time radon detection is really a bit overkill.
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Terr_ 301 days ago
I wonder how one could validate a radon detector. Can one buy a phial known air/radon concentration online without ending up on some spooky list?

Naturally, you would have to account what changes in the sample during shipping, due to the short half-life...

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JumpCrisscross 301 days ago
> how one could validate a radon detector

Get a professional measurement and compare. This Reddit thread gave me pause [1].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/radon/comments/ptz8tt/professional_...

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