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choasforages:
umm, correct me if i am wrong, but could'nt a weapon of mass destruction be made from these things. like a glob of explosives surrounded by the radioactive stuff. now wouln't that spread alot of radiation around/*hmm, particles in yer lungs......*/ and didn't some kid irradiate his nieghborhood with such a device or simalar
just food for thought, i wonder how long before some assclown uses one of these/*if they can be built*/

aaron, im sure you know/*or did it yourself  :D  */

rtgwbmsr:
Smoke detectors use minute amounts of radioactive substances. The stuff isn't radioactive enough to cause damage unless you inhale a shitload of it (you'd die from it clogging your lungs/airways well before the radiation has any effect on you)

Besides, it would be much cheaper to buy a nuke rather than buy enough smoke detectors to have an effect on a person.

If the stuff were radioactive enough to cause damage in small amounts, you'd die making the thing.

[ December 17, 2002: Message edited by: The Muffin Man ]

pkd_lives:
And most explosions CANNOT start a high energy nuclear reaction. The explosive material is merely an energiser for the trigger.

Calum:
good thing too. what kind of a world would it be if terrorists started holding up planes using smoke detectors? (box cutting knives is silly enough).

Master of Reality:
ya, it takes a surprising amount of radiation within you before you die.

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