Haha, the radium is the one that makes me nervous. Tritium, Kr, etc not so much! Just watched Radioactive on Amazon (I think) about Marie Curie. A little slow but not bad.
On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 3:37 PM Mac Doktor <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/E9A86787-8A32-4CE6-ACE3-E8D383F623D7%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJD4P-i82QKrzxn%3Dm%3DD_SAr5%2BWfh4R0gw54rhVXZOCutebinHA%40mail.gmail.com.
