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Ernest Nafkin 16-04-2004 01:04 AM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden, can I keep it foy myself ?

Is pitchblende dangerous for my flowers?

YT2095 16-04-2004 12:51 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Ernest Nafkin
I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden, can I keep it foy myself ?

Is pitchblende dangerous for my flowers?

Hmmm.. pitchblende isn`t a very good thing to have around in all honesty, it can contain many different radioactice isotopes and be responsible for Radon gas buildups in homes. it maybe worth getting it checked out by the environmental health agency, they set up a few simple tests (usualy little peices of film in sealed units around your home to detect radiation) and will also take a few samples of what you suspect is pitchblende.
as for your plants, that`s a tough question, edibles would certainly need to be free of any soil before eating (good practice anyway! :)
you may find that your germination percentage is a little lower than should be due to ionising radiation effecting the DNAs aleales (chromosomes). the plants themselves however will not become inherantly radioacative by simple exposure :)
get it checked out though, if you`re right, and do nothing about it, it could be cause for concern!

Gary Woods 17-04-2004 09:07 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote:

I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden


Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Mike Lyle 17-04-2004 09:09 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote in message . com...
I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden, can I keep it foy myself ?

Is pitchblende dangerous for my flowers?


(Oh, all right: somebody has to do it, so why not me?)

How do you know it's pitchblende? (And, no, if you've got flowers, it
isn't hurting them. I believe plants are on the whole less sensitive
to ionizing radiation than mammals.)

Mike.

Bob Hobden 17-04-2004 09:14 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 

"Gary Woods" wrote in message

Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...

I like the one about the gay Badger biting off his manhood....... now
he's going to make a fortune selling bits of Pitchblende (Uranium oxide.
UOČ) on the net. Well at least he will be able to afford a plastic surgeon.
:-)
--
Regards
Bob

Use a useful Screen Saver...
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here.








Mike Lyle 17-04-2004 09:28 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
Gary Woods wrote in message . ..
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote:

I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden


Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...


Ah, right: the guy's good, isn't he?

Mike.

Gary Woods 17-04-2004 10:11 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote:

I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden


Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Mike Lyle 17-04-2004 10:13 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote in message . com...
I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden, can I keep it foy myself ?

Is pitchblende dangerous for my flowers?


(Oh, all right: somebody has to do it, so why not me?)

How do you know it's pitchblende? (And, no, if you've got flowers, it
isn't hurting them. I believe plants are on the whole less sensitive
to ionizing radiation than mammals.)

Mike.

Bob Hobden 17-04-2004 10:19 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 

"Gary Woods" wrote in message

Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...

I like the one about the gay Badger biting off his manhood....... now
he's going to make a fortune selling bits of Pitchblende (Uranium oxide.
UOČ) on the net. Well at least he will be able to afford a plastic surgeon.
:-)
--
Regards
Bob

Use a useful Screen Saver...
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here.








Mike Lyle 17-04-2004 10:31 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
Gary Woods wrote in message . ..
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote:

I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden


Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...


Ah, right: the guy's good, isn't he?

Mike.

Gary Woods 17-04-2004 11:08 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote:

I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden


Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

Mike Lyle 17-04-2004 11:10 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote in message . com...
I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden, can I keep it foy myself ?

Is pitchblende dangerous for my flowers?


(Oh, all right: somebody has to do it, so why not me?)

How do you know it's pitchblende? (And, no, if you've got flowers, it
isn't hurting them. I believe plants are on the whole less sensitive
to ionizing radiation than mammals.)

Mike.

Bob Hobden 17-04-2004 11:18 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 

"Gary Woods" wrote in message

Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...

I like the one about the gay Badger biting off his manhood....... now
he's going to make a fortune selling bits of Pitchblende (Uranium oxide.
UOČ) on the net. Well at least he will be able to afford a plastic surgeon.
:-)
--
Regards
Bob

Use a useful Screen Saver...
http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
and find intelligent life amongst the stars, there's bugger all down here.








Mike Lyle 17-04-2004 11:32 PM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
Gary Woods wrote in message . ..
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote:

I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden


Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...


Ah, right: the guy's good, isn't he?

Mike.

Gary Woods 18-04-2004 12:11 AM

Found pitchblende in my garden
 
(Ernest Nafkin) wrote:

I think there is a lot of this stuff in my garden


Before posting a reasoned response, on might care to check the poster's
history on google...


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at
www.albany.net/~gwoods
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G


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