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This is important information that Syverson Tile & Stone would like you to know about!
March, 2009 -- Fargo Flood 2009
Our Fargo branch has been busy flood fighting!
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September, 2008 -- Tile Letter September 2008
Spring and Summer NTCA Workshop tour:
NH Tile Distributors, LATICRETE, Syverson Tile & Stone
Syverson Tile & Stone also hosted NTCA Workshops at tow of its South Dakota locations in May: Sioux Falls, and Rapid City locations in May. Over 100 people attended the Sioux Falls event, with over 57 in Rapid City.
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September, 2008 --Marble Institute of America
Granite Countertops And Your Family's Safety
Studies repeatedly show granite countertops pose NO health risk:
Repeated studies from respected scientists have come to the same conclusion:
Radon emissions from granite countertops aren't even close to posing a health risk. While it's true that samples can vary and some samples can be more of a source of radiation than others - the highest emission rates ever reported in scientific literature result in concentrations that are hundreds of even thousands of times lower than the EPA's guidelines.
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September, 2008 -- Wall Street Journal
To clear up consumer confusion about the safety of granite countertops, a growing number of environmental and health agencies from states across the U.S. have issued new statements that all conclude that granite countertops typically found in homes do not pose a health risk to consumers.
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July, 2008 -- New York Times
What's Lurking in Your Countertop?
As the popularity of granite countertops has grown in the last decade - demand for them has increased tenfold, according to the Marble Institute of America, a trade group representing granite fabricators - so have the types of granite available. For example, one source, Graniteland (graniteland.com) offers more than 900 kinds of granite from 63 countries. And with increased sales volume and variety, there have been more reports of "hot" or potentially hazardous countertops, particularly among the more exotic and striated variets from Brazil and Namibia.
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May, 2008 - NTCA Event
We hosted an NTCA Workshop in May at our Sioux Falls and Rapid City locations. It was a great learning opportunity to have the National Tile Council of America come out and do a presentation for all of those involved in the tile community! Thank you to everyone who attended!
March, 2007 --Marble Institute of America
Over the past few years, there has been some consumer confusion and concern about rumored radiation levels occuring in natural granites used for residential countertops, floor tiles, etc. The origins of this concern are advertisements published by manufacturers of competing materials. Levels of radiation from granitic products, while technically measuraable, are in fact, just small fractional values of established thresholds for environmental safety. The reader is encouraged to study the information contained within this pamphlet to further understand how these levels are quantified and to appreciate the relative insignificance of any radiation attributable to natural stone surfaces.