whiplasher Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=A...8879069e37a2640What??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename067 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 The Fuck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blckngld760 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 yummy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apets22 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 we are smoking tobacco products, when burned they contain radioactive elements...so does the sun...i wish i could read the rest of the article, but i cant, im not that worried about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
staygone Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Niii-i-i-iice. Too bad you have to pay for the whole paper.-QM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glottis2 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) Good thing my school lets me get this stuff... let's see what we have here.Ok, so I don't know tons about radioactivity, but the article basically says that hookah tobacco has similar levels of radioactive elements like Polonium to cigarettes (if not lower), but it's smoked for longer so it balances out (kind of a silly conclusion).However, they say that the tobacco they use was 3 different brands that were randomly bought in Egypt, but don't mention the brands at all, probably to protect the manufacturers. It's a goofy article. If anyone wants me to post it somewhere I can, but it's a medical journal and thus is really dry reading.edit: good point. You will all have to take my word then, haha. Edited October 9, 2008 by Glottis2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apets22 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 PMdthe mods probably wouldnt be happy if you put up copyrighted material Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melanko Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 Sounds to me like you'll be more damaged by the radiation from the sun then smoking hookah once in a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
erufiku Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 QUOTE (melanko @ Oct 8 2008, 09:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Sounds to me like you'll be more damaged by the radiation from the sun then smoking hookah once in a while.+1Really random topic for a study given the miniscule amount of papers dealing with hookah in general. I don't know what it's trying to accomplish... well, at least we know that "those damn terrorists" aren't adding toxic waste to our precious moassel (excuse the rude humor, I just had to). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattathayde Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 everything that is/was living is radio active to an extent hence how carbon dating works.ya it probably doesnt make it better for you to smoke it but i really wonder if its just kind of one of those "oooo there are x amount of mold spores in your home, be ware"..."o ya but its less that there are out side"-matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glottis2 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 QUOTE (mattathayde @ Oct 8 2008, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>everything that is/was living is radio active to an extent hence how carbon dating works.ya it probably doesnt make it better for you to smoke it but i really wonder if its just kind of one of those "oooo there are x amount of mold spores in your home, be ware"..."o ya but its less that there are out side"-mattTrue, but they aren't talking about naturally occurring radioactive carbon, they are talking about Polonium and other radioactive isotopes that come from tobacco. I think it's reasonably safe to say that, based on evidence, smoking hookah doesn't improve your health and this is likely one of the many ways it doesn't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indian_villager Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 ...I always wanted superpowers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I'm gonna have my shisha driven through Yucca Mountain before it gets to me from now on. I want my lungs to glow whatever flavor I'm smoking! Like a mood ring for hookahs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momatik Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 The goal of the article is to bring more attention to the radionuclides in tobacco in general, not just in hookah. And it's definitely interesting, because they are right, not much research is done in the field at all. It is something to look into. The doses of these radioactive elements are quite high too, even in comparison to cigarettes.What happens is these chemicals are released through the combustion process of the tobacco.Read it if you can, it's not something you want to just skim through.I know it's easy to say oh whatever and poke fun at it, but here is the thing. A lot of us look down on cigarettes.When you and I both know that cigarette smokers practice the same techniques in disregarding scientific studies against that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giant Ninja Robot Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 DOES THIS MEAN I MIGHT GET POWERS!?!?!?!GIANT NINJA ROBOT SMASH!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 QUOTE (giant ninja robot @ Oct 9 2008, 12:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>DOES THIS MEAN I MIGHT GET POWERS!?!?!?!GIANT NINJA ROBOT SMASH!!!!Hell yeah....STUIE SLAM!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveRadical Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 QUOTE (momatik @ Oct 9 2008, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>What happens is these chemicals are released through the combustion process of the tobacco.you must be smoking some harsh shisha i don't ever let my shisha burn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gaia.plateau Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) I am going to throw some spiders in with my next bowl. Edited October 9, 2008 by gaia.plateau Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
momatik Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 (edited) QUOTE (LiveRadical @ Oct 9 2008, 01:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (momatik @ Oct 9 2008, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>What happens is these chemicals are released through the combustion process of the tobacco.you must be smoking some harsh shisha i don't ever let my shisha burnThe combustion process is not smoking burnt shisha.It's the process of burning the shisha. So as you "cook" the shisha, these radionuclides are released. Edited October 9, 2008 by momatik Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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