"Promising instant curative and beautifying effects, Tho-Radia gained wide popularity in France during the early 1930’s as a range of beauty products and perfumes. The face cream was especially popular and contained 0.5g thorium chloride and 0.25mg radium bromide per 100g. It was even advertised as a creation of ‘Dr. Alfred Curie’ although he was not a member of the Curie family and probably never existed."
(Text and image from Environmental Graffiti, as part of an article listing ten radioactive products that were actually produced, including radium water, radium suppositories, radium toothpaste ("destroys the bacteria")...
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