Producing X-Rays from a Television Picture Tube

[mike2007]

Can X rays be produced by a television picture tube?

My attempt
It is possible that X-rays can be produced by a television picture tube or a Cathode Ray tube because by altering the CRT X- rays may be produced.

I have no idea if that is true but i think so.

 

[berkeman]

Do you know why there is lead in CRT glass?

http://www.epa.gov/wastewise/pubs/g2gfinal.pdf

Think about how a regular X-Ray gun works... what do you crash into the target to make X-Rays on purpose? What does the crashing do to produce the X-Rays?

 

[mgb_phys]

I never understood the campain against lead in glass, which is a real pain for optical engineers.
If you remove the harmful lead from the glass what's the safest way of disposing of it - vitrification? Melting toxic heavy metals into glass is the safets way of disposing of them.