The page for the atomic energy kit, with the comments of the writer compared to the comments below, is a good illustration of what our nanny culture is doing to America.

It's unclear what effects the Uranium-bearing ores might have had on those few lucky children who received the set, but exposure to the same isotope—U-238—has been linked to Gulf War syndrome, cancer, leukemia, and lymphoma, among other serious ailments. Even more uncertain is the longterm impact of being raised by the kind of nerds who would give their kid an Atomic Energy Lab.

A comment below:

Indeed! What is the long term effects of being raised by the kind of nerds who would give their kid an Atomic Energy Lab? Dan Yocum yocum@fnal.gov Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory Batavia, IL 60510

"Gulf war syndrome." Good Lord. These kits came with natural ore that somebody picked off the ground somewhere.