Breakthrough hand-held radiation detection device now available and manufactured in the USA

Breakthrough hand-held radiation detection device now available and manufactured in the USA
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Palm Springs, California – The Canary 100 Radiation Detector, the first product of its kind that measures radiation in foods and the environment, is now available for only $69.95 at at www.canary100.com and will soon be available through select retailers.

“The spread of radioactive material caused by the nuclear power plant disaster at Fukushima, Japan is a concern for everyone. Radiation fallout is a threat to our environment that’s here to stay and there’s a need to be able to determine the dangers we’re exposed to,” states Canary 100 inventor Bill Schlanger.

“Many of the foods we buy could be dangerous to eat, he said. “Fish, produce and many other foods can become contaminated with radioactive materials when they’re released into the air or carried in rainwater. Radioactivity can also be washed into rivers, lakes and the sea where seafood can become contaminated. Also, milk and meat can become contaminated when animals eat grass that’s radioactive.”

Schlanger explains, “The danger lies in eating radioactive foods that can radiate continuously into the body’s soft tissues from the inside.”

When Bill Schlanger, engineer and inventor, and his partner, Ben Lizardi, a veteran marketing expert, were told by organizers of a local Farmer’s Market that both customers and farmers were concerned about radiation, they learned that the only way for consumers to detect radiation has been with expensive Geiger counters.

“When we saw that there was no affordable, convenient and easy to use product to detect radiation, we created the Canary 100 Radiation Detector,” said Schlanger.
The Canary 100 is small enough to go on a keychain and costs just $69.95. When the Canary 100 detects the presence of radiation, it chirps like a canary – increasing in frequency as more radiation is detected.

Taking the Canary 100 from idea-stage to ready-for-market happened quickly.

Joe Wallace, Managing Director of the Coachella Valley Innovation Hub, states, “It took three days to fund it, three weeks to prove the concept and three months to be in production. I’ve read about stories like this happening in Silicon Valley, but getting to a prototype in three weeks and then in production within three months, I’ve never heard of it.”
The name of the product was inspired by the canary carried by coal miners. Before the concentration of toxic gasses in the mines reached dangerous levels, the canary would provide an early warning.
The Canary 100 Radiation Detector is manufactured in Palm Springs, California on the campus of the Coachella Valley iHub Accelerator Park. The Canary 100 is at the forefront of the movement to manufacture products in the United States again.