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I collect radioactive stuff. I mean, seriously radioactive. Some are just things like marbles made with uranium glass. Low level stuff, but other things are way worse.  This is the Revigator. It was produced from the 1910s to the early 30s  The label indicates this is a "Radium Jar". You are supposed to fill it with water every night, then drink the water throughout the following day.  As the name implies, it is radioactive. Seriously radioactive. The interior can me measured in millisieverts per hour, meaning you would not want to be inside it for very long. The Geiger counter tops out at over 100,000 counts per second. Of course, the label is a lie. It is not lined with radium ore. There really is no Radium ore. Radium was popular, due to Marie Curie's fame. This jar contains uranium ore, which is one of the cheaper radioactive materials, and technically contains microscopic amounts of radium. But still, it's insanely radioactive.
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Maybe a dumb question: what are the health effects, if any, to having that stuff laying around your house? Just curious. Uranium glass is pretty interesting stuff. Most of my stuff is reasonably harmless, but the revigator is a bit of a different story. One of the products of the radioactive decay is radon gas. That's an issue, as you can inhale it, and it can decay in your lungs. I will sometimes clear it out by taking it outside, opening the lid and holding a small fan over the opening for a minute or so. That way, I can share the radon with everybody!
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