Why do I Have Radioactive Dust in My House? Radon Check Using Geiger Counter

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In this video I show you a method to qualitatively test for Radon gas and its daughter nucleotides in your house using a gieger counter and a vacuum cleaner to collect dust.
Where I got the Geiger Counter: radiascan.com/
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@michaelesposito2629 4 года назад

Oh great. Cause I wasn’t bad enough with all the dust in my house. Now I have to worry about radioactive dust? Awesome.

@Jillysmom63 4 года назад

Michael Esposito I know! I already can’t empty my vacuumed because I am so allergic to dust, but maybe that’s a good thing! Lol now I need to go see if I have radon here.. oh no Geiger counter lol.

@Egoistic_girl 4 года назад

You don't have to eat the dust if that makes you feel better 😁

@skandisjvel1147 4 года назад

De paus van de Lilith Kerk what the fuck?

@gemblersk2519 3 года назад

No no, he said that. It breaks apart in matter of minutes so it have to be fresh dust, so when ya cleaning ya don't have to worry, also it's more like he measured lot of fresh dust on small place, in air it's more spread so you don't have to worry

@ThePeterDislikeShow Год назад

@@gemblersk2519 Actually in minutes it becomes lead-210, which then has a half-life of 22 years and breaks down into polonium-210, the stuff used to kill Russian spies.

@kabkab8441 4 года назад

Radiation meter signals "dit-dit-dit-dah-dah-dah-dit-dit-dit" morse code for SOS.

@Isaax 2 года назад

I didn't even notice. Comment sent a chill down my spine

@arn3107 2 года назад

Dang that makes sense Because you're really gonna need saving with that kind of radiation

@stdorn 4 года назад

I was floored when I decided to check my furnace filter with a Geiger counter a year or 2 ago. I got readings hundreds of times above background. After about 24 hours the furnace filter was back to normal background again. I live in northern Illinois and a map of radon gas distribution shows that area is among the highest in the country for radon.

@izzzzzz6 Год назад

Live longer breath slower.

@ThePeterDislikeShow Год назад

Just 24 hours? Polonium-210 has a half-life of 138 days.

@theonewhoknows2 Год назад

I live in northern illinois too. A hatch in my old houses basement had the radioactive symbol on the hatch and a ladder leading down a well/hole. Was always wondering why that was radioactive. My new house doesnt have a hole or a hatch. I think the levels are safe...

@stdorn Год назад

@@theonewhoknows2 wow that's weird to have a radiation symbol on something your house. You can buy a sensor that'll tell you how much radon you have. I had a cool digital one that would show continuous readings I think it was called radon eye but they're not cheap.

@lawabidingcitizen5153 6 месяцев назад

@@ThePeterDislikeShow Polonium only emits alpha rays, so it's possible that the Geiger counter used couldn't detect that

@justin_time 4 года назад

Wow! This should be a public service announcement! It could save peoples' lives! Thanks for also posting a link to your chosen Geiger Counter! I hope to see more videos like this in the future - thanks for posting!

@Chrisxerv 2 года назад

Oh man

@Electronichub_05 6 месяцев назад

The website he posted is awesome. I got my radiacode 103 from there and the shipping was really fast :)

@CrazyT2009 4 года назад

In the next episode: "why do i glow in the dark"

@menmanamikaze1830 4 года назад

Humans glow in dark Just a little

@CrazyT2009 4 года назад

@@menmanamikaze1830 just googled that, I'm surprised that you seem to be right.

@the_danksmith134 4 года назад

Humans actually glow all the time but in the Infrared spectrum

@Egoistic_girl 4 года назад

@@the_danksmith134 I glow in the X rays spectrum but I don't tell anyone.

@alexh349 4 года назад

@@CrazyT2009 HUMANS DO NOT GLOW IN THE DARK IT IS JUST AS HARD TO SEE HUMANS IN THE DARK AS IT IS TO SEE OBJECTS IN THE DARK

@accaliamurraymusic 4 года назад

I really enjoy learning new things to add to my nightly panic attacks.

@sahilrathi_ 4 года назад

Now I am worrying about the dust in my house,having not thinking about it for years!😂 Also he terrified the shit out of all!

