Date: 2/9/2012
by: Ray Marsalas
Description:
Feb 9th. I happened to catch a video on radiation amounts, in smoke
detectors being higher than the public is lead to believe. So I thought I
would check ours. I was as surprised as you will be by the numbers, and
these emmit constantly in our homes. This isn't right. These should not
be sold and yet they are approved by our protection agencies.
The next part I'm a little sketchy on so feel free to correct me in the comments. I'm not a science guy.
On a suggestion from a friend I re-tested the smoke alarm with a folded piece of paper between my geiger and the smoke detector. This is because Alpha rays can be blocked out by a piece of paper. My geiger read 0.35 micro-sieverts with the paper in between. Next I put a piece of 20 gauge steel in between. First I checked the steel { 0.13 micro-sieverts = normal background} Then I put the steel in between the geiger and detector. {0.30 micro-sieverts} This 0,30 micro-sieverts would have to be beta or gamma. If you know...pass it on....below.
Sorry I couldn't film all 3 tests but the info is all here. I don't have to be a genius to realize these smoke alarms are poison. I have read that there are non-radioactive smoke detectors so if you must have one, make sure it's not one of these jobs. The store manager will be getting a visit and I will bring my geiger. Four times background is ridiculous. Also there seems to be no plan anywhere {NRC included} to dispose of these properly. They either go into landfills or get incinerated, and I read that the nasty stuff {Americum} in them, has a half-life of 450 years. Consider this a "Heads up" These should have a big skull and crossbones on the package.
The next part I'm a little sketchy on so feel free to correct me in the comments. I'm not a science guy.
On a suggestion from a friend I re-tested the smoke alarm with a folded piece of paper between my geiger and the smoke detector. This is because Alpha rays can be blocked out by a piece of paper. My geiger read 0.35 micro-sieverts with the paper in between. Next I put a piece of 20 gauge steel in between. First I checked the steel { 0.13 micro-sieverts = normal background} Then I put the steel in between the geiger and detector. {0.30 micro-sieverts} This 0,30 micro-sieverts would have to be beta or gamma. If you know...pass it on....below.
Sorry I couldn't film all 3 tests but the info is all here. I don't have to be a genius to realize these smoke alarms are poison. I have read that there are non-radioactive smoke detectors so if you must have one, make sure it's not one of these jobs. The store manager will be getting a visit and I will bring my geiger. Four times background is ridiculous. Also there seems to be no plan anywhere {NRC included} to dispose of these properly. They either go into landfills or get incinerated, and I read that the nasty stuff {Americum} in them, has a half-life of 450 years. Consider this a "Heads up" These should have a big skull and crossbones on the package.
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