[ RadSafe ] What fertilizer - specifically????

[Ted de Castro]

Ah yes - welding rods - thanks  I'll check out my inventory.  For this 
particular audience that would me particularly cogent.

Tried a banana - just before it was breakfast - BARELY detectable on my 
pancake GM.

On 11/5/2012 8:34 AM, Mercado, Donald Paul. (ARC-QH)[CONSOLIDATED SAFETY 
SERVICES INC] wrote:
> I know you've probably thought of these, but I'll be redundant,
>
> Radium & H3 dials, exit signs, welding rods, Cloisonné jewelry, a thyroid cancer patient (really exciting if you have a microR meter with a speaker), refractory bricks, water scale, a banana.....
>
> Someone came in here last week with a H3 glow stick from Canada that was MUCH brighter than any exit sign tube I've ever seen, said it was meant for camping.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu [mailto:radsafe-bounces at health.phys.iit.edu] On Behalf Of Ted de Castro
> Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 8:18 AM
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> Subject: [ RadSafe ] What fertilizer - specifically????
>
> I need to give a general radiation talk and want to include samples of
> radiation around us ....
>
> I have my Fiestaware, lamp mantel, sand from the beach in Kerala India,
> smoke detector sources, DU, NoSalt and thought maybe a small bag of
> fertilizer would go well.
>
> Any specific suggestions to make my quest quicker - and yeah yeah I know
> - not in a crowded store with lots of customers and volume full up.
>
> Thanks for your help.
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