Little red gun next to turntable.

My original Zerostat was strong enough to sever DNA (you could literally feel the electrons shooting out from it).
This model used a radioactive element of some sort.

The new model dispenses with the nuclear core but doesn't zap static as well IMO.

Mine is so old it turned white. Well, actually, it started out that way. I wonder if the Smithsonian would be interested.

Those old wrist watches that glowed in the dark, yeah, they killed a whole bunch of old ladies who worked in the factory. Most of the old ladies woud lick the bristles to make a fine tip for painting arms and numbers. The ladies that didn't die lost most of their jaw.

Most things radioactive have half-lifes on the order of hundreds of thousands of years, so if they were radioactive in the 70's they are still radioactive now.

My advice, don't lick your old brush. :)

Lucas

Don't let the threat of a little radiation scare you off. You may wish to consider a Family Radiation Measurement Kit made by Bendix during the Cold War. Mine looks exactly like the one in the picture:

http://cgi.ebay.com/Bendix-family-radiation-measurement-kit-early-1950s_W0QQitemZ200015329103QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

I've got both a Zerostat and a Mapleshade Ionoclast.

Anybody want the Ionoclast? It might make a good taser but it's useless for dissipating static buildup on LP's.