A friend of my family is a medical nuclear physicist and serves company dinners on the Orange Radioactive Fiestaware. His particular pieces have been checked with a geiger counter and don't even leave spots on film or anything like that. -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Laura H. Nightengale Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 3:19 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Radioactive materials 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 [log in to unmask] -------------- Original message -------------- 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 ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).