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I watched a documentary on Netflix a while back that talked about the Radium health craze and carelessness. I think it was about the rise of investigative chem
by DigitalJack 10y ago
I watched a documentary on Netflix a while back that talked about the Radium health craze and carelessness. I think it was about the rise of investigative chemistry with regard to poisonings, etc.
The radium portion was horrifying to think about.
- komali2 10y agoAs long as the mindset of "we're done hearing from experts!" is allowed to resurface again and again, we'll have this problem. See: Anti-vaccers, the insanity with radium, maybe even Bob Marley's toe cancer.
- mhurron 10y agohttp://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoners/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/poisoners/ The Poisoner's Handbook The radium portion was especially sad, but fit in quite well with the lead section in american societies willingness to poison people to improve profit.