Radium fad
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radium-fad-204-2269385
title:
Radium fad
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The radium fad or radium craze of the early 20th century was an early form of radioactive quackery that resulted in widespread marketing of radium-infused products as being beneficial to health. Many radium products contained no actual radium, in part because it was prohibitively expensive, which turned out to be a grace, as high levels of radium exposure can result in radiation-induced cancer. The fad began to fizzle out following the emergence of research that radium could be hazardous to heal
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Early 20th century radioactive quackery
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_fad
date created:
2024-01-21T20:11:29Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T20:54:11Z
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