Of course if they (Homer Laughlin) wanted a safe red glazing on their plates they could have used gold, gold is red at nano levels.
Despite what you have heard there is no safe levels on ingesting radioactive materials like DU and Uranium. Try consuming one part per-million of Plutonium 239 for a few years and see what happens, however bananas do have some radioactive element potassium, but not toxic unlike Uranium/Plutonium. so don't let the pro-Nuke fools fool you.
1936 – 1943 Fiesta red was produced using natural uranium
1959 – 1969 Fiesta red Fiesta Ware was produced using depleted uranium
1969 - 1973 Fiesta red Fiesta Ironstone was produced using depleted uranium
Consuming food on fiesta ware, the mark (the target) will ingest 0.21 grams of uranium per year this will have an negative effect on reproductive rates and maybe some long term health issue far out in life. the mark will receive 40 mrem per year accumulative.
@shizznettube The radiation is not the issue, it's the material you ingest that is the issue, humans can recover from non lethal radiation exposures, however ingested radioactive materials are something different. uranium is toxic and Plutonium is even more toxic. The toxic affect are worse then the radiation and difficult for the body to remove.
I never said the radiation was a problem Quote: "there is no safe levels on ingesting radioactive materials like DU and Uranium."
BTW, our smoke detectors only measured about 0.02 mrem//hr at the surface of the detector. Not really a concern even at twice the background level especially since they are located on the ceiling and not in close contact with anyone at any time unless you are standing right under them.
I just measured about 0.15 mrem/hr on a red fiestaware plate with a MedCom Radalert Detector. "Normal" background radiation with this device is about 0.01 mrem/hr. So the plate is about 15 times the normal background radiation. Not something I would want to keep around in my home.
It reads 30 mrem/hour. So if keep this attached to your body for 70 days, you might develop an illness; serious illness after 9 months, and you will die within 2 to 4 years. Hence making a necklace of this wouldn't be a good idea.
@dustybugger411 You can find it in antique stores if you're lucky. Best place is probably eBay. It's called fiesta red, but as you can see in the video, it's orange. Look for the fiesta logo stamped on the back as well.
@mkrubsack Most antique dealers I know avoid buying the red and orange Fiestaware because it is hard to re-sell. Collectors that know about the radiation don't want it. I see orange Fiestaware cups & bowls all the time at flea markets and no one is buying them.
is it true that this old fiesta-ware was partially made with active uranium? also for one of those geiger counters like the bigger yellow one you used, how much do you think one would cost, and where do you think would be a good place to get one?
@outworldarts It's not fake. The orange-red is radioactive, the pure red glaze is newer and is not radioactive. You can see by the stamp on the back of the plate it is real Fiesta-ware.
It's marketed by Geo Electronics (see eBay) and is called a GEO-210. I haven't disassembled it, but internally my guess is it's a LND 7311 pancake probe. I believe that George from Geo bought a lot of those and just put them into the housing.
See the LND web site for details on the pancake detector.
This fiestaware has one major feature: You can store your food on this plate and it will keep the edibles almost sterile and prevent it way longer time from degradation.
When the radiation stays under the lethal level for microbes they will stay alive and causes an increase of mutations so you can generate new life-forms. ;-)
If the radiation ist stronger than a certain level it theoretically accelerates the kinetic degradation of the food.
I took the geiger counter around my house. A decaying metal can in the yard set it off. the gas meter set it off. the electric meter set it off. my smoke detector set it off. Even my rolex watch set it off. I love my radioactive Fiestaware. great for dinner parties. And we have such an "afterglow" after eating.....just kidding!
I would ask any Magician what is under the tilted plate? tHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO TOPPLE fIESTA AFTER IT SUCCESFULLY CEASED ALL cHINESE KNOCK- OFF PRODUCTION, which was sold by Wal- Mart, Target, etc. So dont believe what you see.
