Our schools have failed yet again.

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Phosphorescent seafood freaking out folks

"It was like a bright eerie light was shining on it," said Peters, who works for a natural food store.

"I thought that maybe it had been overirradiated, you know, too much radiation. Now, whenever I buy seafood, I take it home and turn out the lights."

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Radiation does not make ordinary crap glow except in very rare cases, you dipshits! If you see the glow, you're dead, unless it's Cherenkov radiation in a suitably deep pool. Got it? Good. Gawd.

What do you want to bet he protests against food irradiation from this position of complete ignorance?

(BTW, it was naturally phosphorescent bacteria found in ordinary seawater.)

Comments

[franktheavenger.livejournal.com]

Come on, the first guy works at a 'natural food store.' Of course he's going to fear what he thinks isn't natural. Hell, I bet he thinks uranium isn't natural.

[georgmi.livejournal.com]

If you see the glow, you're dead

Counter-example: Tritium watch hands (or gun sights*).

What do we bet you protest *for* food irradiation from this position of complete ignorance? :b

*I don't use 'em. Not because of the radiation, but because my brother's got a set, and in the dark, they turn his face into a big, green-glowing *target*.

[keridwen.livejournal.com]

Bioluminescence is the coolest thing ever...