Note to my beloved customers..... Before we talk about the item, I need to tear eBay a new garbage chute, the item listing is immediately below the rant. Thanks! Note to ebay: This is not a hazardous material. These are pebbles, small rocks, not unlike those pesky ones that get stuck in your shoe and bug you for like five hours until you finally give in and go through the ordeal of removing it. This item is shipped in compliance with USPS Publication 52, and is a natural mineral specimen, as it is clearly defined in 49 CFR 173.426. Everything; absolutely everything is or may potentially be radioactive. This includes any product whatsoever which contains metal, all minerals, anything made from stones or minerals, anything which comes from within 300 miles of Japan, and most of all, granite. A granite countertop has more radioactive material in it than anything else sold on eBay. USPS recognizes this, and exempts any naturally occurring radioactive material from postal restrictions so long as the exterior surface of the package is less than 0.5mR/hour. The hazardous material warnings suggest that I review postal code section 52. I have gone far and beyond that, as people who sell minerals need to know the regulations and have both legal and ethical obligations to ensure that the buyers know exactly what they are receiving. It seems that the only reason my listings are being removed is that I quantify the radiation readings in to numbers that are understood by the hobbyists who purchase the high end mineral specimens. High end does not mean "the most radioactive". Again, a granite countertop would make any of my specimens look like nothing special. The numbers are provided for the sake of scientific accuracy. I have thoroughly examined dozens of listings for granite items without notification to customers that radiation being emitted by a single granite countertop or slab is exponentially higher than any rock or mineral I sell. That means by thousands of times, not a few times. In fact, if eBay wants to utilize my consulting services, I will gladly go to any shipping center and make sure that all items which are or could potentially be radioactive (the latter of which means literally everything and the former of which includes but is by no means limited to: fiestaware red, cream and black plates from nearly a dozen manufacturers (of which you carry perhaps 43,000 of those items at any given time?) which all contain an average 200x more radioactive material than the average specimen I sell. AND, unlike a properly handled mineral, can present a risk to health, albeit extremely minor, because collegiate studies have been done on the matter. And what's the deal with letting radium watches and clocks being sold on ebay? TRITIUM? Now that is an actual, genuine hazard. Really. I all for tritium being banned from ebay. But I will get back to my point... Have you any idea how dangerous radium is? In large amounts, I mean. But that's why CFR and postal regulations also have specific, carefully worded exemptions for those items too. Instead if targeting sellers who know the regulations word for word and follow them meticulously, try nabbing the people who sell technetium, natural uranium metal, cobalt 60, stuff like that. I reported a source that was a true health hazard and was 10,000x the exempt quantity amount, wrote emails to you (eBay), to the seller, made phone calls to customer service, and even called the radiologic health branch in the state where the sale occurred because that item could have killed dozens of people. But, it was still up a week later. So, let's talk about some, but not all, of which things are exempt from regulation and shippable via the exually detailed regs at USPS, and are exempt, by federal regulations. You suggested I familiarize myself with the publications pertaining to these matters, and I am suggesting that you do the same, since your policy literally prohibits sales of any item whatsoever. Anyway, uranium, thorium, radium, polonium, americium, and a hell of a lot of other materials are both safe and shippable. If you enforce a policy against me, but nobody else, isn't that suggestive of something? I'm disabled, have a life partner, drive a pink Volvo, am a catholic Hindu who recently converted to Judaism, and I clearly h ave impulse control disorder (as diagnosed in the DSM IV-text revised, which makes it equally covered under the ADA. Although that whole life partner and pink Volvo/religious conversion stuff was just to prove a point, because I cant keep my mouth shut. The listings you just removed were good, cheap listings which I put up for low prices so people like myself could have access to them if desired. Why? Why not the 2300 geiger counter I am offering? I cant figure out why you would call a geiger counter a hazardous material even though it is not, but I had one removed, and received the most ridiculous answers which I am not even going to publish due to fear of vindictive retribution. I'm not suggesting a bias against the middle class who sell more expensive items in mass and make less profit for you than rich folks who make you all a pretty penny with their jewelry and car listings. Does anybody else think a grand jury would see your listing removal practices as reasonable, when used to prohibit sales of only the items which most people can afford, would see this as reasonable? This is just a tiny example. The physics buffs on eBay are a pretty tight group, even though it was probably another one of them who reported it. Who knows, though. There is a socioeconomic issue in these practices just waiting to come out. Other things sold that are radioactive in incredibly high quantities are lantern mantles, depression-area "Vaseline glass", smoke detectors, spark plugs, camera lenses, relic quack cures, X-ray tubes which can kill people fast, that one is pretty serious too. HI CUSTOMERS! I JOPE YOU ARE ALL DOING WELL TODAY! This is from the legendery Mi Vida mine. The USGS declared this mine to be devoid of uranium. Then this dude, Charlie Steen comes along, and is all like "wait, that makes no sense, so he buys the land. It turns out uranium can sink and settle. He got righ. And even the dust from that mine can kill. So, while this specimen is lighter In relation to size, it packs more of an alpha wallop. I was shocked to see this rock contains 87.22% natural uranium. It's like sandstone. This is the only one I have ever seen. Pancake probe: 134,000CPM CDV 700: 24,000-31,000CPM Lots of high energy beta, yikes! Enjoy!
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