Dead men walking.

[U201491]

Some old vintage clocks with Radium dials had little glass vials of touch up paint stored in the back of the cases.
My Grandmother died from Leukemia after WW2 because of her war time job of painting instruments and clock dials.
The preferred method was to use your lips to shape the paintbrush while working with the Radium infused paint.

Sad, Not many knew much about radiation then. Even through the
50's little was taught about it and a lot of folks found out the hard way.
When Geiger counters were made more readily available people found
radiation in some very strange things that people handled regularly.

 

[jbett98]

I built an addition on a 1898 farmhouse in SE Portland.
In the basement was an old 4 gallon crock with a spigot at the base. It was labeled "The Revigator"
I asked them if they wanted to sell it, but they told me that it infused with Radium and not to touch it.
Radium was once considered a healthy and beneficial vitamin like substance.

 

[cookie]

What about the radiation from Fukushima? supposedly the west coast should be glowing soon.

 

[U201491]

What about the radiation from Fukushima? supposedly the west coast should be glowing soon.

Most will dissipate long before here, but I wonder about the fish near Japan.
They May have 6 headed tuna.
They have a fascination with Godzilla, but damn I wish they wouldn't try to create a bunch.................