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eric3579says...Well that seems a bit dangerous *promote
siftbotsays...Self promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 7:08am PST - promote requested by original submitter eric3579.
newtboysays...Say it ain't so....unfounded claims made based on unscientific theories by snake oil salesmen culminate in dangerous products...that never happens.
If the outrageous claims of some miracle device aren't verified by the FDA, they're almost certainly not true and have a high likelihood of actually being dangerous if not deadly.
*doublepromote exposing the truth about radioactive vibrators (and other unlabeled radioactive consumer products). *quality
siftbotsays...Double-Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Wednesday, February 19th, 2020 9:58am PST - doublepromote requested by newtboy.
Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by newtboy.
drradonsays...without doubt, the garbage that was tested is worthless - but the testing presented was a bit naive. Alpha particles do have a very short path-length - the alpha radiation that he was detecting (while the emitter was covered) may well have been from radon gas that is being produced by the the thorium in these devices. The threat from skin exposure to directly generated alphas is likely negligible - but the threat from ingestion of the thorium oxide coming off these dangerous trinkets is likely much greater than he recognized. A significant fraction of lung cancer deaths are from inhaled radon daughter products that occur naturally - all these products are part of the decay series for thorium...
KrazyKat42says...This. Ingesting or inhaling alpha emitters is the biggest risk.
There was a guy who got a sliver of plutonium in him that was quickly removed. His pee was radioactive for the rest of his life.
The threat from skin exposure to directly generated alphas is likely negligible - but the threat from ingestion of the thorium oxide coming off these dangerous trinkets is likely much greater than he recognized. A significant fraction of lung cancer deaths are from inhaled radon daughter products that occur naturally - all these products are part of the decay series for thorium...
bremnetsays...Darwin: +1
Wellness Crowd: 0
Or is it -1?
Carry on.
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