I haven't cleaned my toilet bowl in about 2 months and I'm seeing this blue trail of a stain running out from the large jet in bottom of the bowl. I've never seen it before (and I've gone a lot longer than 2 monthes between cleanings in the past) so I'm just curious what might be causing it.
One thought that crossed my mind is that it could be signs of the iodine release from Japan, but I'm not sure if that's even possible to observe like this.
ShadowTek wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@shadowtek.localdomain:
It is likely from corroding copper. Better check before something is eaten through and leaking.
The blue from iodine is a complex between iodine (I2) and starch. Observe by moistening a wad of toilet tissue just a little, and then adding a drop of the brown iodine or povidine solution used for desinfecting wounds. You need real amounts of idoine for this, not the barely traces from Japan. Moreover, that would be iodine 131, which has a half-life of about 3 days. Since the last real dispersal from the reactors in Japan is more than amonth ago, there is nothing left from that I131. Official radioactive disposal rule for researchers: If you can safely store it for more than 13 halflives, you can dispose of it in the trash. Done that several times when I was working with P32 phosphate. Need to take care storing it of course - thich (plexi)glass for P32.
Caesar Romano wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
Don't forget to check bananas. They're a rich source of potassium. A small proportion of natural K is radioactive. That is why for measurement of radioactivity one uses low background radioactive materials. One such material is low potassium glass vials ... etc etc.
Since I didn't see anyone else ask the obvious question... Is it possible that another resident of the house slipped a deodorizer into the tank without telling you?
Our electrical isn't grounded to the pipes. Actually, the line from the meter is PVC, and I don't think any of the house's copper even touches the ground anywhere.
I've seen a similar blue stain caused by a toilet bowl cleaner concentrate that sat in the tank for a long time with the potty not being used every day. The water in the tank was a very concentrated solution of the cleaner and water which was leaking past the flapper valve very slowly with the flush valve kicking in once a day or so to keep the tank full.
replying to nefletch, jorsi wrote: This is an old post, from 2011, we are in 2018, but I have the exact same problem, and searching I found this here. Now I did not found any answer to this on the net, but looking inside the water tank, I notice that the flapper is blue, made of some kind of rubber, so it is kind of old and that is the color going to the toilet, it might be other people problem, made in China material...
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