Uranium is only yellow for some reason
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lledrtx@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Lithium is only yellow??
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 months ago
SkidFace@lemmy.world 11 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.
reinei@lemmy.world 11 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!
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 11 months ago
It’s literally medicine in small doses
lledrtx@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Those are lithium compounds and not elemental lithium?
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 11 months ago
Good question
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Medicinal lithium is a salt, not the raw metal.