Hidden danger in homes may be contributing factor in lung cancer cases
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- Опубліковано 15 кві 2024
- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said up to 40,000 lung cancers each year are diagnosed in people who have never smoked or in those who were light smokers.
“If you have lungs you can get lung cancer” absolute genius.
I thought the same 😂
I'm safe.
An information i didn’t had!
It’s just to make the point that anyone can get it. And I think you didn’t understand the sarcasm there.
Nothing genius about it, I've heard quite a few doctors say it...
My grandmother just got told she needs her pancreas out for precancer and she has a node on one lung.. right after she had surgery to remove colon cancer. Please send an extra prayer to Cheryl! ❤ God Bless you all.
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Your grandma will be in my prayers 🙏 God Bless 🕊
Check joe tippins protocol 🙏
Her pancreas out? Are you sure? She misspoke I think.
….and scented candles, sprays, Roundup, plugins ???? Etc etc etc
Bingo!!
Boy I think I'd pass on the roundup plug ins
And laundry detergents, personal care products etc etc
and fabric treatments and thousands of chemicals, everywhere. Live more simply.
Yep!
Always make sure your home is ventilated, no matter how cold it is outside..
Thnx u , I always leave atleast everyone window in my house cracked open
Yes. Over my 41 years it's getting more rare to see windows open. People have their heat on when it's 65f outside, so scared of fresh air. Why is that?
@@strongerthanyouallday some people are programmed that’s why
@@treyruiz7934 My previous apartment upstairs neighbor actually complained about an odor one time lol. The guy that never opened his windows. Landlord must've loved him because my lease wasn't renewed lol. Sure is better at my new place without someone always in my business.
Yea let more radon from the outside in your home. Buy an air purifier…
Not just cigarettes. Fumes from fuel, perfumes, beauty products. Hair salons. All sorts of things.
and JAbS
@@annmarie1689😂 NOT.
They didn't talk about cigarettes...
@@floflo8153They started the broadcast talking about smokers disease.
@maxben565
They started by saying she didn't smoke, most people assume you have to be a smoker to have this disease.
Your comment reads like that's what the video focused on.
No body is gonna say the glyphosate or Poisons in our food ???
No, because this one obviously focuses on a specific thing.
maybe they will in a video about that.
we're also not talking about 9\11, jan6th,oct7th, or anything else here either funny enough, those each have their own videos, for reasons i shouldn't have to explain.
Glyohosate, coffee and wine are equally dangerous.
I don't think Roundup causes lung cancer.
The main things people are calling poisons in our food aren’t poisons. Everything including water is toxic to humans at certain doses. Food in Europe is not safer or better than ours. They still use high fructose corn syrup they just use it in different foods & call it by another name. The biggest difference is they flavor food with saturated fat & trans fat which is way way worse for you because our bodies can’t fully digest it & ends up in your vascular system.
I bet a big contributor to lung disease is people being exposed to mold especially in south Florida.
My mom got diagnosed with lung cancer on Thanksgiving 2022, now in April 2024 she beat the odds and is cancer free, she never smoked a cigarette in her life. I always had a feeling it was something in her home, when my dad was still alive he would constantly have breathing issues, cough, phlegm, etc non stop, I always had a feeling it's something in that home.
Condolences to you! The same thing happened to my dad where he was diagnosed with stage 2 lung cancer. He never smoked a day in his life, didn't hang around smokers, but yet it was diagnosed with lung cancer and I was always so confused about how that could be. Luckily they caught it early enough where they could cut out pieces of his lungs and give him some treatments and he was able to pull through from that. BUT, then a few years later he was on a cruise and had severe pain on the back of his neck. The medical team gave him some painkillers add suggested that he go to the hospital when they docked. As soon as he was docked, he went straight to the ER and after doing some tests they found another cancerous tumor at the top of his spine behind his neck, osw to the throat area. Low and behold, cancer again. That was also removed and treated but he never fully bounced back. He ended up passing another 2yrs or so after that and I'm honestly not sure what the official cause was.
@@beanz6795 My dad also died of throat cancer he was cancer free for 10 years but it returned in early 2021 and passed in September 2021. I still believe it's something in that house that triggered his cancer to come back and made my mom get cancer. It's an older mobile home from the 70s or 80s they bought it in 2012, thank goodness my mom is saving now to buy a new home and honestly I wish for that mobile home to be demolished. Will also need to test the ground for radon though just in case we ever put a new mobile home in that lot.
