And every single patient given water in the 1800s died. Wiki agrees that Thorotrast was VERY dangerous, but well short of what you're implying:
Due to the release of alpha particles, Thorotrast was found to be extremely carcinogenic. There is a high over-incidence of various cancers in patients who have been treated with Thorotrast. The cancers occur some years (usually 20-30) after injection of Thorotrast. The risk of developing liver cancer (or bile duct cancer) in former Thorotrast patients has been measured to be well above 100 times the risk of the rest of the population. The risk of leukemia appears to be 20 times higher in Thorotrast patients. > On October 27, 2018 at 11:37 PM archer75--- via Mercedes > <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > One of the saddest cases of radiation poisoning in the 1930s was Thorotrast. > It was an oral contrast medium that did a beautiful job of outlining and > diagnosing the liver. Every single patient to whom it was given died; usually > after about ten years of misery. > Gerry > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
