Any household items this will pick up, /sci/?
Bananas, old tvs, your whole fucking basement, and should pick up background radiation
>>8658552
Yea it picks up 60 CPM background
Also CRTs emit ionizing radiation?
Test it on food items that might have come from ocean near Japan. It'll read high due to Fukushima.
>>8658523
Smoke detector
>>8658577
Most fruits and nuts are already detectable due to high levels of potassium.
>>8658577
Supposedly not.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Fod_hYCtg
>>8658523
Granite countertops.
Your radio, but only if it's active.
>>8658564
yes they emit x-rays
Sometimes old glassware had radioactive material in it.
>>8658552
basements are supposed to have less radiation.
thats why fallout shelters are built below ground.
>>8661697
If there's clay in your area like mine, trace amounts of uranium present can decay to radon. This is a big problem in my area and the state offers tests for it.