@Jared7873 4 года назад

His friend needs to abandon that well water!

@yoyodavid 4 года назад

You can get units that air out well water that comes in just to get rid of radon, we've had it for millions of years, it didn't kill the dinosaurs, get over it

@mysterious6856 4 года назад

Hey, you’re one of my favorite RU-vidrs, keep up the good work!

@OverUnity7734 4 года назад

Now you know why every doctors visit starts with , "have you noticed any change with your thyroid gland" .

@Kiromony 4 года назад

2020: why do i have radioactive dust in my house? 2021: why do i have a hydrogen bomb in my house?

@Lrr_Of_Omikron 4 года назад

2040: ----------- Y'all blew it up...

@odst2450 4 года назад

2050: why is there a vacuum chamber filled with radiation in my house

@madhukarverma5634 4 года назад

2050 : Finally Have A House 🏠 In Fission Bomb 😂

@AnimeLoaderLP 4 года назад

3020: why is there a house in my bomb?

@bk8 4 года назад

Feat. Cody's Lab

@Lrr_Of_Omikron 4 года назад

Q: why do I have radioactive dust in my house? Me: my god the dust bunnies have figured out nuclear power.

@darylrestly8133 4 года назад

Kim Jong-un wants those dust bunnies phone number.

@neveraskedforahandle 4 года назад

You always have the craziest ideas. I love it.

@XBruceXD 4 года назад

This is a really important video, if something like cancer from Raedon can be prevented, then I sure will get my future house checked. Thank you.

@kurumi394 4 года назад

I love how the geiger counter went dit-dit-dit-dah-dah-dah-dit-dit-dit after it went crazy

@krevlow 3 года назад

If you listen closely it’s actually Morse code, it took a few minutes for me until I realized it. Dit-dit-fit-dah-dah-dah-dit-dit-dit. Is s-o-s

@OnTheRiver66 4 года назад

Another information packed video! Great!

@illogicmath 4 года назад

I learned something totally new to me, thanks a lot

@Weaponsandstuff93 4 года назад

If you get a geiger counter with an alpha window you can put it on the floor and see if the levels is higher than surface level, as radon is heavier than air.

@ianbakke 4 года назад

In Sweden up until 1975 we used to build houses that were made of concrete which contained high levels of uranium and over time you get very high levels of radiation.

@pflernak 4 года назад

Meanwhile the slavs: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rEckY-TUv9I.html Mmmm Do I smell radiation?

@omsingharjit 4 года назад

7:00 granite is big source of Redone in house

@sinister3921 4 года назад

Its radon not " redone "

@anshum1675 4 года назад

@@sinister3921 It was probably autocorrect

@sinister3921 4 года назад

Ok then no prob

@anshum1675 4 года назад

I actually didn't intend to make a joke but after I read it, it did sound like a joke. So I just let it be.

@ashish_ash_k 4 года назад

I love your videos they give a lot knowledge on various topics👍

@gamingwithdeku9992 4 года назад

Why doesn't they teach such interesting stuffs at school !! I'd love to have you as my physics teacher. 😭😭😭😭😭😭

@abhishektripathi593 4 года назад

Because they have to give you information about lot of stuff in just two years to make you compete in IIT/NEET or any entrance exam for graduation..!! You figure out these interesting things later during graduation or post graduation...!!

@FedeG86 4 года назад

That's because he isn't attached to a normalized system of education so he has the liberty to make a very simple, but not less educational and didactical, content to every video he does. Maybe the actual system should be changed to every highschool teacher can give a similar content to the students in their class.

@OG_Beckie_Leigh 4 года назад

Federico Greiff I wish that I could give your comment a million “thumbs-ups”! One of my friends went back to teaching chemistry at a public high school after working as a chemist in a testing facility for many years, and she tried her best to make the lessons fun/interesting for her students by keeping the class as interactive as possible. She ended up leaving after a few years. The current structure of our public education system isn’t set up for providing our future adults with lasting knowledge. It is designed to help the children learn how to take tests. My son is currently a high school junior, and he tells me there is very little interaction from his teachers other than assignments being given. If it weren’t for his love of band and applied music classes, I would have taken him out of public school years ago.

