Jan 8, 2007

Zack's Blog: Radioactivity

Zack's Blog: Radioactivity
As we discovered last week, the thorium in older Coleman lantern mantles is radioactive. Like plutonium. Like the stuff that gives super heroes their super powers and mutants their mutantciness.
Zack in Saskatoon got hold of a geiger counter to see if these glowing nocturnal emissions are anything to worry about.

2 comments:

Zack said...

Thanks for the link. Are you a collector of 200A's?

Rich said...

In much the same way that crows are "collectors" of shiny pretty things...I don't much about 'em, but I like 'em.