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Back in the 1920s and '30s, "radium water" was a popular non-alcoholic drink in Europe and the USA. One article described a man who died from drinking it, and was titled something like "He felt much better until his jaw fell off".
From the Literary Digest, April 16, 1932:
"Eben M. Byers, Pittsburgh steel manufacturer and sportsman, died in a New York hospital--"the first New York victim," says The Herald Tribune, "of a nationally advertised 'radium water,' and the second known to the American medical profession."
https://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/northside/nor_n106.html
People actually paid for water that came from a pot which also held a tablet of uranium (or similar).
Or if you were lucky (?), maybe it was in your local well. Popular Science, June 1939:
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From the Literary Digest, April 16, 1932:
"Eben M. Byers, Pittsburgh steel manufacturer and sportsman, died in a New York hospital--"the first New York victim," says The Herald Tribune, "of a nationally advertised 'radium water,' and the second known to the American medical profession."
https://www.clpgh.org/exhibit/neighborhoods/northside/nor_n106.html
People actually paid for water that came from a pot which also held a tablet of uranium (or similar).
Or if you were lucky (?), maybe it was in your local well. Popular Science, June 1939:
ack
T.
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Oh-well...
I still have lead painted zinc from the 20's
Granite would be much safer
I still have lead painted zinc from the 20's
Granite would be much safer
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Heck, I've got some cans of 1963 MGB OE Black lacquer paint!!
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In California they would probably have people in space suits demolish my house.
And my garage would become a super fund site...
On account of it being covered in asbestos shingles and floating on discarded oil.
And my garage would become a super fund site...
On account of it being covered in asbestos shingles and floating on discarded oil.