Comments on: NRC (for once) Makes Good Decission – Idiot Reps go Nuts http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/ Bad Science And Scary Science Wed, 23 May 2012 23:59:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Anon http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36287 Anon Sat, 11 Feb 2012 01:06:50 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36287 [quote comment="36284"]You could sleep on a bed made of these minerals for your whole life without suffering any ill effects (from the radiation).[/quote]Might not be so good for your back though.

        DV82XL said:

You could sleep on a bed made of these minerals for your whole life without suffering any ill effects (from the radiation).

Might not be so good for your back though.

]]> By: DV82XL http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36284 DV82XL Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:10:39 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36284 [quote comment="36283"]I’ve been following this rock touching discussion and as a hobbyist myself agree that these minerals are okay. However, wouldn’t these people above have experienced illness if there was a problem? Wouldn’t the mineral leave a mark on their hand? It is a little confusing because they are sold to the public and I would think that their activity up close (alpha?) may suggest something. I think there needs to be a better clarification so that hobbyists can feel better about having these items. Holding it for 10-20 minutes – what about that?[/quote] You could sleep on a bed made of these minerals for your whole life without suffering any ill effects (from the radiation).

        Carrie said:

I’ve been following this rock touching discussion and as a hobbyist myself agree that these minerals are okay. However, wouldn’t these people above have experienced illness if there was a problem? Wouldn’t the mineral leave a mark on their hand? It is a little confusing because they are sold to the public and I would think that their activity up close (alpha?) may suggest something. I think there needs to be a better clarification so that hobbyists can feel better about having these items. Holding it for 10-20 minutes – what about that?

You could sleep on a bed made of these minerals for your whole life without suffering any ill effects (from the radiation).

]]> By: Carrie http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36283 Carrie Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:31:04 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36283 I’ve been following this rock touching discussion and as a hobbyist myself agree that these minerals are okay. However, wouldn’t these people above have experienced illness if there was a problem? Wouldn’t the mineral leave a mark on their hand? It is a little confusing because they are sold to the public and I would think that their activity up close (alpha?) may suggest something. I think there needs to be a better clarification so that hobbyists can feel better about having these items. Holding it for 10-20 minutes – what about that? I’ve been following this rock touching discussion and as a hobbyist myself agree that these minerals are okay. However, wouldn’t these people above have experienced illness if there was a problem? Wouldn’t the mineral leave a mark on their hand? It is a little confusing because they are sold to the public and I would think that their activity up close (alpha?) may suggest something. I think there needs to be a better clarification so that hobbyists can feel better about having these items. Holding it for 10-20 minutes – what about that?

]]> By: Anon http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36277 Anon Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:25:43 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36277 Granite contains a decent amount of Uranium so you'd expect it to set off a radiation detector (though they don't contain much, then again, you can hold new fuel pellets just fine (for you at least, the oil on your hands isn't so good for a fuel pellet that may be heated to quite high temperatures)). [quote comment="36275"]I found one of those radiation detectors and it read about 2000 counts/minute up close. It doesn’t register at 2 feet or so[/quote]Sounds like α particles which your skin will block just fine (they're mostly dangerous when ingested, though if you eat the rock you'll probably have bigger worries than radiation). Granite contains a decent amount of Uranium so you’d expect it to set off a radiation detector (though they don’t contain much, then again, you can hold new fuel pellets just fine (for you at least, the oil on your hands isn’t so good for a fuel pellet that may be heated to quite high temperatures)).

        Jerry said:

I found one of those radiation detectors and it read about 2000 counts/minute up close. It doesn’t register at 2 feet or so

Sounds like α particles which your skin will block just fine (they’re mostly dangerous when ingested, though if you eat the rock you’ll probably have bigger worries than radiation).

]]> By: DV82XL http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36276 DV82XL Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:15:14 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36276 OK. Radiation detectors can be made very,very sensitive, and often are. This combined with the fact that there are Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in just about everything, means that finding a sample of rock, or even living tissue without some indication of activity is going to be harder to find than those that have. Like in all cases, dose is everything, and these examples, of a bone scan subject, and a common rock constitute a very low dose, nothing to be concerned with. OK. Radiation detectors can be made very,very sensitive, and often are. This combined with the fact that there are Naturally-Occurring Radioactive Materials (NORM) in just about everything, means that finding a sample of rock, or even living tissue without some indication of activity is going to be harder to find than those that have.

