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Uranium glass (en.wikipedia.org)

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[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

They had great ideas back then. Uranium gave a nice green color to glass, and arsenic made nice green wallpaper. Entire families died for a fashionable green shade of wallpaper.

[–] Mandarbmax@lemmy.world 4 points 8 hours ago

Except that unlike arsenic, Uranium glass isn't dangerous. Go check out the health section in the above link.