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East Orange Company Once Sold Radioactive Water As Medicine
A New Jersey outlet is revisiting the story of a company based in East Orange that once marketed radioactive water as a health remedy. The practice belongs to an early 20th-century era when radium-infused products were sold as cure-alls before their dangers were understood. The report highlights a little-known and troubling chapter in the city's industrial and medical history.
Why now: Local interest in a surprising and alarming piece of East Orange's history is resurfacing.
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- East Orange Company Once Sold Radioactive Water As Medicine · News12 | New Jersey
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