@eirikdalhus 4 года назад

Its called science

@alexh349 4 года назад

@@hamsa3579 THE EXAMS😢

@RoguishlyHandsome 4 года назад

I've never heard of testing well water for dissolved radioactive gas. Seeing as how many people have wells in rural regions of most countries, it seems like we should be thinking more about that. Not only are we ingesting it, but we are breathing in a great deal when we take a shower.

@axiomer47 4 года назад

I wish you get more millions of subscribers 😎 Good Luck

@dondiego124 3 года назад

Awesome video thank you

@tizzlebub Год назад

Just tested my HVAC filter and it’s 10CPM higher than average for my house. Pretty neat!

@andricode 4 года назад

Action Lab: Why do i have radioactive dust in my house? Me: DO I HAVE HIGH RADIATION LEVELS IN HOUSE?

@depausvandelilithkerk5785 4 года назад

"Have no fear of Atomic energy for non of it can stop the time" Bob Marley "Fear the Allmighty Lesbian Family street gang for they will dildo rape you" Me, de Paus van de Lilith kerk

@kerbalis3298 2 года назад

@@depausvandelilithkerk5785 wha

@Kurkuma10 2 месяца назад

Thanks very much

@Jillysmom63 4 года назад

Wow that’s kinda scary when you think about it. My little sister died of cancer. It started out being lung cancer but they said it wasn’t from smoking (yes she had been a smoker but I think had quit) they got rid of the cancer in her lung but it had already gone to her brain. One night she feel down the stairs we think she got dizzy or something from the brain cancer. She was in a lot of pain and wasn’t herself. She died after 2 days in the hospital and she never woke up after the fall. She was only 52. It makes me wonder if she had radon in her house. I think you did a good thing by making this particular video. I reminder when they had found radon was a thing in houses and a lot of people were getting theirs checked and that there were areas where there was a lot of it in the ground, but I never hear anymore if it’s even checked before a house is built now. I’d hope so since we know about it now. Love all your videos! I learn a lot. I always loved science in school. If you aren’t a teacher you sure should be!

@dr.greenthumb8895 4 года назад

THANKS DUDE!

@ikehurd216 4 года назад

Plot twist: action lab was secretly making plans to take over earth

@vivimannequin 4 года назад

Not on my watch

@MammaOVlogs 4 года назад

wow good way to test by vacuuming the air, gotta do that one :)

@jacobrollins37 4 года назад

This makes me like my air filters a lot more.

@euclideanplane 4 года назад

I was thinking that. and how I need to wear a mask or something when I clean them...

@sepehrmovahedijalali3054 4 года назад

@@euclideanplane They has a half life of minutes, they will not survive a long time

@srpenguinbr 4 года назад

But can an air filter remove radon from the air?

@pflernak 4 года назад

@@srpenguinbr Nope, but having less radioactive byproducts of its decay to breathe in is a start. If you want to cut down on radon you either need to ventilate a lot or radon proof your floor.

@modn406 4 года назад

Congrats action lab, you've permanently scarred my life

@DennisTran20 4 года назад

Me living in apartment Me: I’m immortal

@gsknightrider1049 4 года назад

Great now i dont feel safe EVEN IN MY OWN HOME .LET ALONE MY ROOM AND BED

@VoltageGuy2000 4 года назад

You should not be worried because radioactive decay happens over time and therefore dust particles are not as radioactive. As shown in the video, only large fresh concentrations of this stuff is harmful. As long as proper venting and proper procedures are carried out, Nothing bad will happen. Although radiation is something to be worries about so caution is never negative.

@supratipdas1711 4 года назад

The only way to be safe is not to be born

@pavel9652 3 года назад

@@supratipdas1711 Haha, even when unborn, one could appear in the middle of the superheated core of the star as the result of extremely unlikely, random, quantum fluctuation, which could form an entire body and a brain full of memories just to have it burned in the superheated plasma, see boltzmann brain ;)

@cyborgpunkmonk 4 года назад

Been wanting to test for this specifically. This looks like a fun way to test. But unless you already got a geiger counter, the actual test kit is cheaper (and of course as you mentioned more accurate for safety). Tho I still wanna get a geiger counter one day anyway.

