Did they make radioactive toothpaste?
Doramad radioactive toothpaste was produced during World War II by Auergesellschaft of Berlin. The same company founded by Carl Auer von Welsbach who invented the gas lantern mantle! Read the story behind this toothpaste.
Is RadiThor still available?
Ultimately, in the interest of protecting public health, the federal government closed down the Bailey Radium Laboratories – the company that made RadiThor – and radium-containing energy drinks disappeared from the consumer market by 1932. Radioactive drinks are no longer on the market.
What was Irium in Pepsodent?
sodium lauryl sulfate
“Irium” was being used as another name for sodium lauryl sulfate, an ionic surfactant.
Why did people drink RadiThor?
It was advertised as “A Cure for the Living Dead” as well as “Perpetual Sunshine”. The expensive product was claimed to cure impotence, among other ills. Eben Byers, a wealthy American socialite, athlete, industrialist and Yale College graduate, died from Radithor radium poisoning in 1932.
What was radium jaw?
Radium jaw, or radium necrosis, is a historic occupational disease brought on by the ingestion and subsequent absorption of radium into the bones of radium dial painters. Symptoms were present in the mouth due to use of the lips and tongue to keep the radium-paint paintbrushes properly shaped.
Who invented toothpaste?
William Nebergall, Who Invented Toothpaste and Cavity Prevention.
Is Pepsodent and Colgate same company?
Colgate-Palmolive Company is an American based Multinational Corporation. Colgate is a sub brand of Colgate-Palmolive. Colgate provides a range of hygiene related products….
| Colgate | Pepsodent | |
|---|---|---|
| Main ingredients of the sensitive range | Potassium Nitrate Flouride | Potassium Citrate Hydroxyapatite Zinc Citrate Flouride |
Can you still buy radium watches?
But many of the so-called radium watches are still around today, considered antiques and even prized as collectibles. The watches are likely to emit as much radiation today as they did when they were first manufactured, but experts say that in reality, the risk to wearers is probably low.
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