Wow...
Has anyone ever done any longitudinal studies on the physical health problems of longtime collectors of this radioactive collectable?
Thanks.
Well, truth is, the FDA did get concerned once it found that Fiesta Red was producing RADON! Compare this to the FDA anti-lead-glaze campaign — there is virtually no evidence that domestically-produced lead-glazed dinnerware is harmful. There were two cases of fatal lead poisoning in the late 60s or early 70s — one from a Mexican-made pot, another from a cup someone’s kid had made in an art class. The 1970s FDA “lead scare” drove many excellent art pottery glazes from the market. They go around and check all the studio potteries every year — including the mom-n-pop shop my sister and brother-in-law run in North Carolina. This shop produces only stoneware, fired at high temperatures, and lead is NEVER used in high-range stoneware glazes because it simply volatilizes out of the glaze mix in the kiln. Even if there were lead in the glaze to start with, it would be gone when the firing process is finished. But a small army of tax-money-funded bureaucrats runs around testing stoneware just to make sure.
But uranium oxide? Well . . . the government was ~selling~ it, you see . . . .
What’s not to like about that?
Self cleaning, kills germs and bacteria, and the food stays hot longer...