I heard once that old smoke detectors have some radioactive isotopes in them. Not sure how true or dangerous but sounds bad.
this post was submitted on 23 Nov 2024
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Current smoke detectors still do, and usually have some warning on them stating such.
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If it had warnings about not opening it, or not containing user serviceable parts, donβt fuck with it.
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This is why we have specialized people who you call to handle these things.
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