@@Krystal_Kitty7 oh my gosh, I'm so sorry to hear about your dad as well! There must be some link there. When my dad passed, my mom sold the house shortly after and lives in a condo now. I'm curious to see if the current owners have any heath issues that just pop up. I've never thought about radon or the land being an issue. I just assumed it's from the horrible food in the grocery stores and chemicals found in the household items. It's scary to think this can happen to our loved ones... Or ourselves even.
@beanz6795 Yes diet contributes as well 100% !! Leading up to my dad's re-diagnosis he was not eating well, lots of processed foods, canned soups, white bread, yogurt filled with sugar, sweet bread such as donuts. 😔 Compared to my mom, my aunt moved in to help take care of her she cooked her so many amazing healthy meals, made her fresh juice and smoothies daily I really believe that helped her overcome this. 💜
Lot of things cause lung cancer and I’ll bet you Radon isn’t the reason for it..they can’t even test Radon in the body so it’s not that…genetics…viruses contracted during your life or when they were kids..molds…what did they do for a living? My neighbor died of lung cancer and he wasn’t a smoker but he did Inhale Sheetrock dust from being a painter/spackler for 30 years ….think different ..not Radon 🤪
Yes tell your doctor, who may allow the cancer to spread for another year after mis-diagnosing it as allergies.
Exactly…
My friend thought she was having a heart problem, due to chest pain. When she saw a doctor, he found a lung growth to be the problem. She recovered and had a few more years!
Sure miss my lovely friend, Terri. ❤
A lot of drs misdiagnose.
Most doctors suck
That happened to my grandfather
They never even said what the radon levels were in her home... so how did they determine that was the cause??
Doctors and scientists have to give an answer as opposed to no answer otherwise they would appear to be dumb.
@@mathew3267100% ALOT of doctors do that. People think doctors are the smartest people and they allow those doctors to think for them.
Radioactive materials in sandstone, concrete, brick, natural stone, gypsum, and granite contain naturally-occurring radioactive elements like radium, uranium, and thorium. These naturally-occurring elements can break down or decay into the radioactive gas radon. Before I invest into a piece of land, a commercial, or residential property. I have an environmental hygienist come out and test for radiation, lead, high levels of mold, radon, pesticides, heavy metals, toxic waste, and water pollution levels. If you are always getting sick, it can be from your environment.
They didn't. They merely guessed. I've stopped counting the number of stories I've heard about people getting lung cancer who have never smoked, so it's OBVIOUS it's something in our human environment that is causing it. As the doctor of a friend of mine once said: "We live in a chemical world." So it's really anyone's guess what could be the cause of these cancers.
@@jekku4688processed foods and pesticide ridden fruites and vegetables.
I figured she never smoked because her skin is still so firm and beautiful - just flawless! I am so glad she is in better health now. Sending a prayer for continued remission 🙏🙏🙏
😂 the needle
She’s caked in makeup
LMAO this is sarcasm right? 🤣
@@LuKiSCraft Bingo
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It's Still surprising to me how many do not know what 'urea' is, yet slather it all over their skin.
I always look to see how many people have their windows open at home. It's pretty rare to see windows open at all, pay attention.
My previous apartment neighbor never opened his windows or did laundry in 6 months. And yes, he coughed every 2 minutes going through the wall. He probably has lung cancer.
OPEN YOUR WINDOWS
If you live in an apartment that isn’t on the first floor, radon isn’t a concern. It accumulates in the lowest levels of a building, usually basements. It natural comes out if the ground, so anywhere there’s dirt, there’s radon gas. Concrete does give off radon but there’s only been a few instances of concrete giving off enough radon in the US to be of concern. More likely, your neighbor had mold or allergies
@@bigbuilder10 that is the problem
This is why a detached garage( with all those chemicals in storage) is ideal. Imagine al the chemicals evaporating, and circulating in your home!
Garage poisons are the least of people worries. People are eating processed foods in massive quantities for years and years. Nevermind the spraying of chemtrails and flouride and other carcinogens in water.
@@tat2zz68
Exactly ! Our “food” is unrecognizable anymore. It’s mainly processed. Gas stations have become grocery stores of nothing but junk !
Has nothing to do with what's in your garage lol. It was caused by radon gas which comes up from the ground below the home.
