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[-] gaycomputeruser@hexbear.net 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

If I remembering correctly the only actually bad thing they are doing is the wine. Otherwise uranium glass isn't all that dangerous.

I don't remember this that well but I remember something about soaking the glass in vinegar removing most of the danger.

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I drink my wine in lead cups to give it that sweet roman taste

[-] gaycomputeruser@hexbear.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

Mmm I love drinking vinegar out of my lead crystal cup. So sweet and yummy. (I have no idea how fast this reaction occurs)

[-] troybot@midwest.social 1 points 2 weeks ago

If anything is scraped or chipped by the metal utensils you could potentially ingest flakes of glass. Even that isn't too bad because it's a very minimal amount of uranium. I'd be more worried about damaging the items because some of those are rare and valuable.

Only dangerous use of uranium glass would be in a piece of jewelry pressed against your skin, but even that would take many years before any slight increased chance of cancer.