Submitted by I-Was_Never-Here t3_126bxe0 in mildlyinteresting
KingAltair2255 t1_je8kps7 wrote
Reply to comment by ChewbacasUglyBrother in A Display Cabinet full of Uranium Glass at a local Antique Shop. by I-Was_Never-Here
You can’t even eat off uranium glass so probably not 😅
HypnoSmoke t1_je8q5ye wrote
"Glass colored with uranium salts is easily identified because uranium fluoresces bright green under ultraviolet light (3). Luckily, since these items emit only negligibly tiny amounts of radiation, they are safe to handle, eat and drink from"
KingAltair2255 t1_je9c1om wrote
Wild! I’d always been told they were toxic as fuck, TIL
imafraidofmuricans t1_jea64sm wrote
Toxic to make
PTRD-41 t1_je8pmdz wrote
Yes you can there's nothing dangerous about the stuff.
ChewbacasUglyBrother t1_je8kvmu wrote
Well shit
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