Exactly, vinyl tile isn't friable. I am all for protecting the environment but I am all for common sense too. My friend was quite annoyed because of the extra $3,800 because of the surprise "oh you need a hazardous materials inspection" but the overall cost is a lot more because of the two weeks extra down time. The location is an active business and they were rebuilding it because the highway department changed the intersection which broke the traffic flow into his lot.
My older brother used to use an alarm clock, with a glow in the dark radium dial. It was only a foot or two from his head when he was sleeping. When my mother learned about radium, she got him another clock. But he's 70 and going strong.
Glow in the dark radium dials on watches were commnon to, only an inch from one's wrist.
But neither is anywhere as bad as rotating the brush between one's lips.
When the lights were off, I used to walk into the edge of a partly open french door between the dining room and hall. I painted it with fluroescent paint in 1975, but I'm sure by that time, they used something else to make it glow. Right?
Smitty Two wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@newsfarm.iad.highwinds-media.com:
We did that with our fingers. You'd tap the ball with a fingertip, which would send tiny drops skittering everywhere. Then you'd push all the bits back together again and start over. It was fun to push two larger drops slowly together and marvel at how, the instant they touched, they'd snap into a single ball.
It was fascinating how dirt particles never seemed to get mixed up with the mercury; it would roll right over the dirt.
I figure playing with mercury did more good for our mental health than any modern video game.
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I guess I also shouldn't mention the location of the warehouse where, in the '70s, co-workers and I used to try to quick-cool warm soda cans with long blasts of Freon...
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They had size-13 back then? My current hearing aids take that size. 13's are pretty small.
My first hearing aids (behind the ear) taking size 13 were about 1968 or so.
Hell !!My cousin had a mason jar of that stuff that we played with. I ain't dead yet !! Maybe a little more stupid. Jerry
That's not what the lawyer on the TeeVee sez.
Even worse, we used CO2 fire extinguishers. Come to think of it, that summer was pretty hot, too.
See "Radium Girls".
I guess not. Any radiation from the dials isn't going to make it out of the watch/clock, or even through the skin if it did. Eating the stuff is a bit different.
Yes, that was phosphorescent paint, not radioluminescent.
Where do you think the asbestos goes from the abatement scams? Once it's buried it doesn't matter. The issue is getting it to the dump safely. Plastic bags work.
Good. Although that wart on my hand is growing into a 6th finger. Maybe I should see a dermatologist.
Definitely, if it has a nail on it. ;-)
As kids we used to buy it at the drug store and keep it in a vial. We used to play with it a lot, pushing it into small bb type sizes, and then pushing it back to original size while moving it along the floor. We also used it to shine coins and stuff. Never hurt us that I know of and I'm in my 60's now.
Cheri
I remember reading something about a young woman who was a scientist working for the EPA who discovered that only one type of asbestos fiber was dangerous. She was told to keep her mouth shut because the people in charge might get slaughtered by everyone who had to spend billions of dollars unnecessarily. Perhaps it's a myth?
TDD
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