When you consume Radioactive Distilled Water or you kiss Radioactive Material !
(Warning: It may ruin your Lunch or Dinner)
In 1927, a US man consumed Radioactive water till his jaw fell off !
Sportsman Eben Bayer was injured after he fell down from a bunk during a train journey. It affects his arm . Doctor suggested him a spoon of 'Radithor '(Radioactive distilled water!).It was prescribed as the maker was an evil-genius, Mr J.A.Balley,a Harvard dropout ,bribed Doctors for every dose.
It works ! Works in terms of sales to rapid impact of speedy cure.
Mr. Bayer got relief, but he became obsessed with ‘Radithor’. Being a ‘womanizer’ he wanted to focus on good performance on bedroom also. So he was taking ‘Radiathor’ on daily basis just like vitamin dose! His nerves were melted, so he could not feel the pain, his tissues were disintegrated from bone, forming a hole in the skull.
Even after horrific confirmation of ‘something went terrible wrong’ by Radiologists, he used to take it in higher dose than previous time !
His jaw was replaced, but it was too late, he was buried in a lead coffin. Even after his body was exhumed after 15 year for research purpose, it was warm ! Remember, Radium has half life 1600 yr.
After this Regulator body took action which was also confused about impacts of Radioactive materials as its isotope is used for Cancer treatment. Fashion world’s obsession with Radio care cream, soap, ointment, dormad Radioactive toothpaste came to end.
Ill-fated 'Ghost Girls’ of ‘Undark’ Luminous Watches :
After WWI, Military clock became a famous fashion trend. So a New Jersey factory was opened with 70 girls to paint watches. Girls had to use their lips for fine finishing touches on numbers.Girls asked about safety but factory authority assured them. Radium was taken as key of energy, even used in fashion brands. So girls continued the same.
Radium dusts were seen on their dress to hair when they used to come back home at evening. So they were known as ‘Ghost Girls’. Later they had to face a Hollywood ghost like face cutting ! Girls thought they were having ‘energy’. After 4 year in 1920 and employee M Maggia started to face problem like toothaches. She was diagnosed as Syphilis whereas she had “Radium Jaw”. First death case confirmed after she lost the battle after one year, her jaw becomes so fragile that doctor did not need to use any surgical equipments.
6 women who were also developing same symptom file a court case. They won case and Company assured them penalty, but they lost their battle of life due to early contamination of Radium. It was tough to claim how many people got in touch with them, may be their next generations are reading this article.
So we see what happens if a medicine or product is used without proper trial. Hope we have covid vaccine after proper trial and don’t need to make new case study of ‘Radium People’.
