• Wilzax@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    I think licking pure uranium is worse for your health than licking pure chlorine gas

    • Liz@midwest.social
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      7 months ago

      I think the assumption with the chlorine is that you end up inhaling it and dying fairly quickly. Licking uranium isn’t a great idea, but you might not ever have noticable effects, even long term, if very little comes off onto your tongue. I know people who have accidently tasted plutonium in solution.