Uranium is only yellow for some reason
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lledrtx@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Lithium is only yellow??
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 months ago
SkidFace@lemmy.world 7 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 7 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 7 months ago
It’s literally medicine in small doses
lledrtx@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Those are lithium compounds and not elemental lithium?
Reddfugee42@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Good question
threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
Medicinal lithium is a salt, not the raw metal.