▲ 291 ▼ This Is What They Meant By Making America Great Again? (lemmy.ml) submitted 1 year ago by crankyrebel@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/memes@lemmy.ml 32 comments fedilink hide all child comments Kix cereal once offered 'Atomic Bomb Ring' with radioactive material as a promotion?
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 37 points 1 year ago (1 child) https://www.orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/spinthariscopes/lone-ranger-atom-bomb-ring-spinthariscope.html Huh. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ch00f@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 child) Even while the ring's effect was still happening, though, kids weren't really in danger. Alpha radiation can be dangerous when ingested, but it's also the easiest type of radiation to block — even a sheet of paper is enough, according to the National Institutes of Health. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) Alpha is the weakest, usually stopping on the skin or other thin layer. Gamma goes right through a person. In college, we were warned more about beta emission because beta could enter the body by couldn't leave in the same way that gamma could. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ch00f@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago the hollowpoint particle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Alpha is generally considered the most dangurous, so saying it is the weakest is kinda doing an injustice. The penetration is the weakest, the radiation is the most harmful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That reminds me of the myth related to the daddy long-legs, that it has the most potent venom of any spider but can't break your skin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (1 child) Even while the ring's effect was still happening, though, kids weren't really in danger. Alpha radiation can be dangerous when ingested, but it's also the easiest type of radiation to block — even a sheet of paper is enough, according to the National Institutes of Health. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) Alpha is the weakest, usually stopping on the skin or other thin layer. Gamma goes right through a person. In college, we were warned more about beta emission because beta could enter the body by couldn't leave in the same way that gamma could. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ch00f@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago the hollowpoint particle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Alpha is generally considered the most dangurous, so saying it is the weakest is kinda doing an injustice. The penetration is the weakest, the radiation is the most harmful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That reminds me of the myth related to the daddy long-legs, that it has the most potent venom of any spider but can't break your skin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hideakikarate@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children) Alpha is the weakest, usually stopping on the skin or other thin layer. Gamma goes right through a person. In college, we were warned more about beta emission because beta could enter the body by couldn't leave in the same way that gamma could. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] ch00f@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago the hollowpoint particle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Alpha is generally considered the most dangurous, so saying it is the weakest is kinda doing an injustice. The penetration is the weakest, the radiation is the most harmful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That reminds me of the myth related to the daddy long-legs, that it has the most potent venom of any spider but can't break your skin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 3 points 1 year ago (1 child) Alpha is generally considered the most dangurous, so saying it is the weakest is kinda doing an injustice. The penetration is the weakest, the radiation is the most harmful. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That reminds me of the myth related to the daddy long-legs, that it has the most potent venom of any spider but can't break your skin. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 1 point 1 year ago That reminds me of the myth related to the daddy long-legs, that it has the most potent venom of any spider but can't break your skin. permalink fedilink source parent
