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<p>[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4463294, member: 18716"]You are right that you are unlikely to come to harm, but don't forget some elements are cumulatively damaging so it takes a long time for the effects to build up and it can be 20 years down the track before anything happens. There are also a few crystals (not common) which have uranium and tritium in them, these are radioactive and while pretty much harmless outside the body when inside they can cause serious harm. </p><p><br /></p><p>I'm not trying to put you off you doing you, but it's not something that should be advocated to others.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Ce BCA, post: 4463294, member: 18716"]You are right that you are unlikely to come to harm, but don't forget some elements are cumulatively damaging so it takes a long time for the effects to build up and it can be 20 years down the track before anything happens. There are also a few crystals (not common) which have uranium and tritium in them, these are radioactive and while pretty much harmless outside the body when inside they can cause serious harm. I'm not trying to put you off you doing you, but it's not something that should be advocated to others.[/QUOTE]
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