Point One: When a family purchases a dinnerware set, they normally get the complete set of matching accessories from the same manufacturer. These would obviously include large, medium and small plates along with cups, teacups, and maybe a pitcher salt/pepper shakers, etc. Now think of the hundreds of families who kept this rather large stockpile of nuclear waste right in their kitchen cupboard for 24/7 exposure year after year...the combined gamma emissions alone of a set of these are scary.
Point Two: Ever break a plate and have it shatter into several teeny-tiny bits? I know I have, and could never sweep of every last grain of broken glass. Con't below:
Ummm...now all forms of Uranium and their oxides are especially strong alpha particle emitters. Yes it's true that these alpha particles cannot even penetrate a single sheet of paper, yet if material that emits them gets inside you (accidentally ingested, inhaled, or tiny splinters get stuck in the skin...your screwed! Do you have any pets who eat treats off the floor..or maybe an infant who crawls all over then puts his/her fingers in the mouth.
Final thoughts: The jerks who brought this crap to market were either just plain stupid or careless. The dangers of radioactivity were well understood by the time this dinnerware was offered.
DOH!!! Even I suffer from massive "brain-farts" sometimes. A necessary correction to: ...now all forms of Uranium and their oxides are especially strong BETA particle (NOT ALPHA) emitters. Beta particles are more penetrating than alpha and are capable of breaching rather deeply into tissue.
You have more alpha particles in your smoke detector than that plate could ever give off. The plates are harmless. I have a set in my dining room china cabinet and the betas are blocked by it almost totally. The betas can only travel, in the case of the plate, a couple of feet MAX through the air. There is way toooo much paranoia. No Nukes No Life....KNOW NUKES
yeah, they used uranium-238in the glaze for the bright orange color. it's not much of a threat, though. what's the first geiger counter sensitivity set at? that makes a big difference on the reading you're showing. is it 3 mR/hr, 0.3 mR/hr, 0.03 mR/hr?
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Of course if they (Homer Laughlin) wanted a safe red glazing on their plates they could have used gold, gold is red at nano levels.
Despite what you have heard there is no safe levels on ingesting radioactive materials like DU and Uranium. Try consuming one part per-million of Plutonium 239 for a few years and see what happens, however bananas do have some radioactive element potassium, but not toxic unlike Uranium/Plutonium. so don't let the pro-Nuke fools fool you.
mechanicalbu11 3 weeks ago
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mechanicalbu11 3 weeks ago
1936 – 1943 Fiesta red was produced using natural uranium
1959 – 1969 Fiesta red Fiesta Ware was produced using depleted uranium
1969 - 1973 Fiesta red Fiesta Ironstone was produced using depleted uranium
Consuming food on fiesta ware, the mark (the target) will ingest 0.21 grams of uranium per year this will have an negative effect on reproductive rates and maybe some long term health issue far out in life. the mark will receive 40 mrem per year accumulative.
mechanicalbu11 3 weeks ago
@mechanicalbu11 normal background radiation is 400 mrem a year. another 40 wont do a thing to ya.
shizznettube 3 weeks ago
@shizznettube The radiation is not the issue, it's the material you ingest that is the issue, humans can recover from non lethal radiation exposures, however ingested radioactive materials are something different. uranium is toxic and Plutonium is even more toxic. The toxic affect are worse then the radiation and difficult for the body to remove.
I never said the radiation was a problem Quote: "there is no safe levels on ingesting radioactive materials like DU and Uranium."
mechanicalbu11 3 weeks ago
Over dramatic much with the music?
DD1ng 4 months ago
BTW, our smoke detectors only measured about 0.02 mrem//hr at the surface of the detector. Not really a concern even at twice the background level especially since they are located on the ceiling and not in close contact with anyone at any time unless you are standing right under them.
gertzjb22 6 months ago
I just measured about 0.15 mrem/hr on a red fiestaware plate with a MedCom Radalert Detector. "Normal" background radiation with this device is about 0.01 mrem/hr. So the plate is about 15 times the normal background radiation. Not something I would want to keep around in my home.
gertzjb22 6 months ago
15 minutes later the geiger counter explodes. :P
xboxaddict1125 6 months ago
It reads 30 mrem/hour. So if keep this attached to your body for 70 days, you might develop an illness; serious illness after 9 months, and you will die within 2 to 4 years. Hence making a necklace of this wouldn't be a good idea.
jednoucelovy 7 months ago
@jednoucelovy Actually it reads less than .3 milli rem per hour. so multiply all your numbers by 100. in other words, close to harmless.
shizznettube 3 weeks ago
Can it give you radiation or something?...or it isn't harmful ?
