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Is this... safe? (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago

Ironically, it's not the radiation that makes uranium dangerous here. Uranium is a heavy metal, and toxic in its own right. Enough can transfer to the food to give heavy metal poisoning, akin to eating off of plates with lead paint.