Plum@lemmy.worldM to Wikipedia@lemmy.worldEnglish · 20 days agoUranium glassen.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square16linkfedilinkarrow-up194arrow-down10
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minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·20 days agoThey 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.
minus-squareMandarbmax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·20 days agoExcept that unlike arsenic, Uranium glass isn’t dangerous. Go check out the health section in the above link.
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down1·19 days 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.
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.
Except that unlike arsenic, Uranium glass isn’t dangerous. Go check out the health section in the above link.
it is very dangerous to glass workers. They can inhale radioactive dust and uranium could release radon when heated.