terryh on sat 10 jan 04
>Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:30:17 -0800
>From: Zoe Johnson
>Subject: Re: Uranium in Fiesta Ware
>
>I have been told by health physicists from Los Alamos and Sandia National
>Labs who are incredibly cautious by nature that unless you are sleeping
>with the fiestaware, the danger is negligible.
the health problem of uranium in glaze is not of radiation.
i think it is from leaching out of heavy metal uranium in acidic foods.
terry hagiwara
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John Baymore on mon 12 jan 04
>I have been told by health physicists from Los Alamos and Sandia Nationa=
l
>Labs who are incredibly cautious by nature that unless you are sleeping
>with the fiestaware, the danger is negligible.
the health problem of uranium in glaze is not of radiation.
i think it is from leaching out of heavy metal uranium in acidic foods.
Was the Fiesta War just before World War I or after it?
Maybe try looking in the CLAYART archives on this topic.... there was a L=
OT
of discussion about it in the past. As I remember, the Fiestaware contai=
ns
not only uranium but thorium....which was a contaminant of the impure
uranium compounds used as colorants. Monona Rossol documented the
situation with some results from a testing program that was done on the
wares at one point if I am remembering correctly. I also think that
information was published in Clay Times at one point.
best,
..........................john
John Baymore
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Joe Coniglio on tue 13 jan 04
I heard a story a while back of a guy who collected noting but yellow
uranium fiesta ware. A massive amount of it. It revealed itself by
giving up a satelite signature from space and it was confiscated.
One part for sure. For some reason it really was confiscated.
wayneinkeywest on tue 13 jan 04
Darn! When I first read that, I thought
you wrote Thorazine...and was all set to
go hit Ebay and my local antique shop :>)
Wayne Seidl
As I remember, the Fiestaware contains
not only uranium but thorium....which was a contaminant of the impure
uranium compounds used as colorants.
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