PatoWachaca 7 months ago
@PatoWachaca It's relatively safe.
mkrubsack 7 months ago
I'd be checking the rain water vs the tap water in next few months. Don't eat that plate whatever you do :o)
441rider 10 months ago
Test mayonnaise and pepto bismol with your geiger counter!!!! you will be shocked!
ggabe005 10 months ago
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rubenboros 11 months ago
Cool. My house was built in the 50's, and the tiles in my bathroom and kitchen are radioactive.
KNGarver 11 months ago
i have been wondering, what is the lethal limit of mr ( whatever it is )?
Mrcabllegoo13 1 year ago
I would love to see it under uv light.
cassiavc 1 year ago
Ok... so is it still present in the stuff being sold in stores today? or just the antique stuff?
dustybugger411 1 year ago
@dustybugger411 You can find it in antique stores if you're lucky. Best place is probably eBay. It's called fiesta red, but as you can see in the video, it's orange. Look for the fiesta logo stamped on the back as well.
mkrubsack 1 year ago
@mkrubsack Most antique dealers I know avoid buying the red and orange Fiestaware because it is hard to re-sell. Collectors that know about the radiation don't want it. I see orange Fiestaware cups & bowls all the time at flea markets and no one is buying them.
HunterMann 1 year ago
is it true that this old fiesta-ware was partially made with active uranium? also for one of those geiger counters like the bigger yellow one you used, how much do you think one would cost, and where do you think would be a good place to get one?
Metamaster765backup 1 year ago
@Metamaster765backup Yes, the red-ish/orange glaze was made with uranium oxide. Look on eBay for a CDV-700. They are good "starter" geiger counters.
mkrubsack 1 year ago
I think this is a fake. This plate looks a little too orange to be the true red fiesta.
outworldarts 1 year ago
@outworldarts It's not fake. The orange-red is radioactive, the pure red glaze is newer and is not radioactive. You can see by the stamp on the back of the plate it is real Fiesta-ware.
mkrubsack 1 year ago
what kind of probe are you using?
TYMMCHN 1 year ago
It's marketed by Geo Electronics (see eBay) and is called a GEO-210. I haven't disassembled it, but internally my guess is it's a LND 7311 pancake probe. I believe that George from Geo bought a lot of those and just put them into the housing.
See the LND web site for details on the pancake detector.
mkrubsack 1 year ago
Tune in the background anyone?
typesix 1 year ago
It has been so long ago, that I forget the name of the tune I had playing in the background. I think it was on the radio...
mkrubsack 1 year ago
@typesix
DJ Tiësto - Into the Fire
ryanscottlove 1 year ago
@ryanscottlove Thanks a lot! Never would have guessed!
typesix 1 year ago
Whats the tune in the background guys?
typesix 1 year ago
This fiestaware has one major feature: You can store your food on this plate and it will keep the edibles almost sterile and prevent it way longer time from degradation.
When the radiation stays under the lethal level for microbes they will stay alive and causes an increase of mutations so you can generate new life-forms. ;-)
If the radiation ist stronger than a certain level it theoretically accelerates the kinetic degradation of the food.
Just some thoughts on fiestaware...
migusch 1 year ago
That´s a really "hot plate" :p
tesla242 2 years ago 4
@tesla242 haha :D
typesix 1 year ago
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We have been making quality soy wax candles from modern fiesta ware dishes.
