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To: stayathomemom
Seen that. Its Alpha particles, not particularly dangerous.

There is also a blue color called “cobalt blue” than can set off a Geiger counter.

19 posted on 11/06/2008 7:43:01 AM PST by Little Ray (Joe the Plumber. He's our only hope... God help him.)
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To: Little Ray
"Seen that. Its Alpha particles, not particularly dangerous"

Unless ingested...those heavy particles at short range do a lot of damage.

I think that is the trick with the Russian use of tiny amounts of Polonium.

21 posted on 11/06/2008 7:54:29 AM PST by spokeshave (0bambi wants to kill babies and raise taxes, Sarah wants to raise babies and kill taxes)
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