PSA about harmful health effects of ruthenium jewelry
Huh. Today we learned: Ruthenium jewelry is actually really bad to have
ruthenium metal is perfectly harmless on its own, but it reacts very quickly with bleach to form extremely toxic, bioaccumulating ruthenium salts and, even worse, ruthenium tetroxide gas
this doesn't have to be strong industrial-strength bleach either. common household bleach will do it, like you'd use when cleaning things or doing laundry
-F
re: PSA about harmful health effects of ruthenium jewelry
@Felthry That is, um, good to know.
How do I know if something's ruthenium? Is it usually mentioned as such, or is it like used to make cheap jewelry that doesn't really say?