In mid-2022, the Japan Atomic Energy Regulatory Commission passed the Fukushima nuclear wastewater discharge plan, which once again caused heated discussion. People condemned the Japanese government because of the fear of nuclear pollution . However, Japanese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Taro Aso said that these nuclear wastewater was treated, and is harmless to the human body .
Danger of dumping Fukushima radioactive sewage into the sea
So, will water with radioactive element really harmless?
For this, we can refer to the personal experience of an American man in the last century to find the answer.
willingly drink " radium water "
Ebenezer McBerney Byers was born in 1880 . He is the son of the famous industrialist Alexander Byers, a veritable rich second generation. Born in a wealthy family, Byles himself is also very outstanding. not only manages his family's career in an orderly manner, but also participates in various sports in in his spare time and has won the championship in the American Amateur Golf Tournament.
However, as he grew older, Byers felt that his body was getting worse day by day. , especially after accidentally injured his arm in 1927, physical pain became his most distressing . Just at this time, a patented drug on the market was very popular, so Byers' personal doctor recommended it to him. This patented drug, , is "radium replenishment" , which is a water with nuclear radiation .
Bayers "meets" hreflon
At that time, the inventor of hreflon William Bailey claimed that this special drug can treat a variety of diseases , such as mental illness or asthma , and he also pointed out that this drug can stimulate the endocrine system, relieve pain, and easily boast about hreflon into the strongest panacea on the market.
In addition to the above functions, Bailey also specifically pointed out that radium supplement has the effect of "sexual enhancement" and can help men solve some difficult hidden secrets. In short, in this case, Byers chose to take this nuclear radiation water, and the amount taken was from one bottle in the first few days to the point where several bottles of .
radium supplement and its promotional page
It is reported that after taking radium supplement, Byers really felt that he was "radiant" and found a healthy feeling. Therefore, he started using this special medicine in 1927. Until he stopped taking it in 1930, Byers had already drunk a full ,400 bottles of radium supplement .
At this time, it was the beginning of his nightmare, because radioactive elements had slowly penetrated into his body, and many "complications" of began to appear .
radium 226's molecular structure diagram
How terrifying is nuclear radiation water?
As mentioned above, Byers is not only a rich second generation, but also an amateur athlete, so his physical fitness is still relatively good , but no matter how strong his body is, it cannot withstand the destruction of nuclear radiation water. Therefore, after experiencing a "radiant" feeling, Byers began to lose weight and continued to have headaches with . Not long afterwards, his teeth, hair and others began to fall off .
By the time the lawyer went to his home to "collect evidence" in 1931, most of Byles' 's jaw bones had been removed from . Professor Frederick Delin, an industrial medicine expert at Columbia University who checked Byles at the time, said that nuclear radiation water is causing Byers' body to collapse from the inside to the outside, and even his skull has many "pore holes" .
The bones of the chin have been completely dissolved byles
It is no exaggeration to say that Byles at that time were no longer considered a "living person", but more like an "living dead" . Because the radium element that entered his body had almost destroyed the cells, and even the various tissues and bones of in his body and could not escape the bad luck .In this case, the bones in various parts of Byles are extremely fragile, and they can be crushed into powder after pressing them gently.
The mechanism of action of radium-223
From the timeline of the entire incident, Byers drank nuclear radiation water for about 3 years. After the outage, he died of "radiation poisoning" and lived only over 50 years old . More importantly, even if Byles dies, the radiation elements in his body are still "glowing and heating", even turning him into a "nuclear pollution source" that moves .
Mysterious and terrible radium element
remains still hot
If you have watched the documentary of Chernobyl incident , will find that many of the remains of nuclear radiation victims are saved in "coffin" specially made by . This is because these radiation elements will not be dissolved because of human death, but will take a long time.
More importantly, if the special coffin is not used to accommodate these bodies, the radiation elements in 's body will also affect the soil and other environment around , and continue to "dominate" .
Schematic diagram of the interaction between radioactive elements and soil
Therefore, bones are distributed with 36 micrograms of radium , and after death, they were also loaded into a special coffin made of lead . It was not until 33 years later that Robley Evans, a physicist at MIT, dug out his coffin and re-examined his remains. He found that after so long, Byers' body was still hot. The radioactive material on the remains of is as high as 22.5 million becquerel . The terrifying value of
radium-226 gamma energy spectrum
proves one thing, that is, the 1,400 bottles of radium that Byers drank far exceeds people's imagination. Moreover, these elements have not been dissolved in recent years.
In response to this, Evans said: "The amount of radiation on Byers' bones is not much different from the data at the time of his death. Perhaps it will take more than 1,600 years before the radiation on his bones will completely disappear. Byers' body will stop heating up, and he can really rest in peace."
Radium-226 decay chain diagram
Speaking of this, everyone should have experienced the horror of nuclear radiation water and are very curious about this "mysterious drink". So, how is the so-called radium supplement made? How did it become popular?
Is the "radium supplement" of nuclear radiation water "IQ tax"?
radium supplement is also called radium water , which is a distilled water containing radium 226 or 228 isotopes. Its inventor William Bailey invented the so-called "nuclear radiation therapy" , a famous figure in the American medical community in the 1920s.
From the data, William Bailey packaged himself into Harvard medical doctor . In this case, everyone believed in the products he invented were radium supplements. After all, those who graduated from Harvard should be talents. Little did he know that Bailey failed all the time in college, and was expelled from Harvard University in as early as his junior year.
Radium water is a scam from beginning to end
He himself is not only not a doctor of medicine, but also a "scam scammer" who has been living in society for many years. The so-called radium supplement is something it makes to cater to people's "health care" needs.
It is worth mentioning that before relying on radium to cheat, Bailey also conducted a special investigation. found that many people regarded alpha particles obtained from radium decay in hot springs as the reason for "healthy". In this case, directly "take radium elements" is not even more a big supplement?
internal structure model diagram of alpha particles
not to mention, at that time, some medical professors also published papers on the therapeutic effects of radium elements , which made radium elements more "fair" to treat diseases.With the above preparation and Bailey's packaging, "Rai Repair" has gained popularity after it was launched.
In addition, since purifying radium is not easy, the price of this special medicine is very expensive . Therefore, at that time, only the "rich" could afford radium supplements and could "maintain youth forever" . As for the poor, they could only envy them.
Several items that claim to have radiotherapy
It is worth mentioning that in addition to radium supplements, there were many radium-related products on the market at that time. , whether it is women's skin care products or vitamin pills, can be sold at a good price as long as "containing radium" is added. I can only say that hype and packaging can turn any horrible thing into a popular supplement, which is indeed quite magical.
