[time-nuts] How dangerous if a Rb lamp broken?

[Poul-Henning Kamp]

In message <5DEED07BE9DE486C9E668636A2949A62 at BACKROOM>, "Max Robinson" writes:

>I once read that if you were to wear a radium dial watch face down you would 
>get a radiation burn on your arm.  I wonder who would do such a thing.  I 
>also wonder if the writer knew what he was writing about or if he was just 
>speculating.

You would.

He did.


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