Quackery Gallery-"Radium Treatments" WWW.MUSEUMOFQUACKERY.COM

[deidarajunior1508]

So this is why I most likely will end up with cancer in some years, or perhaps some kind of brain damage, one thing's for sure - ignorance is bliss...

[asismengrid]

i do not understand, when did the scientifics discoverder that a lot of radiation was bad for the body?

[ForeverEndeavours]

Bob.... Can you fix the typo in your title? I'm sure you meant "Quackery" (like every other use of the word in your articles), NOT "Quackey"!! (Add the " r " !)

DUCKS are Quackey.

Fake medicine is Quackery.

Otherwise, nice video! Entertaining research!

[MuseumofQuackery]

@ForeverEndeavours Thank you, missed that silly typo! Thanks for watching!

[ForeverEndeavours]

@MuseumofQuackery Always welcome. It was too good a video to have a teensy bug like that messing things up!

[SarahBellum666]

I want more fucking videos like this.

[PowTheDel]

i thought radium was used for cancer treatment

[jsl151850b]

It is.

Radium cures by KILLING cancer cells.

Google or Wiki Radium Implants.

The Quacks of the early 20th Century tried

to convince people that the Radium was

releasing "Positive Energy" that the body

needed.

One guy used Radium in his vegatable garden and it killed his entire family.

[scotty123123]

The ironic thing is that low, but slightly higher than background. doses of radiation are now believed to be (possibly) healthy for you. It's not a mechanism we yet understand, we just have depedent-variable correlation studies which show it

[zaphodb777]

Now, assuming the Revigator's radium didn't actually enter the water, and simply exposed the water to ionizing radiation...

In the age when water was not properly purifiied, this could have had a radio-sterilization effect, and formerly bacteria laden unhealthy water, could have been made safe by irradiation.

If the radium were to actually dissolve in the water, then it would be dangerous.

(Remember, it takes neutrons (not α, β-, or y) to make something else actually radioactive.)

[jsl151850b]

Would UV work as a water sterilizer?

[zaphodb777]

UV would work for the most part as a sterilizer, especially in clear water, except it takes a lot of energy, and anyone who has spent a day at the lake knows how well water reflects UV. Also, encysted bacterias are very UV tolerant.

Strong gamma will completely sterilize water, and even sterilize meat and other products thoroughly, does not require megawatts of energy like UV, and can be set up in permanent shielded "traps" to prevent environmental contact (leaded pipes, for instance).

[SeventhSandwich]

@zaphodb777

Yes, but the Radon gas will totally kill you. Like lung cancer and stuff.

[lmno567]

If only they knew about the true nature of radiation beforehand back then....

[jsl151850b]

Google Google Books for

Popular Science July 1932 Page 9

"Radium: Life giving element deals death in hands of quacks."

[jedigeek93]

I like the song

[derfred123]

What type a radiation do they use to irradiate food?

[CracknHack]

gamma rays from Cobalt 60

[EarlFaulk]

God knows how many cases of cancer and other health problems were caused by Radioactive treatments.

[mbg1968]

Exposure to radiation is a great way to damage your thyroid - which is not a good idea.

[SillyOclock]

most interesting.

[deathcrusader]

Wow, smart ppl. Really....

[WillowFox]

This is what it will be like, looking back "when people usedto use those CRT X-ray monitors, and say stupid stuff like "LOL" well, LOL to them!"

[intigfx]

yeah or like "people used cellphones that emitted microwaves, back in the early 21st century. what a bunch of idiots"

[SeeDoubleUTube]

This fails to understand the difference between ionizing and non-ionizing radiation. The most common isotope of Radium is an alpha emitter that, when ingested, replaces calcium in the bones. Carcinogenic. Microwave radiation is not ionizing, and the energy deposited by cellphones is negligible; on the other hand, naturally occurring Radium decays to Radon gas, which causes 2000 fatal cancers per year in the UK alone. Anyone worried about phones should be utterly terrified of natural radiation.