To be fair smoking a cigarette will put more radioactive contamination in you than these plates.
That’s why smoking is generally discouraged.
Yeah, I quit smoking and switched to snorting uranium glass powder instead
Try crushing it and soaking it in clear liquor then absorbing it in a tampon and boofing it that way.
People should only smoke uranium glass.
My wife collects uranium glass. It’s mostly safe. Most uranium glass has very little uranium in it and that is mostly sealed away within the glass. However, like lead crystal glass, very very very tiny amounts can leach out over time and end up in food or drink. The amount that can leach out like this is not going to cause any problems for you. Still, wash before and after use to further minimize contamination and don’t used chipped or scratched glass that could shed larger particles.
I wouldn’t use them as my every day plates but for special occasions it’s a fun conversation starter.
“what the fuck is this”
“it’s uranium”
sounds like a fun conversation indeed
I am guessing, much like with people who manufactured glowing things using radium in the 20th century, the workers who make this stuff are at far greater risk than those who eat off of it.
Probably, the dangerous part is working with the powders before melting. I haven’t looked into it much but uranium was a common glass ingredient until the government grabbed it all to make bombs.
(great all-girl punk band name if it hasn’t been used already)
Excuse my ignorance but what is washing gonna do? Also did you tried using a geiger counter?
Mostly the emissions are alpha particles which can’t even pass through paper but CAN fuck you up if the source ends up inside your body. So washing is to remove any small particles that may have been abraded off, same reason you can’t use it if its ever chipped or scratched.
Alternatively: Don’t eat off Uranium cookware?
… It’s mostly safe. Most uranium glass has very little uranium in it and that is mostly sealed away within the glass …
That’s … way too much “mostly” for my taste.
Mostly safe like X-rays are mostly safe. Do it once in a while and you won’t have a problem but if you have to stand next to the machine 30 times a day, you should probably not.
Plates with dividers from grown ass people is the worst here
Safer than radium anyway.
Looks like it’s being lit with a black light
I don’t know if this is real, but real uranium glass just glows (although it is not this brightly unless the light is fairly low). I have a tiny bit on a keychain somewhere.
I used to keep it in my pocket as my normal keychain and joke that it would stop me from having kids.
It apparently didn’t.
Not quite,
Radioactive substances don’t actually glow visibly themselves…
Uranium glass fluoresces under UV, and tritium vials and radium paint contain phosphers that convert radiation to visible light.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phosphorescence https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescence
Well all I know is I could see my keychain glow in the dark and it claimed to be uranium.
I guess whatever is in it isn’t uranium then. 🤷
I hate this so much that I love it
Is that uranium glass?
You guessed it.
Hopefully there’s still enough rads to keep stuff like salmonella out of the food
Ironically, it’s not the radiation that makes uranium dangerous here. Uranium is a heavy metal, and toxic in its own right. Enough can transfer to the food to give heavy metal poisoning, akin to eating off of plates with lead paint.
Whoa, that’s one unexpected silver lining.
Me & my date at the sublime Xbox restaurant I franchise with a portion of my ample fortune
I love uranium glass so much
Technically yes, as long as none of it is chipped, or gets chipped during use.
When its lights in my pc at 40 I’m juvenile but when its your dinnerwear its kooky and fun…
Me after dinner
It’s bringing love! Don’t get it get away!
Well you don’t need to turn on the bathroom light when you get up at night to go for a piss
Matchy matchy
Yeah its safe. Your aunties nasty ass jello salad with banana’s in it is giving you far more radiation exposure than those plates, because you put it inside you.
You could put one of those candle holders inside you if you’re so inclined.
paige no
Is there something specific about bananas or is it just the go to stand in for saying that even fruit entire radiation?
The potassium taken up by banana plants during growth has radioactive isotopes which are concentrated in the fruiting bodies.
It’s well-enough documented that there’s an informal unit of measurement for it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_equivalent_dose
Ugh… They actually use bananas for scale…
Ironically though, your body doesn’t really store excess potassium. When you eat a banana, you’re only replacing a banana’s worth of potassium within your body, so it ends up being largely net 0 in terms of a radiation dose, even though it’s radioactive.
But you could exchange non-radioactive isotopes for the radioactive ones bananas are rich in, right?
If you can find a source of non-radioactive potassium.
Bananas genuinely are more radioactive than most other foods due to their high potassium content and the relatively high frequency of radioactive isotopes of potassium.
Most of the respondents to your comment focused on the bananas themselves as being the issue, but they are actually missing the point somewhat. Bananas do have more potassium and are more radioactive than other fruit, but actually, its the “putting them inside you” which is the much larger issue. The inverse square law applies to all forms of radiation and you’ve effectively reduced that to 0 by ingesting the thing which is radioactive. So instead of absorbing a small fraction of the total radiation emitted by the thing over time, you are exposed to ALL of the radiation emitted by the thing over time. Not to mention any radiation given off the plates is not even going to be able to penetrate your skin or clothes; whereas the banana is already inside you.
Maybe the little bit of radiation is why bananas are so damn tasty
Are you saying not to eat bananas?
just don’t eat the uranium plates. or do. whatever. I’m just text on a page.
I’m saying it. They’re disgusting. Yech.
Babe, put out the fine Xbox tableware
Personally, I think I would save these for Halloween or a kid’s birthday party. They’re cool and I kinda want some but I also feel like they’re not conducive to keeping the food down.
You can find it pretty easy in antique stores if you really want some.
As long as it isn’t uranium glazed glass it is safe to eat from. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1322875/
From the paper: "The maximum quantity of uranium leached from the uranium-bearing glasses was about 30 micrograms L-1, while that from the ceramic-glazed items was about 300,000 micrograms L-1. "
Thanks for posting this!!
Also, the green glow isn’t from radioactive decay, it’s the uranium fluorescing under the UV light stationed just out of frame.
Yeah the light is probably more harmful than the glassware lol
Most of the produce you buy in grocery stores have been irradiated with UV to kill harmful bacteria, and it does not have any harmful effects. I suppose if they leave the UV light on and eat dinner under it for an extended period of time then they might get a sunburn.
I suppose if they leave the UV light on and eat dinner under it for an extended period of time then they might get a sunburn.
Yeah that’s what I meant
I wonder if it truly doesn’t have any harmful effects?
I’ve heard a lot of studies about how America’s *gut Flora has changed in the last 50 years. How much of that is from having fewer microbiota ingested from natural food?
I mean, it’s not like UV only kills the bad stuff right?
As far as I know changes in the microbiota are mostly due to the lack of dietary fiber and the consumption of highly processed foods
Probably combined with high use of antibiotics.
America’s got Flora
It took me way too long to figure out that you meant America’s gut flora. America’s Got Flora sounds like some weird reality TV show.
I’d watch that.
Thank you very much. I made the edit
And then look at how many lives it saved by providing food this way.
