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Yeah its safe. Your aunties nasty ass jello salad with banana's in it is giving you far more radiation exposure than those plates, because you put it inside you.
You could put one of those candle holders inside you if you're so inclined.
paige no
Is there something specific about bananas or is it just the go to stand in for saying that even fruit entire radiation?
The potassium taken up by banana plants during growth has radioactive isotopes which are concentrated in the fruiting bodies.
It's well-enough documented that there's an informal unit of measurement for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose
Bananas genuinely are more radioactive than most other foods due to their high potassium content and the relatively high frequency of radioactive isotopes of potassium.
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Babe, put out the fine Xbox tableware
Personally, I think I would save these for Halloween or a kidβs birthday party. Theyβre cool and I kinda want some but I also feel like theyβre not conducive to keeping the food down.
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As long as it isn't uranium glazed glass it is safe to eat from. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1322875/
From the paper: "The maximum quantity of uranium leached from the uranium-bearing glasses was about 30 micrograms L-1, while that from the ceramic-glazed items was about 300,000 micrograms L-1. "
Thanks for posting this!!
Also, the green glow isnβt from radioactive decay, itβs the uranium fluorescing under the UV light stationed just out of frame.
My wife collects uranium glass. Itβs mostly safe. Most uranium glass has very little uranium in it and that is mostly sealed away within the glass. However, like lead crystal glass, very very very tiny amounts can leach out over time and end up in food or drink. The amount that can leach out like this is not going to cause any problems for you. Still, wash before and after use to further minimize contamination and donβt used chipped or scratched glass that could shed larger particles.
I wouldnβt use them as my every day plates but for special occasions itβs a fun conversation starter.
"what the fuck is this"
"it's uranium"
sounds like a fun conversation indeed
I am guessing, much like with people who manufactured glowing things using radium in the 20th century, the workers who make this stuff are at far greater risk than those who eat off of it.
Probably, the dangerous part is working with the powders before melting. I havenβt looked into it much but uranium was a common glass ingredient until the government grabbed it all to make bombs.
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Excuse my ignorance but what is washing gonna do? Also did you tried using a geiger counter?
Mostly the emissions are alpha particles which can't even pass through paper but CAN fuck you up if the source ends up inside your body. So washing is to remove any small particles that may have been abraded off, same reason you can't use it if its ever chipped or scratched.
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To be fair smoking a cigarette will put more radioactive contamination in you than these plates.
That's why smoking is generally discouraged.
Yeah, I quit smoking and switched to snorting uranium glass powder instead
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People should only smoke uranium glass.
Eggs at thanksgiving??? No. It's not safe. It's going to cause stinky farts in the house, at max capacity! 200 people, all egg farting in one house???
Pretty sure you need gas masks.
Why do so many people get gassey eating eggs? I can eat over a dozen deviled eggs in one sitting and not have a single issue
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"Oh hey! Neat plates!"
See the group name
If you don't reach critical mass, did you even feast?
Looks like it's being lit with a black light
I don't know if this is real, but real uranium glass just glows (although it is not this brightly unless the light is fairly low). I have a tiny bit on a keychain somewhere.
I used to keep it in my pocket as my normal keychain and joke that it would stop me from having kids.
It apparently didn't.
Not quite,
Radioactive substances don't actually glow visibly themselves...
Uranium glass fluoresces under UV, and tritium vials and radium paint contain phosphers that convert radiation to visible light.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence
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Looks like a black light overhead causing everything fluorescent to glow.
Edit: Not even just looks like. That's exactly what it is.
Well yeah; to see the glowing effect of Uranium glass, you need to put it under a UV light.
Plates with dividers from grown ass people is the worst here
Me & my date at the sublime Xbox restaurant I franchise with a portion of my ample fortune
I love uranium glass so much
"The cancer is coming from INSIDE the building"
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