Natural gas stoves and ovens that aren't vented and are used every day in the home. An open flame is not complete combustion and natural gas is not pure. And in winter many people never open the windows at all. Air quality can get very poor indoors.
Natural gas stoves are a lot less harmful than the dozen chemicals we're exposed to in our homes in a given week.
What chemical is there in home
@@eggbenedict-gt7mwcarpet cleaners, floor cleaners, oven cleaner air fresheners, fabric softeners, deodorant, shampoo, soap, toothpast, nail polish, hand sanitizer, processed foods, sugar, and on and on.
A recent US study shows that even the range hood fan doesn’t dissipate all the benzene that comes off a natural gas stove. They’re more dangerous than smoking.
@@dr.emilschaffhausen4683No dr. Emil, the natural gas stove is not less dangerous than other chemicals. It’s EXTREMELY dangerous and causes cancer.
Many people are in denial when it comes to Radon Gas. I bought an electronic tester and found that my levels were hovering around the safe/unsafe levels. I tried to seal up as many cracks in my basement foundation and floors. The levels went down substantially. Even in rare cases I have heard of granite countertops emiting unsafe radioactive levels. Who checks those?
Yes, I'm surprised by the way it's presented as something new in this segment. But I understand it's especially common in the US in specific places. The awareness of radon is a lot higher in scandinavia because as you say, we have a lot of granite which often contains uranium in it. It's taken very seriously here as it's been known for a very long time that it is a cause of lung cancer.
Did you stop eating processed foods? I can guarantee you that has a mucher higher affect on getting cancer. I guess people never thought about the masks they wore all day at work either during covid. Which lowers the oxygen in your blood and raises the co2 level. Causing lung, blood and gum issues.
My family had to replace all the granite from the kitchen countertop because of its high- radioactivity. That granite is pink in color so it contains high dose of uranium. Both my mom and my dad got cancer after using that pink granite for 3 years
@@hotam138 Sorry to hear about you parents, that's terrible. Some people think it's crazy, but, I won't put any granite in my house.
More awareness, but still spotty, here in Northern Arizona. Many locations have high levels of uranium in the soil, making the ground water unsafe to drink. That produces high radon levels in some houses, particularly on the Navajo Reservation.
" if you have lungs you can get lung cancer" 😂 thank you, i didn't know that
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They must know that there are people who can live without lungs😂😂😂😂😂😅😅😅😅
Don't let *anyone* tell you what you can or cannot get ❤
If one has no lungs - well maybe we can get some other type of cancer!! Or maybe someone who does have lungs - whom we happen to like - 😊 may get lung cancer instead of us!
if you install gills,scales and fins you might reduce your chances for that..
Story didn’t explain at all, radon comes from certain rock formations. It can accumulate in basements. Get house tested if you live anywhere that has rocks like granite. There are ways to setup your basement to let the radon escape, so it doesn’t buildup to dangerous levels. Has nothing to do with air fresheners or roundup (that causes plenty of other problems).
Google radon map and you can see if your area is likely to have high levels of radon. The tests are also cheep and recommended. Easy to use and can be found at HomeDepot or Lowes.
Good luck if you rent an apartment
So, those underground tunnels that the elite are going to live in have Radon??? Lots of granite down there😊 Makes me very happy for the future, they'll be gone from lung cancer.😊
Other problems like what
@@Heatherly3102 it’s an overused herbicide - all herbicides can be dangerous, it’s the overuse that is the problem. “Roundup ready” seeds are made to encourage the overuse. But that has nothing to do with radon.
“If you have lungs then you can get lung cancer.” Deep…he must be real smart
These modern day doctors are geniuses lol.
Reminds me of: “the leading cause of divorce is marriage”
" If you are alive then you may die "
😂😂😂
I have now non smoker lung cancer 😢
Wow! I am so happy this woman is still here! 🙌🙌🙏🙏
Radon gas is very common here in Iowa, it's in a layer of rocks deep in the dirt and the gas comes up into our basements.
Decaying uranium from the glaciers, crazy
suck it up.
get it...because it's coming up,and you inhale it.
If u dig u will find crude
@@bloodlove93no we don't get it cause we're no longer children but I'm sure if you find a 5 year old they're understand your stupid concept.
@@bloodlove93 Suck a 🍄
Radon comes from decaying uranium in the ground. Northern and Eastern states are more prone to high levels of radon because the soil has more uranium.
