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[-] courier8377@hexbear.net 61 points 2 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 2 weeks ago

A billion calories can help me during bulking.

[-] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 37 points 2 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 2 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 2 weeks ago

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

[-] ManFreakBeast@hexbear.net 32 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah but I doubt the radiation helps

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 13 points 2 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 2 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.

[-] PaX@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Although uranium glass isn't PARTICULARLY radioactive, it is also a toxic heavy metal regardless

Not that you want any more radioactive decay than usual going on in your bones lol

This is like a consumer identity based around drinking from those leaded Garfield glasses, wild

[-] anarchoilluminati@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago

This shit actually has uranium?

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 weeks ago

If my uranium glass house is wrong, I don't wanna be right

[-] courier8377@hexbear.net 40 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Those in uranium glass houses shouldn't throw depleted uranium stones

[-] CloutAtlas@hexbear.net 10 points 2 weeks ago

Mutually Assured Dining

[-] Bureaucrat@hexbear.net 39 points 2 weeks ago

Love having a black light over the kitchen table like I'm having Thanksgiving at a rave.

[-] dom@hexbear.net 36 points 2 weeks ago
[-] FnordPrefect@hexbear.net 33 points 2 weeks ago

"I eated the purple ham(?)..."

"How is it, Ralph? Good?"

[-] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 31 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Love to eat food that's got a sickly green glow!

[-] pierre_delecto@hexbear.net 23 points 2 weeks ago

That seems like an awful lot of deviled eggs

[-] TheDoctor@hexbear.net 18 points 2 weeks ago

That wouldn’t last until seconds at my thanksgiving

[-] HamManBad@hexbear.net 14 points 2 weeks ago

That's 2-3 servings

[-] DigitalDruid@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 2 weeks ago

That's only 12 eggs! That's a little batch!

[-] RNAi@hexbear.net 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] propter_hog@hexbear.net 22 points 2 weeks ago

As a bonus it keeps your food warm

[-] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 16 points 2 weeks ago

I've always wanted some radium glass. I'm envious, won't lie. I'd totally sit at that table and take a nibble, if just for the story.

[-] Castor_Troy@hexbear.net 9 points 2 weeks ago

They literally have a pitcher of gravy. mario-thumbs-up

[-] 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.

[-] gaycomputeruser@hexbear.net 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Storing radioactive waste by mixing it into glass is nearly traditional for good reason.

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