Assertion: radon | /r/CapableOf | seep into home
Facets:
value: from underground uranium deposits
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: through cracks in floors and walls
type: MANNER
value: through seams
type: MANNER
value: through pipes
type: MANNER
value: through sumps
type: MANNER
value: through windows
type: MANNER
value: through unfinished floors
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Radon can seep into a home through pipes, windows, sumps, unfinished floors, cracks in foundation walls and floors-even through foundation walls.
text: Radon is produced when uranium in the earth decays and can seep up into homes through cracks in the foundation, dirt basements, and even well water.
text: It can move through soil and into outdoor air, or it can seep into homes and buildings through cracks in floors and walls, or gaps around service pipes.
text: Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that emanates from soil and bedrock, including granite, and can seep into homes primarily through cracks and seams in foundation floors and walls.
text: Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas that can be released during the decay of radioactive elements in granite countertops or can seep into homes from underground uranium deposits, and build up to higher than normal levels.(See: What is Radon?)
text: Radon that seeps into homes may accumulate there and decay into radioactive, chemically reactive particles that attach themselves to dust in the home environment.