Human beings have improved their living standards through scientific discoveries, but not all discoveries are correct and beneficial. With the development of time, some previously sought-after things will be found to be harmful.
For example, modern people are afraid of radioactive substances. Whether in the radiology department of the hospital or at the edge of the security check device, this kind of fear can be said to be everywhere.
However, if someone tells you:
For the sake of health, brush your teeth with toothpaste with radioactive substances, eat chocolate with radioactive substances and drink radiation-treated water.
You will surely say to him:
However-don’t laugh, only a hundred years ago, people really thought so.
As long as radioactive elements are added, they can be sold in large quantities.
More than 100 years ago, when radioactive substances were first discovered in the Western world, people marveled at this magical power.
Just as ballpoint pens were boasted as magic pens after the atomic bomb explosion at the end of World War II, radioactive substances were also blown up by various businesses in the 1920s.
[Treat impotence, mental illness], [inhibit bacteria], [make cells full of vitality], and even make people [rejuvenate].
Therefore, not only are there all kinds of [health products] containing radioactive elements on the market, but even some common daily necessities can be sold in large quantities with a little radioactive elements.
Butter should be eaten with radium and water should be drunk with radiation. Having them in that year was equivalent to [consumption upgrading].
This is why the above horrible objects, which are difficult for modern people to understand, are highly sought after.
Of course, the limelight is only temporary, after all, these things have real harm to people’s bodies-
Radiation damage is huge, causing social discussion.
A century ago, the luminous power of watches depended entirely on the application of radium to the scales. It was a delicate job to apply luminous powder to the dials and hands. And those [radium girls] who applied powder to watches often licked their nibs to avoid forking. As a result, they ingested a large amount of radium.
In 1928, a group of women workers who were engaged in radium coating of luminous watches took their company to court. The reason was that they had suffered from radiation for a long time, their health deteriorated extremely and their life was extremely painful.
Their young and healthy bodies have changed to varying degrees, especially their chin.
High energy warning!
This group of pioneers, who were called “Radium Girls” by later generations, could even detect radioactivity in their bones when they died of serious illness.
However, the pain of the bottom society did not affect the pursuit of radioactive substances in the upper society until-
Stop flattering and return to reason.
Eben Byers, an American millionaire, is keen to drink all kinds of radium-containing drinks as supplements. Eventually, he developed cancer from drinking radium-containing potions for a long time.
In May 1932, a former American golfer, he died early at the age of 52.
His death has aroused great concern in society about the harmfulness of [articles for daily use containing radioactive substances].
In the following years, the scientific community and society finally recognized the harm of radioactive substances, and various popular science began. People all over the world have gradually realized the danger of radioactive substances.
Until today, people today can look at people a century ago with incredible eyes and at the crazy pursuit of daily necessities containing radioactive substances.
Thanks to the progress of science and the self-correction of modern science, although this road has always been bloody.
Of course, we can be sure that such things as trumpeting non-existent effects exist in any era and anywhere.
Because this is not only a lack of knowledge, but also the sinister heart, moral decay, and the drive of interests…