Identifying Radiation Types 1960s Mr Wizard

[fwimple]

Ah back in the god old days, when we used REAL soap on the dishes! It may have left them radioactive but it got 'em clean. Damn EPA!

[gizmotwadlebutt]

Ah a demo on how to get hand cancer.

[imracin68j]

Mr Wizzard fearless of radiation

[bellini1992]

425 cunts per minute...LOLOLOL 1:04

[housemandoc23]

So. From this, I've gotten that when I eat cereal I'm increasing my risk of cancer by like 20 percent? Fantastic.

[danrichards23]

why the hell was a food bowl radioactive?

[J0Boa]

back in the 50's and 60's that orange glaze was made with uranium oxide and nobody cared at the time .

[vmelkon]

@danrichards23 Fiestaware bowl! Contains some uranium oxide in the glaze. Under the glaze, there is the orange stuff which has lead tetraoxide.

[d82l]

@danrichards23 It's Fiesta dinnerware stuff. Uranium oxides were used in the glazing, and later, depleted uranium as well, to give it that red-orange hue. They were safe to eat out of, despite being radioactive.

[petticoatjunction1]

Funny to see the narrator seem careless about the radiation being emitted by the Fiestaware. Typically acidic foods would leach the uranium out of the glaze.

[danrichards23]

lol everything in the 60's was radioactive. tv,s radios, etc.