Paul-
Google for Vaseline glass. Apparently it's not too bad... (but then, how 
bad is too bad.)
Laura

At 03:03 PM 2/24/2005, you wrote:
>OK, new to this conversation.  Are you telling me that the enormous (and 
>hideous) vaseline glass collection my parents have accumulated over the 
>last 40 years is radioactive?  How radioactive?
>
>Paul
>
>--
>Paul McCoy
>Education Specialist
>Historic Carnton Plantation
>1345 Carnton Lane
>Franklin, TN 37064
>(615) 794-0903
>(615) 668-0741--cell
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>Add to the list that lovely greenish 'Vaseline glass', which contains uranium.
>Laura

Laura H. Nightengale
Head of Collections
Texas Archeological Research Laboratory
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station R7500
Austin, TX 78712-0714
512-475-6853 

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