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10 Things Considered Healthy in the Past That Are Definitely Not

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Radioactive drinks

Did you know that in the early 1900s, most people actually thought that radioactivity is good for them? As crazy as it may sound to you, radioactive water was pretty popular back then. And not just radioactive water but radium pendants, anti-aging radioactive cosmetics, uranium blankets used for arthritis treatments, and many more.

This trend emerged when radioactive traces were discovered in hot springs, so people assumed that they must be good too, since hot springs were thought to have healing properties. And that’s how radioactive water was marketed.

The supposedly healthy drink, Radithor, was even promoted by a famous athlete and industrialist, Ebenezer McBurney Byers, who claimed to drink even three bottles a day. Unsurprisingly, his early death was caused by radiation-induced cancers.

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