> On Oct 26, 2020, at 3:05 PM, Nick Andrews <[email protected]> wrote: > > If it meets the limits for radiation on the outside of the box, I wouldn't > put any such labeling on it. Those ignorant of the realities of radiation > get scared easily
Yeah, put NOTHING on the package. I had a friend freak out over a bottle of uranyl acetate he found in a box of stuff he picked up from the sidewalk on a trash night. I tried to explain it to him but he was totally spooked because it had uranium in it. > , yet willingly spend $12,000 for fancy granite countertops for their house > that are most likely much more radioactive. I tested the new granite kitchen counter at my brother's house. It was only a few counts above background with an LND-712's alpha window resting on it. > Not to mention the salt substitute, or the pool salt, etc. The only one I'd > worry about at all in handling are those with radium compounds in them and > even then, just don't break it open! Be careful with radium dial clocks. They're not sealed. Do NOT take one apart. This isn't aimed at you, Nick. I know YOU know. Terry Bowman, KA4HJH "The Mac Doctor" https://www.astarcloseup.com/ “We’ve arranged a society on science and technology in which nobody understands anything about science and technology, and this combustible mixture of ignorance and power sooner or later is going to blow up in our faces. I mean, who is running the science and technology in a democracy if the people don’t know anything about it.”—Carl Sagan to Charlie Rose, May 27, 1996 (Sagan's last interview) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/E9A86787-8A32-4CE6-ACE3-E8D383F623D7%40gmail.com.
