Comment on Can I lick it?

lledrtx@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Reddfugee42@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s literally medicine in small doses

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  • lledrtx@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those are lithium compounds and not elemental lithium?

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    • Reddfugee42@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Good question

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      • threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Medicinal lithium is a salt, not the raw metal.

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• stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Uranium is only yellow for some reason

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  • SkidFace@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I fully agree with it being yellow. By far, the most common isotope of uranium is uranium-238, which is indeed radioactive, but not dangerously radioactive. In this list, lead is listed as a yellow because it can give you heavy metal poisoning. In this scenario, the uranium would cause more damage to your body by damaging it as lead would (heavy metal poisoning affecting brain, kidneys, liver, etc) before the radiation would ever have an impact on your body.

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    • reinei@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      But would it be elemental prior to licking or oxidized as usual? Because one is still significantly worse than the other and looking at lithium very much suggests elemental uranium!

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