[TheForge] Hellooooooo!

[Chris Kilpatrick]

Uranium is a poison, the hunk in your pocket would kill you by poisoning long before the radiation did anything.  And contrary to popular belief, the "parts" are less affected by radiation than most other parts of your body.

-Chris K.

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> From: "Demon Buddha" <osan at netlabs.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Hellooooooo!
> Date: Mon, 08 May 2006 18:43:47 -0400
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> Darrell wrote:
> > Uranium has a half life of 704million years.
> 
> 	That's 235.  238 is 4.51 billion years, not that that makes any 
> practical difference. :)
> 
>  > Unless you build your
> > entire house out of it with at least 6 foot thick walls it would 
> > probably not be hazardous to you.
> 
> 	I wouldn't go that far.  You would not want to go walking around 
> with a hunk of 238 in your pocket.  Your parts wouldn't like it 
> very much after a while.
> 
> > It is the stuff with the very short half life that can be harmful 
> > if not handled properly. We already have the technology to do 
> > that.
> 
> 	As I said, technology isn't the major problem.  People are.
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