Dangerously high levels of uranium – which is typically found in nuclear plants – has been recorded in the drinking water sources across six districts in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh.

If the glass is broken or chipped, that’s cause for concern, as ingesting or inhaling uranium glass would be dangerous. For that reason, it’s safest not to eat off or drink out of uranium glass.

A parliamentary panel has highlighted water contamination issues in India, noting insufficient measures for 11,348 ...

only a very small part is from the settling of uranium dust out of the air. Activity concentrations of U-238 and U-234 in drinking water are between a few tenths of a mBq per litre to a few hundred ...