[sniperjoe360]

This material has radiation shielding properties far worse than just lead - lead which is cheaper and easier to manufacture

Pure tungsten on the other hand is very good and can even shield beta particles

[iancmceachern]

Yeah but it's lead! Lead isn't a very friendly thing to just have around.

[kragen]

paint it, sheesh

[iancmceachern]

Yeah, but you'll never pass RoHS, try shipping a product that doesn't meet RoHS...

[kragen]

are you saying this filament is nothing more than a meaningless exercise in box-checking bureaucracy

that is depressing

[iancmceachern]

No, im saying lead is bad and you can't put it in products anymore.

Tungsten is ok

[kragen]

lead metal is safer than tungsten to have in your body

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29300000/

don't confuse government power with wisdom; in many ways they are opposites