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Uranium glass (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 5 months ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 months ago (2 children)

They had great ideas back then. Uranium gave a nice green color to glass, and arsenic made nice green wallpaper. Entire families died for a fashionable green shade of wallpaper.

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[–] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Except that unlike arsenic, Uranium glass isn't dangerous. Go check out the health section in the above link.

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Uranium glass isn’t dangerous.

it is very dangerous to glass workers. They can inhale radioactive dust and uranium could release radon when heated.

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