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wouldn't the Zn-65 sample (gamma rays) in the kit be hazardous ? https://ehs.princeton.edu/laboratory-research/radiation-safety/radioactive-materials/radioisot

• microwavecamera 7y ago
  To be fair, most products and practices in the 1950's would be considered wildly dangerous by today's standards. Hell, we were still using leaded gasoline (gasoline with tetraethyllead additive) up until the 90's. Think about how dangerous lead poisoning is and now imagine that we used to add it to gasoline and every gas powered motor was spewing vaporized lead. Good times.
  • beambot 7y ago
    They still use that fuel in airports: avgas
    • fnord77 7y ago
      so there's lead raining down on us from piston powered planes?
    • jlj 7y ago
      I had no idea. FAA confirms: https://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=14754 https://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsId=1...
      • Gibbon1 7y ago
        Yeah it's a problem because there is no money in light aviation and a lot of liabilities. And leaded aviation gas appears as a liability, especially to refineries. There are increasing attempts to produce diesel aircraft engines. Complicated by there not being any money in light aviation.
  • mhh__ 7y ago
    The Windscale nuclear power plant was spewing out radiation years before it caught fire
• NikkiA 7y ago
  Depends on how much of it they give you, on the flip side with a half-life of 244 days you'd better be using your kit soon after purchase, and better hope it didn't sit on the shelves long.