Hello All, I just found out tonight when our smoke alarm kept beeping after changing the battery & then taking it down from the ceiling, that it contains a small part with the old radioactive symbol on it and warnings about it containing radioactive material, which if needing repair should be sent to the company.
Turns out after Curtis did a bit of research on the web, that their are two types of smoke detectors, one with the radioactive material & one kind with a photo electric part. You can guess what might happen if such a device were to burn up in a fire. How is it possible that such things can be manufactured for use in the home? Does anyone know anything about these things? Are our landfills, incinerators & backyards full of these things decaying and leaking radioactivity along with all the other pollutants? Thanks for any insight into this amazing secret in so many of our homes. Jane Sherry
