On February 2, 1959, 9 experienced hikers died under extremely strange and frightening circumstances in the Ural Mountains of Western […]
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Remember When Shoe Stores Used X-Ray Machines To Measure Shoe Sizes At Nearly 40X Higher Than The Current Exposure Rates
The shoe fitting fluoroscope was a common device used in shoe stores from 1930 through the 1950s. Basically, it was […]
Meet The Teenager Who Was Building A Nuclear Reactor Made From Smoke Detectors And Paint Until The Government Shut Him Down
In 1995, then 17-year-old, “Eagle Scout”, David Hahn almost managed to complete a nuclear reactor in the backyard shed of […]
Nuclear Waste Is Being Dumped Off The Coast Of Somalia And The Seafood Captured There Sent To Your Grocery Store But The People Trying To Stop It Are Called Pirates On The News
In 1991 the government of Somalia collapsed. Once they were unable to police the coastline, corporations and governments started dumping […]
A Nuclear Bomb Blast Simulator For Your Zip Code
Not a pleasant simulator but a great reminder that we need to change the world we live in. It’s an interactive […]
A Man Is Secretly Given Radiation Poisoning Under The Guise Of Free Healthcare, Just To See What Happens
58-year-old Albert Stevens was admitted to UCSFMC in 1945 with a severe gastric ulcer that was misdiagnosed as terminal cancer. […]
Meet The Island That Kills People To Keep A Secret That No One Can Afford To Discover
Oak Island is a 140-acre privately owned island in Lunenburg, Canada. It is the world’s longest and most expensive treasure hunt. […]
Meet Sam Cohen, The Man Who Claimed He Found A Way To Morally Kill Millions
Sam Cohen conceived of the neutron bomb as a way of morally killing large populations of human beings, while leaving […]
The Army Sprayed Children With Radioactive Materials In St. Louis, Just To See What Would Happen
In the 1950s and 1960s, the Army used motorized blowers atop a low-income housing high-rise, at schools and from the […]
800 Poor Pregnant Women Tricked Into Taking Radioactive Pills To See What Would Happen By A University Offering Free Health Services
From 1946 to 1949 over 800 women living in and around poor areas of Nashville were deceived into taking part […]
88 People Were Exposed To Radiation At The University of Cincinnati And Then Monitored As They Suffered Symptoms And Died
Researchers affiliated with the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), selected 88 test subjects at the University of Cincinnati and exposed them […]
US Army Sprayed Radioactive Zinc On Multiple States
Operation LAC (Large Area Coverage), was a Chemical Corps operation in 1957 and 1958 which dispersed microscopic zinc cadmium sulfide […]
Cigarettes Are Radioactive And This Is Why They Cause Cancer
It’s well-recognized that smoking cigarettes can cause lung cancer, but did you know it was because they are radioactive? Polonium-210, […]
Why Is Some Fertilizer Radioactive And Why Are You Putting It On Your Lawn?
Phosphorus Fertilizer in Your Lawn or Garden Fertilizers containing phosphorus are a major source of groundwater contamination and radiation exposure […]
More Than 100 Children Were Fed Radioactive Oatmeal To Improve Sales
More than 100 boys, classified as mentally challenged, at the Fernald School in Waltham, Mass., were fed cereal containing radioactive […]