@vikramsoni2584 4 года назад

Nice content

@whiskycola5185 Год назад

Air purifier filter also collecting these aktive things in the air, here in Berlin 50qm room groundlevel my highscore was 265 cpm on a gmc GQ 600 Plus (Alpha, Beta, Gamma), i love to hearing these clicks and beebs. After running the air purifier for days on green level there are no more clicking as the normal background 45

@IgotQuestions. 4 года назад

Wow 😱😱

@SearinoxNavras 4 года назад

Performed the experiment in my own bathtub. Got dust on the tissues worth 0.8 uSv/h with a SBT-11 alpha tube, which is dropping rapidly. Down to 0.4 after 20 minutes. I live on the 5th floor. I already thoroughly scanned the apartment and found next to nothing of radiological interest. The beta and gamma only M4011 tube only read about 0.3 uSv/h. 70 minutes later I'm picking up 0.25 uSv/h and I'm guessing it's gonna settle around twice background after the only main products left are lead- bismuth- and polonium-210. About 3 hours in it's hardly at 50% above background.

@twinturbostang 4 года назад

I have a Radon pump in my basement because the levels were just over the State limit. Tested afterwards and it does reduce the levels to a much lower, and safe level. But now I'm worried about my water because I also have a well.

@SpottemNGottem 4 года назад

It actually works I was getting readings at 14 u/sv with up to 14400 CPM kinda cool!

@Devmer11 4 года назад

That’s a scary sound to hear!

@soyboi7982 4 года назад

THX👌

@bairfamilyfarm1336 4 года назад

Radon gas is actually pretty heavy. Which is why radon systems are only installed in basements along with a sump system to pull the gas out of the ground before it gets into the house. I imagine the guy who had big issues with radon in the water probably has uranium ore nearby. When working new construction plumbing, we are required to install a radon system if the house has a basement. But a radon pump needs not be installed until radon levels are proven to be an issue. Which happen when we finish the house. Slab houses with no basement have no issue with radon. But uranium ore being nearby where I live isn't an issue.

@SethMethCS 4 года назад

Before your next vacuum chamber experiment, put a giant vacuum reservoir inline. You should be looking at tankage in cubic meters, at least two cubic meters for your vacuum chamber. When you open the valve it would be just like bleeding air in to outer space, with a limitless supply of vacuum.

@forevermorenon-beer-drinki4395 4 года назад

"Fresh dust," interesting phrase!

@jadduajones 3 года назад

I like how the Geiger counter warning is the Morse code for SOS

@poorman-trending Год назад

The decay chain half-life’s varies from seconds to minutes to years (22 years for one of them) it depends on which decay product in the chain. Most of them are not good to breath in. If you have any radon at all, you probably also have ALL of the decay products. The health question it how much.

@SF-fb6lv 2 года назад

That radon is no joke. I was getting 40 pCi/L in the access space to the drain for my bathtub,17 in the closet nearby, and 6 in my bedroom. I got one of those radon mitigation fans and just rigged it to create low pressure in that space, and exhaust it outside. Now I'm getting 0.35 pCi/L in my bedroom. Well worth the $135 fan, and the $200 tester - second leading cause of lung cancer...

@user-iw6wr1vr7t 2 года назад

You should try and use GMC 600 plus to make measurements on videos!

@ashaalsajid8788 4 года назад

Woooooaaaaaaahhhhhhhh Scciiiieeeennnnncccceeee...

@espiritulibre339 3 года назад

My reaction after seeing the thumbnail-😱😱 Is that dust!!!!!

@BlackHeartScyther 4 года назад

Can you test how fast a cd can spin in a vacuum before flying apart? In air it seems to be around 30k rpm, without air resistance it should be able to go much faster?

@NavinF 2 года назад

I assume it'll spin up faster in a vacuum, but fly apart at the same RPM. When the centripetal force proportional to velocity^2 at the edge exceeds the tensile strength of the CD, it should break regardless of air resistance.

@anastasios1996 4 года назад

Should we get air filters?

@youknow8754 4 года назад

I seems to me that if you could Know the volume of "air" going thru the filter , this could be a good fast quantitative test ...

