Talk:Thorium dioxide

Latest comment: 14 years ago by Physchim62 in topic Hazard

Hazard edit

Or article says it's not listed in the EU. The German article says it's labeled both as "toxic" and "radioactive". They also have a "Hazard" section in their article. Since their ref is to a German page, would anyone mind if I translated what they have and move the contrast medium part from the top to a hazard section? 71.236.24.129 (talk) 21:45, 18 May 2009 (UTC)Reply

Yes, I object! The German source is here and described a product with less than 1% thorium dioxide. It also happens to agree with the current page when it says that ThO2 is nicht klassifiziert – "Not listed" is how we translate that, it is not the same as non hazardous. The same source gives the LD50 as 400 mg/kg (oral, mouse): quite frankly, I seen more toxic substances! Given the appalling state of the Thorotrast article, I would say that what is needed is research rather than the translation of poor German articles. Physchim62 (talk) 22:32, 18 May 2009 (UTC)Reply