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10 Radioactive Products That People Actually Used

Posted on July 11, 2008

Credit: US GovernmentNuclear power has long been touted as a utopian technology, ushering in an era of work-free, unlimited energy supply and correspondingly longer and healthier lives. Today it is more well-known for its dangers, which include the atom bomb and radiation poisoning . Yet for 40 years, Radium was a popular tonic added to everything from tea to lipstick. We've decided to explore some of the strangest radioactive products in history and the effects they might have had on those that used them.Tho-Radia Face CreamPromising instant curative and beautifying effects, Tho-Radia gained...

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atomic energy , czech republic , france , germany , uranium
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