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not from the radioactive kind however, nhaha
amyzinglee 2 years ago
anything with even a tiny amount of radium will set off the geiger counter.
michaeljohndudley 2 years ago
I took the geiger counter around my house. A decaying metal can in the yard set it off. the gas meter set it off. the electric meter set it off. my smoke detector set it off. Even my rolex watch set it off. I love my radioactive Fiestaware. great for dinner parties. And we have such an "afterglow" after eating.....just kidding!
michaeljohndudley 2 years ago
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Stormray 2 years ago
Not near enough to be really dangerous though obviously. The dude exaggerated a lil bit by putting his counters on a high sensitivity.
DarkFilmDirector 2 years ago
I would ask any Magician what is under the tilted plate? tHIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO TOPPLE fIESTA AFTER IT SUCCESFULLY CEASED ALL cHINESE KNOCK- OFF PRODUCTION, which was sold by Wal- Mart, Target, etc. So dont believe what you see.
hankCchinaski 2 years ago
Oh wow. Thats a nice plate
IMakeOrWatchVideos 2 years ago
We did this in a chemistry lab with those plates. Fucking strange.
Emperorlawson 2 years ago
Notice the CD V-700's steady incline
NoBuyForYou 2 years ago
whats the name of the song?
paparas2000 2 years ago
Point One: When a family purchases a dinnerware set, they normally get the complete set of matching accessories from the same manufacturer. These would obviously include large, medium and small plates along with cups, teacups, and maybe a pitcher salt/pepper shakers, etc. Now think of the hundreds of families who kept this rather large stockpile of nuclear waste right in their kitchen cupboard for 24/7 exposure year after year...the combined gamma emissions alone of a set of these are scary.
kewikle 3 years ago
Point Two: Ever break a plate and have it shatter into several teeny-tiny bits? I know I have, and could never sweep of every last grain of broken glass. Con't below:
kewikle 3 years ago
Ummm...now all forms of Uranium and their oxides are especially strong alpha particle emitters. Yes it's true that these alpha particles cannot even penetrate a single sheet of paper, yet if material that emits them gets inside you (accidentally ingested, inhaled, or tiny splinters get stuck in the skin...your screwed! Do you have any pets who eat treats off the floor..or maybe an infant who crawls all over then puts his/her fingers in the mouth.
kewikle 3 years ago
Final thoughts: The jerks who brought this crap to market were either just plain stupid or careless. The dangers of radioactivity were well understood by the time this dinnerware was offered.
kewikle 3 years ago
DOH!!! Even I suffer from massive "brain-farts" sometimes. A necessary correction to: ...now all forms of Uranium and their oxides are especially strong BETA particle (NOT ALPHA) emitters. Beta particles are more penetrating than alpha and are capable of breaching rather deeply into tissue.
kewikle 3 years ago
It's perfectly safe.
JonathanDParshall 2 years ago
You have more alpha particles in your smoke detector than that plate could ever give off. The plates are harmless. I have a set in my dining room china cabinet and the betas are blocked by it almost totally. The betas can only travel, in the case of the plate, a couple of feet MAX through the air. There is way toooo much paranoia. No Nukes No Life....KNOW NUKES
hazardous64 2 years ago 2
It's still not a typically healthy exposure if you were to eat off of it. :P
DarkFilmDirector 2 years ago
wanna cake?
stargeo 3 years ago
yeah, they used uranium-238in the glaze for the bright orange color. it's not much of a threat, though. what's the first geiger counter sensitivity set at? that makes a big difference on the reading you're showing. is it 3 mR/hr, 0.3 mR/hr, 0.03 mR/hr?
singmeapaperthinhymn 4 years ago
The geiger counter is set to the x100 position, and the toggle switch is set to x2, so the scale reading is x200 (200 times).
The meter is reading about 190 counts/minute x 200 = 38000 cpm.
mkrubsack 3 years ago
OH NOES! We all gonna DIE! Everyone panic!
ghostgeek 4 years ago 8
....it's still safe to eat off. Not suggested to store food on.
IrishBadBoyCA 4 years ago 2
No, it is not safe to eat off of. Aciding food and drink may leach the Uranium from the 'radioactive red' glaze, thereby posing an ingestion hazard.
JeremyBechen 3 years ago