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Originally Posted by briholton
Old fiestaware is radioactive because uranium was used to obtain that nice orange color. New fiestaware is not radioactive. you can get the old stuff in antique stores for about 20 bucks a plate. Interesting that old watches used radioactive sources to paint the dials so they would glow in the dark. unfortunately, the people that painted the dials developed cancer of the tonge. why tongue? well, how do you make your brush nice and pointy?....
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Interesting you brought up the watches. Right here in Connecticut were alot of watch and clock manufacturers. Only about five minutes from where I am is the old Seth Thomas factory, now subdivided and leased out. There was a story in the paper months ago on how some of the sections of the building show radioactive readings. Why, because these are the rooms where they painted the dials and spilled the uranium from time to time. They mentioned how some of these people developed cancer of the mouth and tongue. Also during WWII these companys retooled and made compasses for the war effort.
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06-02-2004, 06:09
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