Are Marbles Dangerous. These marbles barely register on sensitive geiger counters and the radiation emitted barely creeps above the background radiation we experience everyday from natural sources. Marbles are a dangerous to younger toddlers and infants when ingested. The beads expanded to the size of marbles and it took nine hours for her to pass them in the emergency department.
1 dangerous toys a toys with sharp edges b objects with small removable parts c poisonous or lead paint d marbles jacks beads and coins e flammable toys f liquid crayon g poorly balanced riding toys 2 safe toys a floor trains cars and boats nonelectrical b large peg boards c wooden animals. There is little need to be worried about handling or being around uranium marbles and glassware.
Marbles also tend to mar solid surfaces and they can easily break windows.
Because they are glass or clay in material they can be hazardous to children when broken or chipped. Although the marbles emit beta particles and gamma rays which are dangerous at high levels they only give off a small number of these radioactive decay products. There is little need to be worried about handling or being around uranium marbles and glassware. Another child had surgery to remove a now recalled water absorbing ball that could grow to the size of a racquetball.