Radon is an inert gas. How can it be radioactive?
California is very high as well.
thank you for the enlightenment.. the article ended abruptly without telling us what source radon came from
There is a closed uranium mine in the Grand Canyon National Park. The "Orphan" mine was begun in 1906 as the Lost Orphan mine. By the time it was closed in 1969 it had yielded nearly half a million tons of ore which produced over 2000 tons of uranium oxide.
Ventilate your basement even if you do not have a radon issue. My 35' chimney has good draft 24/7. We also have a cat door in one of the basement windows leaking fresh in all the time....... Scented candles and air fresheners as well as new items off gassing formaldehyde are also problems.
Not many basements in Miami chief
@@Darrinbewitchedwhy nobasement
@@eggbenedict-gt7mw water table
No basement in our house, just a spacious unfinished crawl space. If it is made habitable the property tax goes WAY up. It is well ventilated.
@@Darrinbewitched Below house swimming pool!
When my husband used to live with his family, he would constantly cough. His parents would constantly cough. I found lots of mold, mildew and dust in their homes. Since moving out and in with me, he stopped coughing and wheezing so much. I try my best to clean and make sure air is ventilated. Maybe it is radon instead
You can get free ones from the govt online. Before I transitioned to working from home, I had to test my home for radon (believe it or not) as one item on the checklist for confirming I had a safe environment to work in.
Glyphosate aka Roundup
And oats
Monsanto (Bayer) left the chat..
From the CDC: "The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) classification for glyphosate is “not likely” to be carcinogenic (causing cancer) to humans, based on evidence from animals and humans."
You can't just fall for every internet rumor. There are too many to live through.
What kind of Sh*tCast IS THIS? Definitely NOT a NEWSCAST.
An ACTUAL Newscast would provide information such as, oh I don't know . . . Possibly WHAT it is, WHERE it comes from, HOW it got there, what it might look like or smell like (if applicable), where in your house it might be found, WHO is most at risk, how to mitigate that risk, and what actions to take if exposure has occurred.
Exactly! I was looking for more info when i clicked on the video
Its to put blame on everything except the experimental jabs.
Modern news is a joke.
They did say what and where it comes from. How it gets there is that it comes directly from the earth's soil. It doesn't look like anything, you can't see it, you can't smell it. Kits are available to test radon levels. Where in your house - highest levels in the basement as it comes from the soil. Who is at risk? Everyone. Nothing can be done once exposed - it's just wait and see. The radon risk can be mitigated - there are companies and DIY methods to lower the risk. Hope that helps.
@@jjbud3124 Thank you
Cooking stove gas can cause asthma and lung problems. I always open the button and stops breathing and then open and run away 5 seconds and then Cooking.
Just open ur windows
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In Europe houses have MANDATORY radon ventilation build in the base of the house, you wont get construction permit without one.
I have a friend who installs Radon Mitigation systems in people's homes in Florida. He says 80% of the calls he gets are from people whom been diagnosed with Cancer and want the home tested or its already been tested by a testing kit and want a quote to install a system to lower the values. The other 20% of calls are from new home owners whom are under contract and tested the home during the inspection phase and found high levels of Radon Gas. My home was at a 11pica which is extreme, we replaced the older system that was there but it was not doing its job it went down to 5pica still above the 4pica, so we then installed a second one on the other side of the home dropped it to under 1 like .95 which is really good. Especially in hot weather climates where you keep your windows and doors closed and AC running all day/night people would be surprised how high the level gets inside your home, this doesn't just affect humans it also affects smaller animals/pets in the home. If you wondering why your pets are getting cancers, you might want to check their the first ones to tell you something is wrong since their body is smaller it requires less amounts of it to take its affect.
Did anyone else in the house have symptoms of radon exposure, or is it another threat to life that “doesn’t always show symptoms”?
There are no symptoms, you may or may not get cancer from it. That’s the only symptom. I mean it’s radioactive gas, radiation is known to cause cancer right?
Environmental carcinogens typically do the “doesn’t always show symptoms” thing. My guess is it is because cancer itself is slippery. One cancerous cell might result in cancer, or it might take two or... It is Mother Nature's form of the Lottery, where you don't want to win.
I bought a radon meter from Home Depot and put in basement and first floor for a month and readings were below 2
Pls give me , i want check my levels
radon is coming from the soil?
