Talk:Thallium

Reaction with water
The page currently states that the metal reacts with water to form thallium "hydride". This seems very unlikely to me. Perhaps it should say "hydroxide" instead?


 * See Reference desk. --Smack (talk) 05:31, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Robert Curley
His murder was the subject of an episode of "Diagnosis Unknown" on Discovery Health.

Picture causes break in text.
In the Notable Characteristics area, the image of thallium causes an odd break in the text. I don't know how to fix it so the text shows up as a complete paragraph under the picture.

Thallium for health testing and terrosim ?
Thallium for health testing and terrosim ?

Implications of this real life story.

A nurse was stopped at the border by anti-terroist measures when his car and his body was found to have high levels of Thallium...suspected as a terroist weapon.

It was later determined that the nurse had been given a mistakenly high level of Thallium for a heart stress test resulting in high readings of Thallium.

The good news, is that this nurse was complaining of numbness in his legs for weeks and was seeking medical attention for the symptoms.

The anti=terroist procedure at the border solved his problem.

Allchar or Alshar mine

 * Balkans Mystery Tour: The Mine of Alshar
 * Natural Values of the Alshar area
 * Balkans Mystery Tour: The Mine of Alshar
 * Natural Values of the Alshar area
 * Balkans Mystery Tour: The Mine of Alshar
 * Natural Values of the Alshar area
 * Balkans Mystery Tour: The Mine of Alshar
 * Natural Values of the Alshar area
 * Balkans Mystery Tour: The Mine of Alshar
 * Natural Values of the Alshar area
 * Balkans Mystery Tour: The Mine of Alshar
 * Natural Values of the Alshar area
 * Balkans Mystery Tour: The Mine of Alshar
 * Natural Values of the Alshar area
 * Balkans Mystery Tour: The Mine of Alshar
 * Natural Values of the Alshar area

Misplaced citation?
This OSHA webpage is attached to the following sentence but doesn't appear to contain anything that supports it: Thallium(I) compounds have a high aqueous solubility and are readily absorbed through the skin, and care should be taken to avoid this route of exposure, as cutaneous absorption can exceed the absorbed dose received by inhalation at the permissible exposure limit (PEL). XOR&#39;easter (talk) 19:54, 22 May 2023 (UTC)