207

A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegrated (www.sciencealert.com)

submitted 1 month ago by zarkanian@sh.itjust.works to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world

30 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive.

permalink
fedilink
source
parent
hideshow 2 child comments

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 month ago

Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s.

permalink
fedilink
source
parent

this post was submitted on 05 Sep 2024

207 points (100.0% liked)

interestingasfuck

5970 readers

2 users here now

interestingasfuck

founded 1 year ago