He Drank 1,400 Vials of Radium. It Ended an Industry. (2024x30)
Exibido em:: Dez 06, 2024
After its discovery by Marie Curie, the radioactive element radium was incorporated into everything as a “cure all.” The most famous was RADITHOR, a radium-infused tonic that claimed to treat over 150 different ailments. Eben Byers would drink over 1,000 bottles of Radithor in three years. This episode of [HALF-LIFE HISTORIES] explains how Byers’ resulting death would change an entire industry.
