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  3. Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

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  • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

    Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

    Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

    spythriller@mastodon.socialS This user is from outside of this forum
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    @cammerman Exactly. Every shiny new technology gets sold as magic before people understand the risks. Radiation then, AI and other tools now. Innovation is great, but guardrails matter.

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    • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

      Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

      Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

      drjay@mastodon.energyD This user is from outside of this forum
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      @cammerman I once had a wrist watch with dials and numbers that glowed in the dark. And that was only 50 years ago.

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      • eys@front-end.socialE eys@front-end.social

        @cammerman something something asbestos

        goose@fosstodon.orgG This user is from outside of this forum
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        @eys @cammerman plastic, plastic, plastic, plastic … oh wait … plastic!

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        • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

          Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

          Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

          4censord@unfug.social4 This user is from outside of this forum
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          RE: https://mstdn.social/@cammerman/116590715512176086

          @cammerman remeber 50 years ago when asbestos was new and exiting and poorly understood, and companies were putting asbestos into everything?

          Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

          thierna@mastodon.greenT wilmboerhout@mathstodon.xyzW homebrewandhacking@mastodon.ieH spacekatia@girlcock.clubS humanhorseshoes@mastodon.worldH 5 Replies Last reply
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          • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

            Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

            Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

            kf7ccc@mastodon.radioK This user is from outside of this forum
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            @cammerman https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Radium_Spray_Insect_Killer_(1909)_(ADVERT_423).jpeg

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            • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

              Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

              Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

              cynblogger@sfba.socialC This user is from outside of this forum
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              @cammerman
              Thalidomide was a big winner, too.

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              • lennybacon@infosec.exchangeL lennybacon@infosec.exchange

                @cammerman

                tantramar@zeroes.caT This user is from outside of this forum
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                @lennybacon @cammerman 🫪💀

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                • mardor@ruhr.socialM mardor@ruhr.social

                  @cammerman At least, they can’t put AI into toothpa… oh, crap!
                  https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020653925035014

                  mrgrumpymonkey@mastodon.socialM This user is from outside of this forum
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                  @mardor @cammerman Faith in humanity Regressed

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                  • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                    Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                    Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

                    auster@thebrainbin.orgA This user is from outside of this forum
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                    @cammerman@mstdn.social and with everything monitoring us being cloud-based... Are we being poisoned as well as being always watched?

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                    • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                      Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                      Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

                      yza@plush.cityY This user is from outside of this forum
                      yza@plush.cityY This user is from outside of this forum
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                      @cammerman the thing is, radiations wasn't that poorly understood. factory bosses worked out that it was harmful when lots of their workers who were exposed to it a lot kept coming down sick with the same symptoms. they just surpressed the information for as long as they could, because people finding out would be bad for business

                      just like how fossil fuel companies were the first to discover global warming and made sure to proactively spread misinformation about it

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                      • yza@plush.cityY yza@plush.city

                        @cammerman the thing is, radiations wasn't that poorly understood. factory bosses worked out that it was harmful when lots of their workers who were exposed to it a lot kept coming down sick with the same symptoms. they just surpressed the information for as long as they could, because people finding out would be bad for business

                        just like how fossil fuel companies were the first to discover global warming and made sure to proactively spread misinformation about it

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                        @cammerman they're counting on people not understanding and being excited by their product. they would like to keep things that way

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                        • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                          Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                          Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

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                          @cammerman 🤣

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                          • artnacrea@mastodon.ieA artnacrea@mastodon.ie

                            @cammerman

                            I remember getting shoes fitted with this.

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                            (en.wikipedia.org)

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                            @artnacrea @cammerman Yes! I'm an 80's kid and I remember one of these, think I even used it. It must have been one of the very last in service in the UK.

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                            • mardor@ruhr.socialM mardor@ruhr.social

                              @cammerman At least, they can’t put AI into toothpa… oh, crap!
                              https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0020653925035014

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                              @mardor @cammerman I already found an AI generated sauce in the shop. Jalapeño-mint. Tasted like toothpaste.

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                              • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                                Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                                Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

                                johandiederik@toot.communityJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                @cammerman Did we learn our lesson? I did research on dental radiography (a.o. panoramic images) There is still an enormous misuse of radiation in medical and dental practice. It’s an easy way of making money and therefore a triggering factor. The radiology rate should be $ZERO and included in diagnostics.

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                                • cammerman@mstdn.socialC cammerman@mstdn.social

                                  Remember 100 years ago when radiation was new and exciting and poorly understood, and companies were putting radiation into everything?

                                  Thankfully we learned our lesson and will never make that mistake again.

                                  johandiederik@toot.communityJ This user is from outside of this forum
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                                  @cammerman And what to think of chemotherapy? Still learning…..

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                                  • lennybacon@infosec.exchangeL lennybacon@infosec.exchange

                                    @cammerman

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                                    @lennybacon @cammerman

                                    You will certainly not regret…

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                                    • datenwolf@chaos.socialD datenwolf@chaos.social

                                      @ZenHeathen @cammerman

                                      Radium is just but one element on the periodic table, all isotopes of which being highly unstable. There's noting evil nor good about it.

                                      The things the tech bros name their "creations" after are deliberately constructed as such evils.

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                                      @datenwolf @ZenHeathen @cammerman Not sure if you say it for Palantir but these objects are not inherently evil in the silmarillion and are in fact created by an elf

                                      (yes I'm a big tolkien nerd)

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                                      • johandiederik@toot.communityJ johandiederik@toot.community

                                        @cammerman Did we learn our lesson? I did research on dental radiography (a.o. panoramic images) There is still an enormous misuse of radiation in medical and dental practice. It’s an easy way of making money and therefore a triggering factor. The radiology rate should be $ZERO and included in diagnostics.

                                        stevewfolds@mastodon.worldS This user is from outside of this forum
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                                        @JohanDiederik @cammerman
                                        Panoramic dental x-rays are equal to about 4-hours in an aircraft at 30,000’. Radiation treatment after a mastectomy is a rust colored burn that goes through the ribs to the edge of the lungs.

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                                        • drjay@mastodon.energyD drjay@mastodon.energy

                                          @cammerman I once had a wrist watch with dials and numbers that glowed in the dark. And that was only 50 years ago.

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                                          @DrJay @cammerman oh crap. I had one of those too. And that was 40 years ago.

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