@andredepaulagomes 4 года назад

I was thinking, if a Pythagorean glass works partially because of the atmospheric pressure, what would happen if you put one of those in a vacuum chamber and filled it up? Can you please make a video about it?

@niki123489 4 года назад

I live on a fifth floor next to a very busy crossroad. Is there any dangerous particles that I should be worried about when collecting my home dust? Also people in the town I live burn coal and wood in the winter and the air is very bad. Two years ago I get ill from asthma.

@bitopan. 4 года назад

Is graveton( gravity particle) is real ? If so how it is produced . Love from India

@Quraishy 4 года назад

What if we have concrete house and flooring? Then is it still accumulated and dangerous?

@pflernak 4 года назад

Radon seeps through concrete. There are ways to radon proof the floor though. The guys that measure radon levels usually also offer a solution.

@Quraishy 4 года назад

nipi tiri 👍🏻 thanks And would it be an issue for someone living on the 2nd or 3rd floor, or only for the people on the ground floor.

@litterbox019 3 года назад

idk, maybe you'll feel safer with lead plating within your walls and floors if you're paranoid enough

@alanleung-kt8zn 4 года назад

So is it safer to live in higher floor in a building?

@trunkbangking 4 года назад

Also check your vaccum..if you have a cheaper one they are not sealed and do not collect the dust and dirt as it should

@JawslinJabers 4 года назад

I wonder if that could be turned into a solid.

@DrewskisBrews 4 года назад

Wichita, Kansas: radon test is a condition of sale, and mitigation required if above a certain level.

@halfsourlizard9319 Год назад

If you're stuck living in Kansas, it seems fair enough that you don't want radioactive gas to add to your misery.

@YCbCr 4 года назад

Hm, I've tried my old dosimeter on some things including dust (free and vacuumed) a few months ago but didn't see anything extra. * Need to recheck with fresh samples. Maybe a car air filter could show something? * Not likely but worth a shot. * Edit: Oh, just been through the first minute. So it may affect cellars and ground-floor houses more, no chance of it showing in e.g. multi-story flats. Might worth a try to look at some thin walled cellars with the dosimeter.

@vintagemotorsalways1676 3 месяца назад

I have to point out that the Geiger counter in the video cost 3x more than a simple, dedicated home radon detector. If you do find high radon levels after getting a lab test done, it's generally cheaper long term and less annoying to monitor your home yourself than it is to mail test kits every time you change anything in your mitigation strategy.

@yanilora8820 4 года назад

Your the best nerd ever ( :

@gabor6259 4 года назад

If you were a nerd, you'd know that it's "You're".

@timng9104 4 года назад

Do a XRF analysis. X ray fluorescence. Not too sure if u need a special accessory to measure gases tho

@dandanthedandan7558 4 года назад

Any way to avoid this? Just regular cleaning?

@peters7413 4 года назад

In Denmark it must be under 100 Bq/m3.... I have 2 black test units in my house, they must be here for 60 days and then sent to the lab.....☺️

@tecker7454 4 года назад

This now forces me now to clean my house.

@rupendumukherjee 4 года назад

Can you generate power in the space as there is no gravity there

@joaquin-it5dx 4 года назад

What if you test beach’s sand?

@p.dchayon5389 4 года назад

Can you tape air

@odst2450 4 года назад

I don’t know if you can do this but I have a cool experiment you should try; So in a vacuum chamber put in heated water into it that is just below boiling point. Then do something with the vacuum chamber that takes away its gravity(maybe spinning it very fast.) and then heat it up so the water becomes a gas. I don’t know what will happen but it sounds like it would make for an interesting video.

@RiccardoDAlessio 4 года назад

In a vacuum chamber boiling point is so low the water doesn’t need to be heated

@odst2450 4 года назад

@y33t23 4 года назад

Shiiiiit, I once cut open a vacuum cleaner bag to find something that had been sucked up, and the workshop was filled with dust. Luckily I had one of those white mouth-masks for the dust, but idk if that helps much.

