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Reminds of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 where the maker went to debunk the negative ion e

by posnet 5y ago

Reminds of this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 where the maker went to debunk the negative ion energy bands, only to discover some of them had highly dangerous powdered thorium coating them.

im3w1l 5y ago
Who would manufacture such a thing and why? Who even has access to thorium?
- oneoff786 5y ago
  Thorium is abundant and has mundane uses.
  - ineedasername 5y ago
    >Thorium is abundant That seems incorrect, or least depends on where you draw the line on "abundant" Thorium, at atomic number 90, is one of the rarest elements. [0] It falls middle of the pack in terms of presence in the Earth's crust, but after the first dozen or so, most elements are-- relative to that first dozen-- extremely rare. Thorium is about 6ppm. >and has mundane uses. Lots of things have mundane uses while being extremely dangerous if misused. Chlorine is about 20x more abundant, has plenty of mundane uses, and is also poisonous. Thorium is a cancer-causing element, and over the past decades thorium has been systematically removed from any product or industrial process that does not require it. I think it's safe to say that it's a bad idea, and presents a least some risk, to include it in consumer product worn on your body. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium
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- foxfluff 5y ago
  I'm wondering the same. Is it accidental contamination or are they doing it deliberately? Out of malice or out of ignorance? Or is it someone else upstream putting radioactive materials in the products that end up being used as a coating? Again, why, ignorance or malice or something else? It's very confusing.
rainbowzootsuit 5y ago
The exact product that the government is warning about here is covered in the video that you linked, which was published Feb 18, 2020.
- kibwen 5y ago
  In the next video in this series he mentions how he was encouraged to reach out to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission about these products which resulted in their sale being banned.

by posnet 5y ago

im3w1l 5y ago

Who would manufacture such a thing and why? Who even has access to thorium?

oneoff786 5y ago
Thorium is abundant and has mundane uses.
- ineedasername 5y ago
  >Thorium is abundant That seems incorrect, or least depends on where you draw the line on "abundant" Thorium, at atomic number 90, is one of the rarest elements. [0] It falls middle of the pack in terms of presence in the Earth's crust, but after the first dozen or so, most elements are-- relative to that first dozen-- extremely rare. Thorium is about 6ppm. >and has mundane uses. Lots of things have mundane uses while being extremely dangerous if misused. Chlorine is about 20x more abundant, has plenty of mundane uses, and is also poisonous. Thorium is a cancer-causing element, and over the past decades thorium has been systematically removed from any product or industrial process that does not require it. I think it's safe to say that it's a bad idea, and presents a least some risk, to include it in consumer product worn on your body. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorium
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foxfluff 5y ago
I'm wondering the same. Is it accidental contamination or are they doing it deliberately? Out of malice or out of ignorance? Or is it someone else upstream putting radioactive materials in the products that end up being used as a coating? Again, why, ignorance or malice or something else? It's very confusing.

rainbowzootsuit 5y ago

The exact product that the government is warning about here is covered in the video that you linked, which was published Feb 18, 2020.

kibwen 5y ago
In the next video in this series he mentions how he was encouraged to reach out to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission about these products which resulted in their sale being banned.