@@eggbenedict-gt7mw The Home Depot app says they carry a Labtech radon detection test kit for $9.99
My Mum has exactly the same thing. Exactly. She two is on a targeted treatment since May 2021. We condicted the test but levels were fine for radon.
God help those who are affected. We are extremely grateful she still lives
Never smoked herself but if worked several years with smokers in a building same as smoking 20 of the 25 people I worked with smoked in a small building some were chain smokers for 15 years .
It’s also the chemicals they add to the cigeretttes. Been smoking natural pure tobacco for 45 yrs and no coughing /pulmonologist calls me a lier.
My sister was recently diagnosed with it - some think it’s from Radon - which is another reason to keep fresh air coming in to your house.
Here in the UK we have a nationwide programme for this.
You can fairly reliably predict where will be a problem based on geography but its worth getting tested to make sure there are no radon traps in the home.
Radon is usually much more present in the lower floors of a building as it creeps up from the ground. Certain special circumstances can lead a lot or even most of it to the upper floors.but this is rare.
I've NEVER smoked in my life yet I started to have problems with my lungs late last year. I'm still waiting on my CT scan test results, I will be told the results in a week. Hopefully everything will come out good.
Wishing you a clear CT scan.
Praying good health over you. 🙏
Praying everything is ok and it’s nothing serious. I know it’s hard but try not to stress. I was having very bad sharp radiating chest pains for months and ended up in emergency room twice for it. I never go to the doctor and alway been healthy so for me to go to eat in middle of the night, I was scared I was gonna die from heart attack or something serious. They did X-ray told me to call a family dr so I did and she forwarded me to get bloodwork and tests done and went to cardiologist. They didn’t see anything which I’m grateful for but here I am 1.5 yr later and still getting the chest pain. I know it’s not an anxiety attack which can cause chest pain but it happens when I’m relaxed so I think may be skeletal or muscle related because I do have a sharp curve in my upper spine. My issue is that I am still having this very painful symptom and doctors just say, well we can’t find anything but they only checked heart, did mammogram, X-ray and blood work. This video made me think to call and schedule another aptmt.
@@SavedByJesus-pi3yu I pray everything will be fine for you
Good luck!
This story never said how radon got in her house or how she found out it was there!
That’s exactly what I was thinking! How did they know that or come to that conclusion? And if so, others had to be exposed also.
Airwave on Amazon will show you the daily levels
Radon almost always comes from the soil, although granite used in kitchen counters can be a source.
While I always LOVE the older homes, older the better! Imagine how much formaldehyde is pickling you in a new construction. Have you never smelled the stink of the press board furniture when first bought ( and assembled) from Walmart or target?
Good ventilation is very important, especially with new furniture indeed!
I nearly forgot about the formaldehyde problems with various pressed wood products from China in the 2010s.
Yup!!!! It is such a hidden danger. Im buying a home, and when tested, it was 3.5!!! I feel bad for the previous people living there that didnt know (it not detectable without the kit). Please check youe home every 6 months...even if you have the radon system installed.
My new build house tested over 14! We installed a radon system and brought it back down to .1. 😮💨
@@EastCoastReeferhow do you bring it down ?
@@MandyAliens We hired someone to install an active radon mitigation system.
Fear your own home. Don’t look any further. That it might be something else.
your content is always relevant and incredibly well presented!
When the window replacement guys call, I let them know my windows leak a little and are saving my life. It leaves them dumbfounded.
Radon needs to be >24/7 with an electric fan and a vent system running a certain height above your roof. Plus, cracks in your foundation or basement must be sealed to reduce radon entering from the ground. Diluting the radio-active gas via windows isn't enough.
IIRC it was in the 1970s there was a big movement to seal off all air leaks to make homes more energy efficient. Then people in those houses had health problems, and getting the term "sick house syndrome" in our vocabulary.
I believe this happened to my mum. She worked at home and complained of pains in her shoulder. It was lung 🫁 cancer which had gone to her bones, liver and then spine.
I liked the comment, but not the terrible thing your mom suffered. So very sad.
May I know how long she lived. My dad was diagnosed with lung cancer? & it’s spread tumors throughout the bones in his body.
I highly recommend a radon mitigation system. I bought a house in the columbus Metro area a few years ago and invested almost immediately in one. Ohio and PA have pretty high levels of radon In the soil.
