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Re: Ooops
Posted by david J burke on Tue May 21, 2002 07:03:27 PM
In reply top Re: Ooops posted by Cees on Tue May 21, 2002 10:19:34 AM
Cees:: the main reason for the radium poisoning is that the people painting the instrument faces tended to lick the painbrush ends to make them fine. In doing so they ingested
radium and this made their teeth fall out eventually as a consequence. The danger to humans from instruments is incredibly small if the instruments are intact i.e no broken glasses and sealed. The is more radiation to be found on holiday in Cornwall by sitting on rocks.
We fitted beta lights to Harrier wind vanes and apart from avoiding breaking them there was no cause for concern.