Re: Household radioactive materials?

[Alan Enns <aenns@unixg.ubc.ca>]

At 03:40 PM 26/10/95 -0500, you wrote:
>In addition to the salt substitute and fiesta wear which tend to
>get peoples attention and all the other common items already mentioned
>many types of green "depression" glass are measurably radioactive.
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...also called 'vaseline' glass   (see Health Physics Sept. 92 for article
on Fiesta and vaseline glass)

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> Don't forget smoke detectors!  They usually
>have about 1 microcurie of Am-241, and some have up to 5 microcuries.  
<snip>

We had a few old suckers come in with 80 microcuries each!

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>Dale Boyce
>dale@radpro.uchicago.edu
>
Alan Enns
aenns@unixg.ubc.ca
UBC Radiation Safety