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Re: FiestaWare -Reply

Mark Winslow (among others) stated:

>The primary radioactive contributor to fiestaware is uranium.
>The uranium is a component of the glaze which gives it the bright orange
color. 

Could all you guys be wrong about the glaze?  I was in a class a couple
weeks ago, and the instructor was firmly of the opinion that the uranium in
Fiestaware is a natural component of the CLAY, not necessarily the GLAZE.

Albert Lee Vest           The Ohio State University
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