I don't own any Trinite, but if I did, I would probably store it in a lead lined bag...such as those sold at photo stores to protect film from airport x-ray machines. Dennis
At 11:50 AM 05/28/2002 -0800, Michael Blood wrote: >Hi Pierre, > "Better men than I," as the saying goes, have told me 2 different >things regarding the radioactivity of Trinitite: >1) That its radioactive level is so low as to be completely irrelivant >& that you could tape it to the inside of your jock strap and wear >it daily with ZERO impact on yourself or your offspring (I wouldn't >reccommend this, myself) >2) Others have said it has a "lower" level of radioactivity than the >furnature in your home (I don't see how this is possible - but I lack >insight on several things) > I do know some collectors keep their Trinitite wrapped in >tin foil "just in case" - but then, some people wear tin foil hats to >protect them from the radio beams.... > Best wishes, Michael > >-- >rochette wrote: >> I am amazed that some people dare collecting this material! >> Army people say its radioactivity "should" have come now to acceptable >> level, but first who is able to trust 100% such quote (from people who >> experimented injection of plutonium into humans without telling them) and >> second even if on average this material may be relatively safe, one cannot >> exclude that a given sample is by chance loaded with a speck of plutonium... >> >> so no thanks, even if cheaper than natural impact glass! >> >> Pierre >> >> ______________________________________________ >> Meteorite-list mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > >______________________________________________ >Meteorite-list mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list > ______________________________________________ Meteorite-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