Like in all cases, dose is everything, and these examples, of a bone scan subject, and a common rock constitute a very low dose, nothing to be concerned with.

]]> By: Jerry http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36275 Jerry Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:59:47 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36275 Okay…along that line I, too, held a rock and it looked like granite. I found one of those radiation detectors and it read about 2000 counts/minute up close. It doesn’t register at 2 feet or so but wondered if something like that is dangerous. Are these natural ores? Did I get significant radiation? I did not notice any marks on my fingers even though I held it for about ten minutes. Okay…along that line I, too, held a rock and it looked like granite. I found one of those radiation detectors and it read about 2000 counts/minute up close. It doesn’t register at 2 feet or so but wondered if something like that is dangerous. Are these natural ores? Did I get significant radiation? I did not notice any marks on my fingers even though I held it for about ten minutes.

]]> By: Bradley http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36268 Bradley Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:43:09 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36268 Hi drbuzz0, Thank you. I was concerned because it registers nicely up close. How energetic are those rocks? Holding it for minutes I suppose is not the same as putting it in one's pockets or wearing it as a necklace. A friend of mine had a bone scan at a hospital and registered highly on my monitor from twenty feet when he got back to work hours after the exam! Hi drbuzz0,
Thank you. I was concerned because it registers nicely up close. How energetic are those rocks? Holding it for minutes I suppose is not the same as putting it in one’s pockets or wearing it as a necklace. A friend of mine had a bone scan at a hospital and registered highly on my monitor from twenty feet when he got back to work hours after the exam!

]]> By: drbuzz0 http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36267 drbuzz0 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:33:04 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36267 [quote comment="36266"]Are those radioactive rocks dangerous? I held onto one for several minutes. I know it is radioactive because it registers on a radiation monitor -- high up close but not at all about two to three feet away. It didn’t crumble at all or flake. Are those mineral deposits okay then?[/quote] Yes they're fine. I'd recommend not eating them. I mean, not just the uranium, but you'll likely crack your teeth and they won't be much good coming out the other end either. If you don't have hemeriods, I'd expect you could get them that way. So yeah, don't eat them and you'll be fine.

        Bradley said:

Are those radioactive rocks dangerous? I held onto one for several minutes. I know it is radioactive because it registers on a radiation monitor — high up close but not at all about two to three feet away. It didn’t crumble at all or flake. Are those mineral deposits okay then?

Yes they’re fine. I’d recommend not eating them. I mean, not just the uranium, but you’ll likely crack your teeth and they won’t be much good coming out the other end either. If you don’t have hemeriods, I’d expect you could get them that way. So yeah, don’t eat them and you’ll be fine.

]]> By: Bradley http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36266 Bradley Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:27:45 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36266 Are those radioactive rocks dangerous? I held onto one for several minutes. I know it is radioactive because it registers on a radiation monitor -- high up close but not at all about two to three feet away. It didn’t crumble at all or flake. Are those mineral deposits okay then? Are those radioactive rocks dangerous? I held onto one for several minutes. I know it is radioactive because it registers on a radiation monitor — high up close but not at all about two to three feet away. It didn’t crumble at all or flake. Are those mineral deposits okay then?

]]> By: Anon http://depletedcranium.com/the-nrc-for-once-makes-a-reasonable-decission-and-idiot-congressmen-go-ballistic/comment-page-1/#comment-36003 Anon Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:19:21 +0000 http://depletedcranium.com/?p=2048#comment-36003 [quote comment="36002"]I would like to place a seamless text link of a couple of words within an existing sentence on a sub-page of your website?[/quote]Pretty disgusting form of advertising.

        Ed Bassett said:

I would like to place a seamless text link of a couple of words within an existing sentence on a sub-page of your website?

Pretty disgusting form of advertising.

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