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Similar accident in 1980 when a lost Caesium-137 capsule in a quarry became mixed into a concrete wall of a bedroom in an apartment block in Kramatorsk, killing

Similar accident in 1980 when a lost Caesium-137 capsule in a quarry became mixed into a concrete wall of a bedroom in an apartment block in Kramatorsk, killing several people and making others ill, for 8 years before it was found: https://www.curiousarchive.com/death-in-apartment-85-the-kramatorsk-radiological-accident/ https://www.curiousarchive.com/death-in-apartment-85-the-kra...

voidUpdate 1y ago
If you ever want to have a worrying afternoon, have a read of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_orphan_source_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_orphan_source_incident...
- ikekkdcjkfke 1y ago
  I now want a bluetooth geiger counter hooked up to my smartwatch with sound effects
  - nancyminusone 1y ago
    Here you go: https://www.radiacode.com/ https://www.radiacode.com/
- boringg 1y ago
  Thats a much smaller list than I would have expected considering it covers the entire planet.
- cogogo 1y ago
  Wonder what it is about these sources that compels people to pick them up put them in their pocket and surprisingly often keep them in their kitchen. Do they visibly glow or look cool?
m4rtink 1y ago
Yeah, this one is super scary...
e2le 1y ago
Not entirely related. Some scam health products are made with radioactive material[0,1] (thorium dioxide) and can be found in wands, baby clothing, pendents, cards, wristbands, face cream, toothbrushes, and more. Even more concerning given that these products will shed that radioactive material into the environment and be ingested by humans. The "quantum wands" as shown in the YouTube video are filled with a sizeable quantity of thorium dioxide powder and is possible to forcibly open. They are illegal but continue to be sold. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BA5bw1EV5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BA5bw1EV5I
- lupusreal 1y ago
  Somewhere in China is a businessman incredibly pleased with himself that he found a way to sell the toxic waste left over from rare earth processing to new age hippies.

voidUpdate 1y ago

If you ever want to have a worrying afternoon, have a read of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_orphan_source_incidents https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_orphan_source_incident...

ikekkdcjkfke 1y ago
I now want a bluetooth geiger counter hooked up to my smartwatch with sound effects
- nancyminusone 1y ago
  Here you go: https://www.radiacode.com/ https://www.radiacode.com/
boringg 1y ago
Thats a much smaller list than I would have expected considering it covers the entire planet.
cogogo 1y ago
Wonder what it is about these sources that compels people to pick them up put them in their pocket and surprisingly often keep them in their kitchen. Do they visibly glow or look cool?

m4rtink 1y ago

Yeah, this one is super scary...

e2le 1y ago

Not entirely related. Some scam health products are made with radioactive material[0,1] (thorium dioxide) and can be found in wands, baby clothing, pendents, cards, wristbands, face cream, toothbrushes, and more. Even more concerning given that these products will shed that radioactive material into the environment and be ingested by humans. The "quantum wands" as shown in the YouTube video are filled with a sizeable quantity of thorium dioxide powder and is possible to forcibly open. They are illegal but continue to be sold. [0]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7TwBUxxIC0 [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BA5bw1EV5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BA5bw1EV5I

lupusreal 1y ago
Somewhere in China is a businessman incredibly pleased with himself that he found a way to sell the toxic waste left over from rare earth processing to new age hippies.