[TheForge] tig setup- health hazard?

[debmiller at fuse.net]

Thoriated tungstens are radioactive. However.....
Unles you are grinding and breathing thoriated tungsten dust in serious volumes I personally do not consider it a health risk. The market has taken this as another opportunity to sell us crap like tungsten grinders with dust collectors, and other exotic tungstens that cost more. I have a box of thoriated tungstens that have lasted me almost 10 years so far, and I expect to working from the same box for years to come.

Ray
Cincinnati


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> From: "Gladish Family" <gladish at cnw.com>
> Date: 2004/09/09 Thu AM 11:43:24 EDT
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [TheForge] tig setup- health hazard?
> 
> OK, so I'm setting up the torch and there's a note on the manual that
> thoriated consumables constitute a health risk because the dust from
> sharpening them is radioactive.
> Is anybody worried about this?
> Creepy...
> Andy G.
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