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To: epicure who wrote (53456)7/17/2000 11:10:10 PM
From: Crocodile  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71178
 
Thank you, X...

a couple of good examples...

BTW, I think I know how Karen Silkwood felt.... It's actually pretty....uhm....yucky.....



To: epicure who wrote (53456)7/18/2000 7:16:28 AM
From: Ish  Respond to of 71178
 
<<They even had radioactive watches with radium- yikes.>>

Back in the 50s and early 60s the Wesclock company had a factory in Peru, Illinois where women painted the numbers on the clocks. They would spin the brushes on their tongues to get the fine point. Last year I read where one woman is still alive. The building is still closed due to radioactivity.

<<edit- Thalidomide, DDT>>

Thalidomide is now being touted as a wonder drug for leprosy and some cancers.


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