When choosing jewelry, unfortunately, we rarely think about them such as how health security. Widespread dangerous myth about the jewelry is that some stones may not be suitable to the person, to cause a variety of disease or to bring misfortune. But it's really just a myth. It is not about the alleged properties of jewels to bring failure or to protect from the evil eye, and about scientific research confirmed the dangers of some jewelry for the human body.
The Nickel allergen is the number one
The most dangerous decorations — those that contain Nickel. Part of the many alloys used for jewelry making, Nickel many people expressed causes an allergic reaction. For the occurrence of allergies rather even a short contact of Nickel with the skin; soon the place begins to itch, becomes covered by a rash — dermatitis occurs. Wearing earrings made of Nickel alloy allergies can manifest itself not only itching and swelling of the ear lobes, but also dizziness.
Piercing — source infections
Of course, the most dangerous type of piercing is the piercing of the tongue. The decorations on the language, diction impair, injure and deform the teeth bite, but also picks up all sorts of pathogens, significantly increasing the risk of infections of the oral cavity. Piercing other areas of the head and body not entirely safe, causing various inflammations.
Toxic jewelry: myth or reality
Scientists from the ecology center of Ann arbor (Michigan, USA) was subjected to x-ray fluorescence analysis of a hundred cheap jewellery, mainly in China. The results were amazing: in the part of jewelry was found the amount of arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury, twice the threat to human life level.
Radiation and jewels
Minerals, including those that today are used in jewelry, began to form in the earth's crust millions of years ago. At the same time in the earth's crust were radioactive elements with a long half-life, which were absorbed by the growing crystals. Because for many of them, the half-life is much more than the past few million years, such crystals are sources of radiation and these become truly dangerous decorations. For example, ornamental stones charoite and Celestine, as well as a variety of beryl — Heliodor and morganite — can be highly radioactive.
Another source of radioactive jewelry stones that are processed with modern technologies. The main way to "improve" dragocennyh and semi-precious stones is ennobling them in a nuclear reactor. After this procedure the crystals become saturated unique color and purity while simultaneously radiation.
Safer is a method of refining stones x-rays, but there is no absolute guarantee of safety of the obtained jewellery.
Radioactive gold
Among the disasters that occur in the modern world, in danger of its consequences in the first place are the accidents at the nuclear reactors. But except the well-known troubles that they cause, there is another consequence, about which few people think.
When after the accident at the nuclear power plant people hastily evacuated from the contaminated zone, they would surely take the most valuable jewelry. So during the evacuation after the Chernobyl accident nobody destroyed the gold and jewels, as demanded by the manual. Humanly it is clear. Gold reserves helped them to settle in a new place, and as a result the country has spread huge amounts of radioactive gold.
Dangerous decorating: how to protect yourself
The easiest way is to opt out of jewelry, do not wear any jewelry nor jewelry. If you are not ready, there are some tips through which you can significantly reduce the risk:
— не покупайте дешевые украшения. Бижутерию лучше приобретать у известных фирм (к примеру, на http://opera-jewellery.ru/opera/black/) who value their reputation and reporting on the composition of the used alloys;
— избегайте пирсинга;
— собираясь приобрести ювелирное украшение, возьми с собой в магазин дозиметр.
Now you can decide what is dangerous decorations — myth or reality.
