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It was just a kid's toy, you know. (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 hours ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/microblogmemes@lemmy.world
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[–] InvalidName2@lemmy.zip 3 points 21 minutes ago (1 children)

Kind of reminds me of my step-mother. It's not the lifetime of heavy chain smoking that caused/causes her to keep getting cancer and worsening respiratory illness. It's the chemicals "they put in everything". It's "they used to put mercury in our vaccines". It's "all the drugs they make you take these days". It's blamed on everything else and the 60+ years of almost non-stop cigarette smoking just contributed but didn't cause it.

And, of course, plenty of common things besides cigarette smoke can cause cancer, so it's not like I'm denying that. Just that Occam's Razor being what it is, I'm going with the simplest and most obvious explanation that there's evidence of to explain all the health issues.

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@piefed.world 1 points 15 seconds ago

It's such a common thing in medicine, mental health, weight loss, IT troubleshooting, etc. It's not impossible that the answer is complex, but we always feel like we're a special case and it can't possibly be as simple as "eat less", "get more sleep", "turn it off and on again".

[–] bedwyr@piefed.ca 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Uranium glass is relatively safe reddit assured me, for whatever that is worth.

[–] davetortoise@reddthat.com 5 points 44 minutes ago

Naturally occuring Uranium is, really, not very radioactive. You can even eat it and have it pass through your digestive system without any significant negative impact - there was a scientist who (slightly facetiously) used to do this in lectures to prove the safety of nuclear power and lived to a ripe old age.

We use it in power plants because it's fissile, not because it's radioactive, it's easier to sustain chain reactions with constant output.

Spent nuclear fuel, however, is extremely radioactive because when we fission Uranium it splits into very radioactive isotopes of Caesium, Iodine, Xenon etc. plus a ton of minor actinides.

[–] mercano@lemmy.world 73 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Natural uranium mostly emits alpha particles. It’s dangerous if you eat or inhale it, but the wood in the nightstand drawer is going to be enough to block them.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 34 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Paper and skin can stop alpha particles. Glass, plastic, or a little bit of metal can stop beta. It's gamma that will get you, often because of what the gamma does through the material, knocking off new particles as it exits.

The uranium in one of these kits probably had the same potency as the radium pendants you can buy now. It's fine as long as it stays in its container and never gets inside your body.

[–] Slovene85@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Of course gamma will get you, she beat cancer countless times. Gamma is badass.

[–] Stefan_S_from_H@piefed.zip 3 points 1 hour ago

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 22 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

Modded Minecraft ruined my mind because this reminded me of a time when opening a wooden chest full of plutonium gave me radiation poisoning and ruined my deathless playground. My mate picked it up after and then also immediately died. Stupid dragons and their stupid plutonium.

[–] tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

That sounds fun Which modpack was that?

[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

Enigmatica 2 Expert. A fun mix of mods produced a Fire and Ice Dragon that had treasure loot from Industrial Craft 2... you're supposed to handle radioactive materials with proper safety gear. Who'd have thought? Lol

[–] Eeyore_Syndrome@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

Or the fabled Fiestaware™©® relish trays lol.

[–] jim_v@lemmy.world 4 points 2 hours ago

https://youtube.com/shorts/Dd2Bn_YshSA

Bring a Geiger counter to an antique store to find these spicy plates.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 2 hours ago

Realistically if it's in a vile in a draw the wood and glass probably blocks most of the radiation. It probably won't be that high purity if it's from a 1940s toy set

[–] BillyClark@piefed.social 31 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

Answer: It depends on the amount and qualities of the uranium, as well as how it is stored.

[–] Dionysus@leminal.space 34 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Glass vial, not bad, not great.

Seriously though, those older chem sets had natural samples, so likely not enough to really do damage unless you used it as a jade stone or suppository.

[–] Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 3 hours ago

Or decide to do a little stone polishing or carving. Don’t breathe this!

[–] charokol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

But she apparently keeps getting cancer…

[–] LovableSidekick@lemmy.world 7 points 1 hour ago

Yes, like millions of people who don't have any uranium. Hmm.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 7 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

She has lived so long with uranium next to her for much of her life? This needs to be studied, maybe she's onto something

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

This reminded me of the Japan/smoking/lifespan thing. Turns out decent healthcare is pretty helpful. The most helpful, really, when it comes to determining average length of stay on this hellrock.