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In mid-2022, Japan's Nuclear Regulation Commission approved a plan to discharge Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the sea, which caused heated discussions.
Although the Japanese government claims that the Fukushima nuclear wastewater is completely harmless, many countries and local residents of Fukushima have questioned the discharge of the nuclear wastewater into the sea.
However, Japanese Deputy Prime Minister Yoshihisa Inoue firmly said: "The discharge of Fukushima nuclear wastewater into the sea is not harmful to human health!"
Can Fukushima nuclear wastewater be harmless to human health?
Why does Japan care so little about the discharge of the sea?
In fact, the danger of Fukushima nuclear wastewater is far greater than people think, and this dangerous radioactive water is not unfamiliar.
In 1927, an American man drank 1,400 bottles of radioactive water, and his body collapsed from the inside out over the next few years, and he was still feverish even after his death.
How did this happen?
Why is Japan so ignorant of radioactive water?
In fact, the degree of harm of nuclear radioactive water is far more than this, how terrifying is the nuclear radioactive water that the American man drank back then?
Let's uncover this "mysterious" drink together.
1. Radium supplement: a "special miracle drug" with nuclear radiation.
In 1927, a man named Biles in the United States collapsed after drinking radium supplement.
Not only that, but Byers' body still had a fever years after his death, so what was going on?
In fact, the "mysterious drink" with nuclear radiation is not a special miracle drug, it is only the "culprit" that causes this terrible consequence.
So what's all about radium supplements?
What is the secret of this "mysterious drink" with nuclear radiation?
Bailey, the inventor of radium, was a hypocritical scientist who invented this "magical" radium supplement in 1925.
Bailey heard that a woman in France had leukemia, and her white blood cell count had dropped dramatically, and her condition was getting worse day by day.
In order to cure her as soon as possible, the doctors tried countless treatments for her, but none of them had the slightest effect.
The doctors inadvertently did a blood test for her, but her blood glowed green, much to the surprise of the doctors.
Therefore, this woman has become a wonder in the medical world, attracting the attention of many scientists, in order to be able to develop drugs for the treatment of leukemia as soon as possible, scientists have started experiments.
After that, French scientists discovered radium, and they also discovered that radium can emit very bright light, and can also emit a kind of radiation called α rays, so they gave radium a "life" like property.
Therefore, radium is a very "magical" substance, and people even regard it as a "special medicine" that can treat diseases.
When Bailey learned that radium could treat leukemia, he wanted to take this opportunity to hype up radium, so he called the drug he invented "radium".
Second, Biles's body collapsed.
But what is the truth about radium?
Does this "miracle drug" really have the effect of curing diseases?
In fact, radium is just a "mysterious drink" with nuclear radiation, which has no effect on treating diseases and is not a special medicine.
However, in order to be able to sell the "magic drink" he invented for a good price, Bailey packaged a lie for this kind of radium supplement that "if you are sick, you must be cured".
Bailey himself did some experiments for Radium, and he led some of his trained women to do experiments on Radium, known as "Radiant Workers".
These women are exposed to radium on a daily basis, so their hands and faces are slowly corroded by the effects of radiation, and their hands and faces are also corroded beyond recognition.
However, these women do not know how their bodies are harmed by daily exposure to radium, they only know that radium can cure diseases, so they even apply radium to their faces.
Unknowingly, these women have suffered serious injuries to their bodies, some of them have even been paralyzed by exposure to radium supplements, and some have even developed leukemia due to exposure to radium supplements.
However, after these women were seriously hurt, Bailey still did not give up his "career", and he even made more publicity for Radium.
And the publicity of Radium Supplement was out of control, so Radium Supplement became popular in a short period of time, and Bailey also made a lot of money because he sold it at a high price.
3. Biles still had a fever after his death.
It was in this situation that Biles, for the sake of his own health, followed the trend and bought a bottle of radium supplement.
But after drinking radium, Byers not only did not become healthier, but because of the toxicity of radium supplementation, his body collapsed.
Biles' jaw was rotting to bone, his jaw was still falling, and his shoulder was rotting to bone.
After this incident, Biles's wife sewed the rotten shoulder again for him in order to prevent his body from decaying.
However, the flesh had rotted into bones, so the bones kept falling from the stitches, and after several days of tossing, Biles' wife finally forgave Biles for what she had done.
And after Biles's death, his bones still contain very high levels of radioactive elements, and even emit a sour smell from the rotting chemicals of the bone marrow.
Many years later, Biles's bones still emitted this sour smell, until one day, the sour smell gradually disappeared.
And because of the high toxicity of radium, Biles's bones still emit radiation, which will continue for hundreds of years before disappearing completely.
epilogue
Biles's physical collapse also let the world see the true face of radium.
Does this "miracle drug" with nuclear radiation have a real effect on curing diseases?
What is the secret of this "mystery drink"?
This incident also reminds us that we should all remain skeptical and cautious about these mysterious drinks and special miracle medicines, and not blindly follow the trend.
At the same time, we should also strengthen the supervision and vigilance of these products with radioactive elements.