SkidFace

@SkidFace@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can I lick it?⁩ ⁨⁨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.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For some reason, I'm doubtful.⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is super true. I occasionally visit a TRIGA reactor that was built decades ago, and a good chunk of the computers critical in infrastructure run comically old versions of windows since software used to operate the faculty was a custom job.