I don't believe that the oolite is emitting gamma rays. Did you verify with a Geiger counter? Can you cite any references?
> Just a quick note on oolite, since I haven't gotten in here on it yet.
> I did receive some, and it did have a kinda nice warm fuzzy feel when
> I took it out of the pkg.
>
> This told me it was probably radiating something. I searched, and it is.
> It emits gamma rays.
>
> The amount I don't know, but perhaps someone can find a study from say 20 yrs. ago before all our tech. was everywhere and see what the cancer rates of people living in areas with high concentrations of that is?
>
> It does for whatever reason, maybe because it is calcium based, seem to give some relief from AC power, not the microwaves to me.
>
> So, we may just be trading one thing for something even worse.
>
> ~ Snoshoe
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[hidden email], Elizabeth thode <lizt777@...> wrote:
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> > Hmmm.......this is interesting.My basement walls are Limestone.
> >
> >
> > Oolite
> > is also known as Limestone.
> >
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> >
> > Calcite
> > is the principal constituent of LIMESTONE and marble.
> > These rocks are extremely common and make up a
> > significant portion of Earth's crust. They serve as one of the largest carbon
> > repositories on our planet.
> >
> > Calcium Carbonate Sorbents
> >
> > Sorbents are substances that have the ability to
> > "capture" another substance. Limestone is often treated and used as
> > sorbent material during the burning of fossil fuels. Calcium carbonate reacts
> > with sulfur dioxide and other gases in
> > the combustion emissions, absorbs them and prevents them from escaping to the
> > atmosphere.
> >
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