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[-] courier8377@hexbear.net 61 points 3 weeks ago

https://www.epa.gov/radtown/radioactivity-antiques

Do not use ceramics like antique orange-red Fiestaware or Vaseline glass to hold food or drink. They can chip, and you can ingest particles of uranium with your food or drink.

[-] jackmarxist@hexbear.net 48 points 3 weeks ago

A billion calories can help me during bulking.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago

Apparently the glass is pretty safe because it's hard to chip or break glass just by eating off it. It's the ceramic that's dangerous because the glaze can flake off much more easily.

[-] ManFreakBeast@hexbear.net 35 points 3 weeks ago

From what I've read, it's only dangerous if you ingest it, food that's just been sitting on it is fine, but if a chip or shard of it get in you it can fuck you up.

So yeah best not to eat off of. It's apparently fine as a decorative piece tho, being near it won't give you cancer.

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 36 points 3 weeks ago

From what I've read, it's not good to eat chips or shards of any glass.

[-] ManFreakBeast@hexbear.net 32 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah but I doubt the radiation helps

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 13 points 3 weeks ago

Nah they cancel out. The radiation, physical shards of glass, the microplastics, cholesterol and bird flu in the food itself are all trying to fit through a door to get me at the same time but they can't get through.

The doctors call it Three Stooges syndrome.

[-] reaper_cushions@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago

Alpha radiation (the type emitted by super heavy nuclei like uranium, basically just helium nuclei being emitted) has very low penetration depth compared to beta radiation (electrons, positrons, some accompanying photons) because the emitted particle is absorbed by the upper epidermic layers due to the sheer size of the emitted particle. Those layers of skin are shed on a regular basis anyway, so most corruptions end up being entirely irrelevant. However, alpha radiation tends to be highly energised and thus will deal substantial damage to any tissue that cannot simply be discarded, thus is highly dangerous when ingested or inhaled.