I remember reading years ago that the gypsum used in making drywall is naturally inoculated with a certain type of toxic mold spores, or the process of making, storing or transporting it causes most or all drywall to have mold spores before it's even installed in homes.
I vaguely remember that. I recently started doing my own drywall work (usually without a mask) so I ought to look into it. Thanks for the heads up!
“If you have lungs, you can get a lung cancer” 😂😂😂 wtf
Thanks doctors for spreading your wisdom and knowledge and stating the obvious.
I thought it came from residue dust from weed killers 🧐
The latest from the EPA is "No evidence that glyphosate causes cancer in humans.
The Agency concluded that glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans." (I didn't leave anything out... it really is released in exactly that form.)
The concern was allegedly raised by an unnamed individual in a branch of the UN roughly a decade ago. The report was that the branch agency had submitted questionnaires to farmers and ranchers regarding use of glyphosate and rate of cancers in the livestock. The allegation is that the responses uniformly denied any indication of excess cancers with glyphosate, but a clerk processing the reports changed many of them to indicate an increase in cancer with glyphosate. It is hard to tell what actually happened - none of the reports see fit to name names within the agencies (nothing unusual in that) but in 2016 that - as reported by Reuters - "experts from the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Health Organization (WHO) said glyphosate is "unlikely to pose a carcinogenic risk to humans" exposed to it through food."
Then it got politically ugly. The EPA reported "On March 20, 2020, the glyphosate ID was challenged in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Petitioners challenged EPA’s analysis of human health and ecological risk, the weighing of such risks against the benefits of glyphosate and the interim risk mitigation measures, and alleged that EPA violated the Endangered Species Act (ESA)."
At that stage the UN and the EPA were in agreement that there was insufficient evidence of carcinogenic activity in humans to support allegations of carcinogenic activity in humans or livestock. The whole bar fight of the agencies and the courts can be found by googling "epa ingredients-used-pesticide-products glyphosate" It is the ugliest battle I have seen between factions that are supposed to be pursuing rational ends.
Bottom line: there is no evidence that glyphosate is carcinogenic but we should treat it as though it is. All things considered, that is probably the best anybody could have hoped for.
Car exhaust contains all the worst carcinogens fount in cigarettes. Oil companies don't want you to know this.
Good thing plants and trees filter it
@@gavinvideos8062 Yeah, all the forests are burning, and what's left we are cutting down at an alarming speed. too bad you are ignorant about all that like most conservatives.
@@jamesryan7684 I’m not conservative 😂 burnt soil=re growth.
@@gavinvideos8062 I think you need to learn more than the junior grade-school basics to understand what's really going on. Look up what crops are already starting to fail as well. Grapes, soybeans, potatoes, rice, olives and others. The devastation is just starting. Do your own research, as you have no reason to believe any youtuber. GL.
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My home in Buffalo had to have a system put in because the radon test came out that the levels were high. I was always paranoid living there even though we had a system. I was constantly opening windows even in the freezing cold. We moved a year ago and I still am paranoid that some damage was done.
Its all the fragrance and chemicals in everyday products
I’ve heard rain can make the levels of radon higher than on dry days. Thus while opening a window is generally a good idea, it might not be best on a rainy day.
I had excruciating chest pain/tightness in 2019, however mine was due to Chostochondritis. I couldn’t really exercise for several months due to it.
Well it doesn't rain all the time.
The closest I got to confirmation from a credible site was from the EPA: "However, because some weather conditions can drastically reduce the amount of outdoor air that enters a home, pollutants can build up even in homes that are normally considered 'leaky.'"
That makes it sound like the radon level is increased by having the home closed up tight.
News piece says: “Radio active gas, Radon can seep into your house”. But never mentions where it comes from.
Radon is most common in cellars or any rooms with a floor below ground. Good ventilation every day is essential to get rid of it.
Oh great another thing to add to the list.
😂
I stick with climate change.
3000 deaths out of 40,000? What's the cause of the other 37,000 lung cancer deaths not a result of smoking?
The overwhelming majority are caused by cigarettes but there are lots that are not. Still mysterious. It is, like other cancers, still something we don't know enough about!
@@omodemeta air pollution is likely a major cause
cruciferous vegetables are good for smokers..
Living in NY, radon testing was done before building and in established homes too. There was treatment for the house for this way back when. Hope it’s even better now.