@samiasajjad9690 3 года назад

Well Alpha particles are positively charged, beta particles are negatively charged, andgamma radiation is electrically neutral . ... Because they consist of charged particles, alpha and beta radiation can also be deflected by magnetic fields . Just as with electric fields, gamma radiation is not deflected by magnetic fields. But, Metal foams are capable of shielding X-rays, gamma rays, neutron radiation. Research shows lightweight composite metal foams are effective at blocking X-rays, gamma rays and neutron radiation, and are capable of absorbing the energy of high impact collisions.

@ee7966 4 года назад

Can u check if there is any radioactivity in our modern phones? Thanks

@l3d-3dmaker58 4 года назад

Gamma rays are so high energy they have a considerably lower chance to collide with you, they'd mostly just shoot straight out of your body

@pflernak 4 года назад

Depends whether you live in a radon rich region or not but this is why you might want to consider radon proofing your floor when building a new house or renovating an old one. Modern houses are well insulated and thus very good at trapping radon gas.

@davido3842 4 года назад

I think i have a high rate of radon in my house because its like 0.20 uSv/h, even though its safe when i put it in a dusty place it goest up over 0.20 uSv/h soo thanks a lot i am gonna meause it soon.

@ThunderStormFortnite 4 года назад

Good thing I'm on 10th floor

@YuNvrKno 4 года назад

if You compact radon dirt, does it let off more radiation

@ThatGuy-sd3zl 4 года назад

Mother’s Day gift list 2.0 1. HazMat Suit. 2. Swiffer dusters.

@dhanaearla2955 4 года назад

I have thought that negative mass may be made up of anti matter it may be wright/wrong tell me plz🙄😰😰😰🙄🙄

@davidstonebraker8862 4 года назад

can you bend a laser beam in optic fiber?

@October-TE Год назад

Why did they make the geiger counter beep SOS when the radiation level is high? Kinda weird if you ask me

@charlieangkor8649 4 года назад

could you make a nuclear battery running on household dust?

@VoidAshen 4 года назад

Me when he says polonium Me: sweats and tells himself , " it's only a little tiny bit, no way it can kill me right , RIGHT"

@HerveSACUTO 4 года назад

Lab question : do you use this shirt only for videos ? Or you have 15 grey shirt like this 😂😂😂😂 I just joke - but it’s nice to use fun (scientistic) shirt different for each video 😋❤️ I ‘m fan of your work - more and more - ❤️

@thesteaktc 4 года назад

Wait, so you’re saying after I vacuum the house I should stay away from the vacuum cleaner because it’ll be radioactive?

@ThePeterDislikeShow 2 года назад

Can you separate some of the elements out of it? Maybe with some kind of process similar to gold panning as the polonium and lead would be the heaviest things in the dust?

@adelinyoungmark1929 Год назад

probably wouldn't work as the amounts of particles that would be there would be in the nano-micro (more than likely pico) gram amounts. you'd need A LOT of dust to get anything worthwile, plus now you have a whole bunch of radionuclides in a dust form which is extremely dangerous, as inhalation would cause lung cancer.

@ThePeterDislikeShow Год назад

@@adelinyoungmark1929 I can just see another radioactive boyscout story about some kid separating radioactive elements out of their basement dust and building a bomb.

@anshum1675 4 года назад

My first thought: A glider what?

@krevlow 3 года назад

I live in a basement suite and have for most my life and now I’m a little concerned😅

@OmegaViper 4 года назад

So.. how do you get rid of it?

@youknow8754 4 года назад

How bad("Hot") do the air filters Get on a hot air heating furnace ???

@EthanAllred1 4 года назад

*Why do I have Radioactive Lust In My Blouse?* Happy Valentine's Day

@BlackHeartScyther 4 года назад

My heart is radioactive

@The-Real-Blu 3 года назад

Could have said happy birthday to me D=

@DTofMN 4 года назад

Radon also comes from Thorium. There are 4 types of radiation, he left out neutron. His friend's house probably had such high levels because of the stone floors and not just (or primarily) from the well water. If you have granite countertops or floors except exceptionally high radon levels. And despite what the Radon Measuring and Remediation companies want you to believe, Radon is not that dangerous. In fact, a study by Professor Cohen showed LOWER lung cancer rates in Pennsylvania counties with HIGHER radon levels. The opposite of what you would expect if radon was causing lung cancer.