Re: Radon exposure full blown panic🤯
I work for a university, and when I was a student I worked for the same university, different department. I was in the conference registration department (we handled registrations for events the university put on) but for some reason we also sold radon test kits? So I actually do know a good bit about radon.
For one, it is possible for radon to be in your water, but it dissipates in the air before it even hits your glass, so no worries there.
Your basement not being "sealed properly" may actually be a positive as it will allow fresh air in/radon air out. Essentially, it's fine to be exposed to radon (and we all are exposed at some point or another), you just don't want it trapped in an enclosed area.
I'd recommend testing your house, especially if you live in an area where radon is higher and if you plan to sell in the future. Check with your health department - they'll often sell the kits for much cheaper, or will give them out free. It could be good info to know. You'll test in the lowest level of your house that you use regularly; in your case, the basement. The idea is that if the basement is clear, the whole house is fine. If you have any issues with the level, they'll recommend you look into putting a radon mitigation system in.
Based on what you've said, I wouldn't be worried. We didn't test the kits ourselves, but our number was on them so I'd get calls after people had done the testing and were looking at the results - I think in my two years of working there I referred maybe 2 people on to contacts about mitigation, and neither had super high or alarming levels, just something they wanted to consider.
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