Are there any modern glassblowers who will touch uranium glass? The few I talked to thought I was insane for thinking they'd consider it. (In my defense, cadmium is very toxic but glassblowers don't seem to mind blowing cadmium glass.)
http://www.gafferglassusa.com/index.php?route=product/produc...
FWIW. I'd work with it, some wouldn't.
Inhalation of uranium is also a high risk during the glass blowing process particularly as the powder is mixed to the glass. This could probably be bounded to roughly the same risk as blowing waterford crystal if the glass is pre-mixed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead_glass
> In a study performed at North Carolina State University, the amount of lead migration was measured for port wine stored in lead crystal decanters. After two days, lead levels were 89 µg/L (micrograms per liter). After four months, lead levels were between 2,000 and 5,000 µg/L. White wine doubled its lead content within an hour of storage and tripled it within four hours. Some brandy stored in lead crystal for over five years had lead levels around 20,000 µg/L
For ref the EPA limit is 15 µg/L and even that is prob on the high side since the human body has 0 use for any level of lead
I made some cool stuff with it (only limited by my glass blowing skills).