bojacobs,
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They are still trying to normalize nuclear materials as miraculous:

"A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegrated"

@histodons

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-man-drank-so-much-radium-his-skull-literally-disintegrated

MHowell,
@MHowell@kolektiva.social avatar

@bojacobs @histodons This made me remember the official at some public event to take input on mining, ate some yellowcake to show it was not dangerous. And I'm sure somebody has a link to a story about him, too.

DoomsdaysCW,
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krisnelson,
@krisnelson@legal.social avatar

@DoomsdaysCW @bojacobs @histodons A relevant book on the subject is The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore

https://www.theradiumgirls.com/

BigJesusTrashcan,
@BigJesusTrashcan@kolektiva.social avatar

@bojacobs @histodons "patent" medicine

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