[GPSCC-chat] Uranium on Amazon (was: Why We Should Not Worry About The Latest "WMDs in Iraq" Stories)

[Spencer Graves]

Hello, All:


       John was correct:  The first two matches when I Googled for 
"Uranium on Amazon" were small quantities sold for research purpose and 
testing Geiger counters 
(http://www.amazon.com/naturally-contains-Uraninite-radiation-detector/dp/B00CQ9LLR4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405011818&sr=8-1&keywords=uranium+ore#productDescription 
and http://www.amazon.com/Images-SI-Uranium-Ore/dp/B000796XXM). The 
second was is labeled 766 cpm (counts per minute).  If I computed 
correctly, to get this many cpm, this container would have roughly 30 
micrograms.  (For my calculations, see 
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m1D_WmOcmbcrZhK177G1NBWnITjht1dr72fn8UObuvc/edit?usp=sharing). 



       If I understand correctly, the primary problem with uranium is 
NOT radioactivity but toxicity, roughly like eating or inhaling lead.  
See Wikipedia, "Uranium" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium).


       Spencer


On 7/10/2014 9:45 AM, John Thielking wrote:
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: *John Thielking* <peacemovies at gmail.com 
> <mailto:peacemovies at gmail.com>>
> Date: Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:37 AM
> Subject: Re: [GPSCC-chat] Why We Should Not Worry About The Latest 
> "WMDs in Iraq" Stories
> To: eden <edenw at gal3.com <mailto:edenw at gal3.com>>
>
>
> Could you please repost this to the entire list? My computer is 
> messing up and won't let me reply all. Anyway, I double checked my 
> Facebook wall where I know I had saved the link to the Uranium 
> available on Amazon.com (and the whole rabbit too) but now the entire 
> posting has gone missing. Oh well. Uranium ore USED TO BE available on 
> Amazon.com.
>
> John Thielking
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 9:20 AM, eden <edenw at gal3.com 
> <mailto:edenw at gal3.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 14-07-10 08:18, John Thielking wrote:
>>     The following text would not post to the article on rt.com
>>     <http://rt.com> that talked about the uranium being stolen in
>>     Iraq because the software thought it contained "offensive
>>     language". So here it is uncensored:
>>
>>     Considering that you can buy research grade uranium ore on
>>     Amazon.com, I wouldn't worry about this story. Since when did RT
>>     start jumping on the "there are WMDs in Iraq" bandwagon? I
>>     thought that path was proven to be bogus in 2003. The chemical
>>     weapons in Iraq story is also sourced from Reuters, probably USA
>>     planted propaganda used to justify bombing Iraq yet again. Fool
>>     me once, ok, but fool me twice? Come on RT, get it together.
>
>         I agree with your conclusion, but i tried to find uranium on
>     Amazon and failed. Are you referring to something that i'm not
>     aware of?
>
>     --
>     eden
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