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Besides which, if Three Mile Island had blown up, it could only have improved Harrisburg.
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It's funny how you trust the govenment so much to give you truthful information about this disaster. Even low levels of exposure are hazardous and we don't know what the death count will be.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostI drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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This is just false. If you don't believe me, you should be afraid of glow watches.Originally posted by Kidicious View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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I'm not aware of any glow watches that emit ionizing radiation smart ass.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post
This is just false. If you don't believe me, you should be afraid of glow watches.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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They use radium. Not digital glow watches, those use LEDs.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Hm, it seems that newer watches use tritium. Still, both do in fact emit ionizing radiation.
You should also avoid riding airplanes, or going to the dentist!If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostNot since the 60'sLuminescent paint
Radium was formerly used in self-luminous paints for watches, nuclear panels, aircraft switches, clocks, and instrument dials. A typical self-luminous watch that uses radium paint contains around 1 microgram of radium.[14] In the mid-1920s, a lawsuit was filed against the United States Radium Corporation by five dying "Radium Girl" dial painters who had painted radium-based luminous paint on the dials of watches and clocks. The dial painters' exposure to radium caused serious health effects which included sores, anemia, and bone cancer. This is because radium is treated as calcium by the body, and deposited in the bones, where radioactivity degrades marrow and can mutate bone cells.
During the litigation, it was determined that the company's scientists and management had taken considerable precautions to protect themselves from the effects of radiation, yet had not seen fit to protect their employees. Worse, for several years the companies had attempted to cover up the effects and avoid liability by insisting that the Radium Girls were instead suffering from syphilis. This complete disregard for employee welfare had a significant impact on the formulation of occupational disease labor law.[25]
As a result of the lawsuit, the adverse effects of radioactivity became widely known, and radium-dial painters were instructed in proper safety precautions and provided with protective gear. In particular, dial painters no longer shaped paint brushes by lip (which led to accidental ingestion of the radium salts). Radium was still used in dials as late as the 1960s, but there were no further injuries to dial painters. This further highlighted that the plight of the Radium Girls was completely preventable.
After the 1960s, radium paint was first replaced with promethium paint, and later by tritium bottles which continue to be used today in self-luminous instruments. Tritium emits beta radiation which cannot penetrate the skin, rather than the penetrating gamma radiation of radium so it is regarded as safer, although it has a limited half life of 12 years.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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You realize Tritium also emits ionizing radiation?If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostTry again.After the 1960s, radium paint was first replaced with promethium paint, and later by tritium bottles which continue to be used today in self-luminous instruments. Tritium emits beta radiation which cannot penetrate the skin, rather than the penetrating gamma radiation of radium so it is regarded as safer, although it has a limited half life of 12 years.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Do you realize that it's not the same kind of radiation that is leaked from a nuclear plant?Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostI drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Kidicious, you really don't know much about physics.
If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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I'll take that as a no. You think exposure to glow watches is the same as exposure from radiation from a leaking nuclear plant. Say what you will. Go live next to a nuclear plant if you like. Ikc.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View Post Kidicious, you really don't know much about physics.I drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Okay, there are three kinds of radiation relevant to this discussion:
Alpha radiation! This can be blocked by a sheet of paper. If ingested however, it can be quite dangerous. It consists of alpha particles, which are actually just helium nuclei. It has the most mass of the three.
Beta radiation! This takes more to block than alpha radiation, although a few millimeters of aluminum should be sufficient. It is, however, merely electrons travelling at high velocity. It can cause damage to DNA within cells and can, in sufficient quantities, be hazardous.
Gamma radiation! Uh oh! This takes a ****ton of lead or concrete to block and is quite dangerous. It consists of extremely high energy electromagnetic radiation and can cause cancer and other awful things. Since it is made up of photons, it is massless.
EDIT: I am also forgetting neutron radiation. This is a lot more common than gamma rays, and is also difficult to block. However the concrete that surrounds nuclear reactors is more than sufficient to prevent these particles from escaping and causing us all to turn into spiderman.
It is exactly the same, numbskull. It's the same radiation you get when you go to the dentist or get on an airplane.Originally posted by Kidicious View PostIf there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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You're an idiot. Radiation from glow watches is not harmful. Radiation from fukushima is because it's not encased in a watch idiot. It's in the air and in the water.Originally posted by Hauldren Collider View PostI drank beer. I like beer. I still like beer. ... Do you like beer Senator?
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Radiation from glow watches is not harmful because the exposure is miniscule. The same is true of air and water around Fukushima Daichi.If there is no sound in space, how come you can hear the lasers?
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