Saturday, December 8, 2007

Buy Uranium-238 from Amazon.com!

So, if you haven't caught on yet, I've been trying to catch up on the blogging from a few weeks back, but I stumbled on the oddest product listing on amazon.com tonight I couldn't pass up expressing my "?!" moment, enjoy:
Uranium Ore
Price: $22.95
Availability: In stock. Processing takes an additional 4 to 5 days for orders from this seller. Ships from and sold by Images SI Inc..

Product Description
Radioactive sample of uranium ore. Useful for testing Geiger Counters. License exempt. Uranium ore sample sizes vary. Shipped in labeled metal container as shown. Shipping Information: We are always in compliance with Section 13 from part 40 of the NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules and regulations and Postal Service regulations specified in 49 CFR 173.421 for activity limits of low level radioactive materials. Item will be shipped in accordance with Postal Service activity limits specified in Publication 52. Radioactive minerals are for educational and scientific use only.

We are always in compliance with Section 13 from part 40 of the NRC Nuclear Regulatory Commission rules and regulations and Postal Service regulations specified in 49 CFR 173.421 for activity limits of low level radioactive materials. Item will be shipped in accordance with Postal Service activity limits specified in Publication 52.
But in the words of Levar Burton on Reading Rainbow: Don't take my word for it

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