Pennsylvania has ALWAYS had a higher-than-average level of radon in homes. The problem was DISCOVERED here.
It’s the ROCKS, stupid!!
“Fracking Link? High Radon Levels Found in 300K Pennsylvania Homes”
Liberal Link? High Radon Levels Found in 300K Pennsylvania Homes
Fixed it.
That's true, and in order for the radon gas to migrate into the basement of a house it has to pass through, or more likely come from the rocks right under the house.
Common sense and even a bit of knowledge about gas diffusion tells you that even if the fracking set loose a lot of radon a mile underground, those gas molecules are not going to migrate through a mile or more of solid rock very quickly. If ever. Particularly since at the level of the fracking the flow is out of the rock and into the well.
Anybody who paid attention in science class knows that diffusion goes in the same direction as bulk flow, so any radon released by the fracking would go in the same direction as the natural gas released by fracking.
It’s the ROCKS, stupid!!
Exactamundo. In assessing the area for the building of a nuclear plant, many of the stone houses in the area emitted radiation over time that was equivalent to a dental X-Ray!
Of course, our data also showed that women, particularly single moms, children, and minority groups suffered most and that massive federal intervention was needed. Laws against background radiation must be passed.