Possibly relocating to Camden- where do we live? (Pennsauken, Collingswood: homes, to buy)

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by FlyersFan

The picture of the burnt/cooked turkey 6 posts back says it all.....however....what the picture doesn't show is that the turkey was cooked with radiation from one of the radioactive thorium dump sites. Since you seem to be such a supporter of Camden.....why are you telling others to live there while its "transforming" when you choose to live elsewhere......your talking out both sides of your mouth !!!!

It seems like you love to make exaggerations about New Jersey every chance you get. But its not New Jersey's fault that you choose to be a radon tester and not do something more productive. Please give it up because nobody is buying. I live in Camden County, you live in the boonies of Burlington County. I actually go into these communities and meet the people, I volunteer and see what the community is really like. Your generalizations do a great harm to the many great people of the City of Camden.

[Katisu]

I did a google search of thorium and wikipedia(I realize it's not a reliable source) says that thorium cannot penetrate human skin. It said it's only harmful if ingested. Is this true? I honestly know nothing about it.

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by Katisu

I did a google search of thorium and wikipedia(I realize it's not a reliable source) says that thorium cannot penetrate human skin. It said it's only harmful if ingested. Is this true? I honestly know nothing about it.

Yes that is true. If you listen to FlyersFan, the New Jersey hater you will never get accurate information.

[FlyersFan]

Originally Posted by Katisu

I did a google search of thorium and wikipedia(I realize it's not a reliable source) says that thorium cannot penetrate human skin. It said it's only harmful if ingested. Is this true? I honestly know nothing about it.

Thorium is a radioactive element that was used in the paint mixture to make the old luminous watch dials that glowed in the dark....of course the reason they glowed was they were RADIOACTIVE !!!! Apparently some of the waste was dumped at several sites in Camden and while it may not penetrate the skin the decay of the thorium results in radon gas which causes lung cancer. The women who painted the radioactive paint on the watch dials used to wet their thin paint brushes with their tongues to bring them to a point and ingested the actual radioactive paint causing many different types of cancer......not to mention their lips actually glowed at night. This is just one of the reasons this city needs to be bulldozed and cleaned up from the ground up !!!

[Katisu]

I see. Would the problem be mostly in the homes, then?

[FlyersFan]

Originally Posted by Katisu

I see. Would the problem be mostly in the homes, then?

Yes.....in some homes in specific areas......it would be radiating up from the basement.

[FlyersFan]

I see your husband was originally from Palmyra......why not just move there.....its far safer and still quite close to Camden ?

[kalim2008]

Originally Posted by Katisu

I see. Would the problem be mostly in the homes, then?

Been cleaned up, and it mostly affected industrial sites from turn of the century company. You can do some research on it, probably not as bad even as radon gas, which obviously affects tons of Nj homes.

08/13/1999: EPA Selects $33.8 Million Superfund Cleanup Action For Thorium-Contaminated Properties in Camden and Gloucester City, New Jersey

[DailyJournalist]

Originally Posted by kalim2008

Been cleaned up, and it mostly affected industrial sites from turn of the century company. You can do some research on it, probably not as bad even as radon gas, which obviously affects tons of Nj homes.

08/13/1999: EPA Selects $33.8 Million Superfund Cleanup Action For Thorium-Contaminated Properties in Camden and Gloucester City, New Jersey

That is very correct. Its great that you are doing your own research and not trusting some of the fear moungers on here.

[e.ortega]

Camden is a very poor town. Everyone is mainly on government assistance and there's a sufficient amount of crime due to the people who live there. No jobs, no money, run down houses.

I wouldn't suggest LIVING THERE.