Wear your lead vest when using these lenses

[E. von Hoegh]

What about Thorium toothpaste http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/toothpaste.htm, the mind boggles.

You missed the radium water. http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/radiumwaterjarwtr.htm

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

What about Thorium toothpaste http://www.orau.org/ptp/collection/quackcures/toothpaste.htm, the mind boggles.

Have anybody heard of Darkie toothpaste?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie

 

[AgX]

A overview of photographic lenses containing radioactive elements:

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Radioactive_lenses

 

[BrianShaw]

Have anybody heard of Darkie toothpaste?

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie

... or Pit Stop, the auto racer's deoderant:

http://www.autoweek.com/article/20110627/carnews/110629885

 

[removed account4]

Even the real Fiesta (orange) was radioactive, not just cheap knockoffs.

hi brian

a friend in college used to tell me about artists who would buy any sort of fiestaware they could find, knock offs, the real thing
and grind down the paint to make their own radioactive gazes ... from what i remember, it requires a government permit
as a nuclear power facility ( or something like that ) because of handling issues ... this was told tome 25 years ago, i might be mis-remembering what he said

Both bananas and Brazil nuts are high in potassium. 40K is radioactive decaying mostly by emission of a beta particle. Fortunately for us it has a very long half-life of 1.2×109 years. Still each of us experiences about 4500 events/s from the potassium in the body.

hi jerry,

brazil nuts have amounts of selenium in them too
and according to dr house too many brazil nuts
can cause poisoning that looks very much like radiation poisoning
you just need a moth larva antidote, it works well as a tea
and counteracts both poorly advised chemotherapy as well as the selenium.

it would be good kodak or ilford or ?? sold moth larvae with every container of
selenium toner, it might come in handy !

 

[mopar_guy]

A overview of photographic lenses containing radioactive elements:

http://camerapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Radioactive_lenses

I own the two Olympus lenses on that list.:confused:

 

[Gerald C Koch]

hi jerry,

brazil nuts have amounts of selenium in them too
and according to dr house too many brazil nuts
can cause poisoning that looks very much like radiation poisoning
you just need a moth larva antidote, it works well as a tea

Moth larve tea, yuck

 

[Photo-gear]

This topic is brought up once in a while in every photo film forum. Just google "lens" + "radioacitive" and there will find several links regarding it.

 

[benjiboy]

I own one radioactive lens, it's such a great lens that at my age I'm not worried, in the final analysis we all have to die of something

 

[David Lyga]

But you are not dead yet, Ben. At 70 you will live for another 30 years. - David Lyga

 

[benjiboy]

But you are not dead yet, Ben. At 70 you will live for another 30 years. - David Lyga

No I'm still very much alive and pretty fit David. I don't drink, don't smoke, don't do drugs, so even if I don't live to be 100, it will just damned seem like it

 

[Mainecoonmaniac]

Wear your lead shield..

hi jerry,

brazil nuts have amounts of selenium in them too
and according to dr house too many brazil nuts
can cause poisoning that looks very much like radiation poisoning
you just need a moth larva antidote, it works well as a tea
and counteracts both poorly advised chemotherapy as well as the selenium.

Wear a lead shield to protect your Brazil nuts when using Thorium lenses. When they're exposed, they can shrivel up in the sun.

 

[flatulent1]

I have lead Speedos to protect what's impotent.

edit: Uh, important...