On Sat, 26 Sep 2009 17:09:01 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote:

In message , J G Miller
writes:
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:43:33 +0100, dennis@home wrote:

Uranium for instance can be safely kept in a cardboard box under the bed.

And breathing in the radon gas is not a hazard?

You also forget that aside from the radioactive hazards of uranium,
it is a toxic metal.

Only in the same way lead is - i. e. if you eat it. I don't think many
people will be doing so. (For a start, it's a lot harder than lead.)

OK, Plutonium then.

Derek