How about a device that promised to cure cancer, soothe arthritis and even irradiate your baby’s milk? Interesting, right? Okay, how about I add that this wonder gadget can do all these things with the power of radioactive gas? Sold!
Sorry to say, but if that has piqued your interest, without a hint of skepticism, Popular science you would have called it “hopelessly gullible” sixty years ago. In our latest video, we dive into the quacks of the early to mid-20th century that claimed to be a medical breakthrough but were merely flashy, expensive scams.
Consider the Atomotrone, which looked like a mini refrigerator and claimed to “irradiate” your food using colored light and radio signals from a transmitter on the top shelf. Close the door, press a button and boom. That’s pretty much what we do with a microwave, but the Atomotrone did nothing. Or maybe you want a device called “radon emanators” that does exactly what the name promises: exposes the things you eat and drink to radioactive gas. Yum.
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