I was wondering when the radon problem would come back. Haven't heard much about it since the mid 80's when people rushed to get radon dectors and hired specialists to seal basement wall cracks. I'm sure there will be many products and services available to combat this menace. Wonder if the doctors question Marijuana use? What about chemicals used by lawn services?
Did some research for this answer. The NIH says the energy crisis in 1973 led to overzealous sealing of air leaks in homes. By the 1980s "sick building syndrome " was a common problem.
can't open our windows during winter as it's usually at -20°c here in Alberta? Canada
What an incomplete “newscast” from a Miami affiliate that never, ever mentions if this mysterious gas is an issue in Miami where nobody has basements. Utterly pathetic.
Poor lady. Get well soon ❤️🩹
Mold or asbestos 🤔
It’s tested on inspection when one buys a house. Keep your basement floor sealed from that point. If you don’t have a basement, well, I have no idea about any of that!!
This is normal up north
Why does my home smell like rotten eggs at night? I checked my stove and it's turned off all the way, but I wonder if my downstairs neighbor makes cabbage alot or something????
FWIW, the smell is from sulfur. It may start out as any sulfur compound and transform into hydrogen sulfide when exposed to moisture. It can be a devil to track down.
Maybe you have a broken sewer plumbing stack pipe those are the pvc pipes in plumbing that allow sewer gasses to escape to the roof where the pipes exit
Dust fibers from synthetic carpets draperies and furniture. Combination of factors maybe.
Never heard of this but my apartment complex just tested my unit for it this week
🙌 Thank God she is still here!
Sounds like the new freon in our air conditioners is to blame.
How about fiberglass insulation? Wouldn't be surprised if it's considered on par with asbestos in the near future...
Very curious about this too
My grandfather's sister's husband smoked his entire life and lived upto 96 years and didnt develop ANY CANCER or ANY LUNG RELATED DISEASE or ANY complication in his ENTIRE LIFE and died peacefully in sleep AT 96
he mustve been eating a lot of sardines eggs and salads
You could have said your great uncle, since your grandfathers sister is your great aunt.
If you have a strong immune system your body automatically kills cancer cells. That is also a factor
n=1
I installed an air purifier with UV light lamp into my vents. I also change out my air filter every quarter. Small investment for piece of mind.
Not an endorsement or ad, but I have a furnace that doesn't work well after the filter has been in it a few weeks in the winter. I got a pair of K&N filters; I swap them out every couple of weeks and wash the dirty one out. It keeps my cheap self from hesitating to replace the filters. BTW - K&N wants us to use their frighteningly expensive cleaner. I found Simple Green sprayed on works great for me.
If you go outside and look up at the sky, you will get another important clue.
chemtrails...
Vitamin D?
@@slumy8195 I doubt anybody actually believes in chemtrails - they are just pulling our legs. It is just too weird an idea.
My dad had lung cancer. Don't smoke. He never opened windows. 24/7 a/c. So no idea what causes this.
In the mid 80s I worked on a geothermal research project. That was before the EPA had any recommendations for Radon. In the course of specifying Radon limits in our models I learned a number of things. Radon is primarily encountered as an inert gas. It is generally found in regions with a lot of granite and similar igneous rocks some metamorphic rock. It percolates through the rock and basement concrete walls because it is inert. In places like New England there is about 10,000 pC of radon in every liter of water those folks drink. But radon is not absorbed in one’s digestive track. Rather, the radon gas percolates out of the water into the air. It is a very dangerous gas (alpha particle emitter) to inhale and about 10% of lung cancers result from people inhaling radon during their shower or sleeping in a remodeled basement where radon that is a heavy gas may accumulate. One cannot proved whether this women’s lung cancer resulted form radon. In homes that do have radon infiltrating the only solution is to ventilate so homes with basements need much more air exchange to move the gas out of the house; same with showers. One cannot stop the gas from entering the home. One can only ventilate it out or move out of radon areas.. Our environment is thoroughly polluted in the air we breath, the food, we eat, and everywhere between. Who knows how many poisons: PCBs, heavy metals, PFAS, we are immersed in everyday. That’s not to mention all the fallout from the 392 atomic bomb tests were carried out in Nevada. Near all the USA has been blanketed with fallout many many times. At Prime, see the movie, “Downwind” for the history of that. Fallout and pollutants in everything is likely behind the increase in cancers now found in the USA for all ages.
