Talk:Cobalt-60

DoD robot
DoD robot ends Cobalt-60 nightmare: http://www.physorg.com/news9093.html

New paragraphs
After deletion of the German article Cobalt-60 (there is the opinion that isotopic articles are superficial) I did my best to save its content here. Some parts may be found here:. Tubas-en (talk)+

Possible steel pins with 60Co
Hi, just found some children's art kits containing what appear to be steel pins. Was rather shocked when I checked some completed units with my Geiger counter/dosimeter and got a reading, later localised to only two actual pins with the rest showing negligible radiation. One of these read enough to show a warning light on my meter, well beyond the 37kBq limit. Might be 60Co, but what to do with them other than use them as check sources 78.111.195.1 (talk) 21:14, 5 March 2023 (UTC)

Radiation Hormesis
I am removing a "dubious" tag on the Taiwan apartments and radiation hormesis that was added by an anonymous IP in January 2024. It was not discussed on this talk page. It read:

''Even the page about hormesis itself approaches these results with caution, noting that numerous other factors can influence cancer incidence. In this case for example, the generally healthier lifestyle of higher income individuals might have offset the results. The concept of radiation hormesis in general remains highly controversial and should probably be mentioned only with great care, particularly in discussions about its possible occurrence and effects on humans.''

The Taiwanese apartment discussion was already excellently sourced from a peer reviewed journal article. The Radiation Hormesis page already contains additional discussion on subsequent studies that confound the findings. This material not fully relevant to Cobalt-60 and is more related to hormesis, so I have simply linked there instead. User:Lommer | talk 17:24, 22 May 2024 (UTC)