http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog Everything you need to know about the granite/Radon/radiation issues. For more info, go to forum.solidsurfacealliance.org Tue, 12 Jan 2010 04:38:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Here is an excellent story on locals dealing with the enviromental concerns from a granite quarry. Streams filling with sillt and mud, even drying up after water is diverted, mudslides, you name it. It is a Yahoo Babelfish translated page, so it take a minute ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/10/19/brazilian-environmental-concerns-continue-to-arise-from-granite-quarrying/ For more info, to ask questions, or to find a tester, go to forum.solidsurfacealliance.org We finially have the Forum up for the Solid Surface Alliance. Unregistered guests can browse all but one of the catagories, but if you want to ask a question or comment, you need to ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/10/13/announcing-the-new-solid-surface-alliance-forum/ For more info, go to forum.solidsurfacealliance.org Most shops carry workers compensation insurance, which workers trade the right to sue for immediate health care and a guaranteed weekly benefit to replace lost wages while injured. What few know is that the workers comp insurance doesn't prevent the injured employee from ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/10/11/want-a-peek-at-what-a-granite-countertop-lawsuit-would-look-like/ For more info, go to forum.solidsurfacealliance.org Juparana Bordeaux, usually called Bordeaux for short, has earned a reputation for having higher than normal radiation levels. First the Houston TV report named it, then the samples sent to scientists turned out to be elevated as well. Lots of chatter ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/10/08/the-word-is-out-juparana-bordeaux-is-being-dumped-on-the-market/ For more info, to ask questions, or to find a tester, go to forum.solidsurfacealliance.org Marcus Aurelius, the Roman Emporer, once wrote that nothing is new, all has gone before. In the case of granite testing and the fight to prevent it from happening, one can look into ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/10/05/doubt-is-their-product-the-one-book-to-read-if-you-want-to-understand-the-fight/ For more info, to ask questions, or to find a tester, go to forum.solidsurfacealliance.org Politics and agenda, be it the office, the town hall, or the hallways of an university, they are always present. The solid surface industry is no different, and in the granite testing controversy many ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/10/05/a-long-time-member-of-the-solid-surface-industry-attacks/ For more info, to ask questions, or to find a tester, go to forum.solidsurfacealliance.org We get emails all the time asking about some of the issues that plague some granites types. In the past, I have always helped the people privately where I could. Now the volume ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/09/30/i-bought-bad-granite-do-i-have-any-recourse/ For more info, to ask questions, or to find a tester, go to forum.solidsurfacealliance.org One of the dodges the stone industry is using to minimize the risks of granite countertop Radon emission is that a little ventilation will solve the problem. The info below is from an University ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/09/24/how-much-effect-does-ventilation-have-on-radon-produced-inside-a-home/ Another reason to reject the claims that ventilation alone will allow hot granite countertops to be sold is the long term efficiency of the ventilation systems. Here is a study, Post Mitigation Radon Concentrations in Minnesota Homes, by Dr. Daniel Steck, one of the Radon scientists leading the granite testing effort. A total ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/09/23/so-a-little-ventilation-and-i-dont-have-to-worry/ The AARST (American Association of Radon Scientists and Technologists) annual conference concluded this after noon. We were able to attend on Tuesday when most of the granite countertop information was presented. This article will be a short description of the significant papers and studies presented, with an indepth ... http://solidsurfacealliance.org/blog/2008/09/18/aarst-conference-results/