Radon is at dangerous levels in 1 out of 3 homes in the Intermountain West. (Colorado/Utah) Landlords are not required to screen no mitigate this. Test your home and get it fixed. I work as a CT tech here in Utah and see a ton of lung cancers. Just because you can't smell it there is no state wide effort to combat it.
Air the rooms every day, even during winter.
Notice how there’s no mention of the results of radon in her home. Did she not test? Did she continue to live there without testing?
I guess we just assume now when it comes to diagnosis
Another reason why I left New Hampshire
NH isn’t the only state with radon. Also other states have their own problems.
Very informative❤..
5G??
If the gas comes up from the soil then what when the windows are open 😢😮
Seek the Lord Jesus Christ while you still have time john 3:16
There are radon gas detectors you can install in your house. When the gas is detected a fan comes on and evacuates the gas from the area detected. Decomposing granite generates radon gas.
Why would granite "decompose "? Is it an organic substance ? Things are not what we've been told, ya know. Example: "mesas" are huge tree stumps, not rock formations.
@@mariantreber8055 education is important. You should try it.
To be more specific, it’s the breakdown of uranium in rocks and soil that produces radon.
@@MaximusXXX77 decomposing is decomposing
For me, i am trying to break in and out long and more frequently ...it may helps to avoid some cancer ( they don't like oxygen environment !)and ...other than that it can lower high blood pressure at dangerous moment ...
It is my way right now!
But these huge increases in cancer didn't heppen until the last few years , so this isn't a logical explanation.
What? People spending a bunch of time in their homes due to lockdown and a lot deciding to continue working from home? It's a contributing factor for sure. But health is complex. There's also rising stress with cost of living, divided political team barracking, apparent nearness to WW3 and a continuation of people eating less meat and more processed foods. Lots going on. Plus just in general, with each generation the human species gets weaker as there is no longer any evolutionary pressure on us. The weak and feeble survive to an age they can have children (which is good) but means the children are more susceptible to disease and cancer..
“If you have lungs then you can get lung cancer.” - said in a serious straightforward manner
Has anyone consideted that most of that came about after homes had carpet, clothe curtins, clothe furniture, and air. No open windows , just clothe to hold everything!!
The jab
the devil in the room now since2019..
Don't tell us you are still falling for that hoax. Look up "confirmation bias" to see what is wrong with your reasoning.
i am happy that science is already catching up. sickness of the lungs is heavily correlated with inability to be yourself.
Radon decays into radioactive daughter particles that are not a gas at room temperature. These daughter products can stick to the inside of your lungs and emit highly ionizing alpha particles. You can also detect radon daughter products by putting a coffee filter over the opening of a vacuum cleaner, turning on the vacuum cleaner for several seconds, and then use a Geiger counter to detect the presence of radon daughter products that have collected on the coffee filter. I discovered my mother had radon in her home this way. This can tell you that you have radon but not how much. The rule of thumb for any radioactive isotope is to never ever ingest them.
The bismuth and lead products would be bad except that polonium trumps both of them. Sort of like having a house fire when the Big Meteor With Our Name On It hits.
Amen, helpful
What cooking bowl ? That is a lot of cancer.
She got it but her husband didnt? I cant even tell if they moved to a new home. So once you find radon is there a way to eliminate it?
I have doors and windows open, rarely closed.
Does an air purifier work?
I got an air quality meter, shows its fine for CO2, various levels of small particulates etc. Got on Temu so who knows how accurate, but I breathed on it and the CO2 went up, well actually must have been the carbon dioxide, not monoxide.
As part of your home inspection when you buy you should have it tested for radon and other harmful chemicals that can emanate from the soil under your home.
Open your windows ! Don’t be afraid of the fresh air .
Don’t use candles 🕯️
Don’t use air fresheners
Use vinagre to clean your house
Perfumes and candles 😭
Right now it best to live in country side with nature away from everything because your health is your real riches.
Radon is natural lol. And in the country too 😐
Our windows open from late april to ,?? Late september/earlu october
Keep a large fan on back porch over the partial basement in the wondow pulling air thru house.
A 1 room air conditoonrr used 5 days last year
Slept mutiple night out on a pricr of plywood up on platform off ground under big silver maple..
Could not survive well in town..
All furniture 30 years old or more ripped all carpet out..bare 140 year old pine wood floors..
Quit worrying about neighbors 10 years ago wish
Id quit trying so hard much sooner
Simpler is better