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Can I lick it? (mander.xyz)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 17 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think licking pure uranium is worse for your health than licking pure chlorine gas

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 6 months ago

I think the assumption with the chlorine is that you end up inhaling it and dying fairly quickly. Licking uranium isn't a great idea, but you might not ever have noticable effects, even long term, if very little comes off onto your tongue. I know people who have accidently tasted plutonium in solution.