Hey y'all check out my latest cleanout find of cool as Cold War era collectibles.

@MethDozer Very interesting. So, even if they are slightly phosphorescent, there isn't enough radioactivity for you to be concerned about?

@SW-User not really. Not just them being around. I would keep one in pocket, that might lead to issues over a period of time.

Tritium is a radioactive isotope of hydrogen. So it is a gas in a sealed tube. Tritium became used in favor of radium and other elements and isotopes because being a gas it doesnt accumulate in your tiasue the way the radioactive metals do. Low energy Alpha and Beta particles are mostly harmful when a material is giving them off from inside, they don't penetrate the skin very well. Like those women who got cancer from painting the glow sites on arms during WW2? That was because they were using for make-up and licking their brushes to point the bristles and the radium collected inside them and stayed their bombarding their internals. You don't want to breath Tritiuk on purpose, however it being gas it gets expelled eventually so doesn't really accumulate in tissue.


Your smoke detector is giving off similar amounts of radiation from the Americium in it, so.

@MethDozer You are one smart guy. Go back to school and get a degree in education. Become a teacher! 😀

@HannahSky boathouse clean out.

@SW-User I will

@MethDozer Tangy

@Stressedout Not to mention these are easily worth 20 dollar Bills a piece on Ebay all day to people who collect these kinds of curios. Which there are many.

@MethDozer well someone's offended but it ain't me 😂

Ah selling it! Now there you go! Don't let it gather dust in your own house now..

@Stressedout nah, I might keep one but stuff like this I mostly keep around as a curio for a few months maybe a year then get rid of it when it starts to feel old.