Granite countertops are durable and aesthetically pleasing, but do they also emit radiation? Here's what we know about this ...

We think of radioactive material as something buried ... there are little bits of radiation in the water, our soil, bananas, granite countertops, smoke detectors, and even some camera lenses.

That said, granite tends to contain more radioactive elements, like uranium and thorium, because it lends itself well to these elements' crystallization process. These elements decay as time goes ...