Those of us of a certain age, share your experience of our friend, the Peaceful Atom! [View all]

[hedgehog]

After WWII, there was a big push to assure people that radiation wasn't all that bad, so it crept into a number of uses that make one cringe today:

My sister and I both had birth marks taken off our legs with some sort of radiation - I was left with a small scar, she was left with a patch of scarred, burned skin the size of your palm.

I can also recall seeing vans where you could get a walk-in chest X-ray to check for TB!