Didn't see the episode. Was the stuff in the pocket in a container?
If the radiation is primarily alpha particles, those are dangerous only if they contact living cells. That's why you can hold plutonium in your hand safely (it feels warm, depending on the isotope) but breathing the dust can cause cancer. The layer of dead skin on the outside of your body stops the alpha particles.
Yeah, though. This is a return to the "luminous toxin" of 1950's _D.O.A._
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Didn't see the episode. Was the stuff in the pocket in a container?
If the radiation is primarily alpha particles, those are dangerous only if they contact living cells. That's why you can hold plutonium in your hand safely (it feels warm, depending on the isotope) but breathing the dust can cause cancer. The layer of dead skin on the outside of your body stops the alpha particles.
Yeah, though. This is a return to the "luminous toxin" of 1950's _D.O.A._