Shocking 1950's commercial

[jjjnettie]

You should see what they put on this models face to test the cream!!!:eyepop: :mad2: :sadeyes:
OMG!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q1gksqqhLU

[Esseth]

Holy damn, something tells me she didn't get much work later in life....

[jjjnettie]

Disgusting isn't it. And they knew!!! They knew how deadly it was. But I guess they were cashing in on the Cold War. I can just see housewives stock piling the stuff just in case.

[Jen]

:eyepop: now i know why i dont wear much make up :rolleyes:

[Suzy]

Did you see the look on her face? :scared2: She looked worried! I wonder how much they paid her. :confuse3:

[jjjnettie]

Not enough Suzy.

[Liz]

Yes, thats terribile :sadeyes:

[Baddad]

Hi jjj, :)
Advertising laws in those days were quite relaxed. They may not have even conducted the test. If they did, the radiation level would be quite low and not all that harmful. Even the early "glow in the dark" watches had easily detectable radiation levels. Spread some of that dust on a persons face would do much the same. Very little.

By no means it was anywhere near as dangerous as the nuclear tests they did on the military in the Australian Outback in the '50s. Those were very hushed after the tragic results.

However, the test, I would not be surprised, was conducted in a biased way to favour the promotion of the product. There used to be some really dodgey advertising then. We now have a lot of legislation in place that makes unsubstatiated claims illegal.

Still its an interesting method of convincing the customer.

Do you eat sleep and work with your computer jjj?:lol: You have a lot of input to these forums.:thumbsup:

Cheers Marty

[jjjnettie]

Makeup???
LOL I still have the stuff I used to use as a teenager.
Egads.....30yrs ago.:eyepop:
Shows how much I use it. I prefer the au naturale look.

[Baddad]

Hi jjj and Jen, :)
Yeah, I used to do make up when I was a kid. My Mum asked me if I'd been good. I make up a story. Kinda' grown out of it now.:lol:

Cheers Marty

[jjjnettie]

I've searched and searched but can't find a copy of the Atomic Test Booklet.
Marty, if they can get a reaction from a Geiger Counter, it's too much radiation from my point of view.

[jjjnettie]

"Kinda' grown out of it" !!!!
:lol: I could...but won't...say a few words about that.:P

[Baddad]

Hi jjj,:)

There is, what is called background radiation around us all the time. It registers on the g. counter. There is much to be learnt about radiation. The little bit that can be detected is largely harmless becuase we live amongst it.;):D

Here's a bit of nasty info: Cows feeding in a radioactive area supply radioactive calcium in the milk. Calcium carbonate is the main constituent of bone tissue and is insoluable. Radioactive calcium has a short half life and changes to strontium. Strontium carbonate is soluable. A creature's bones dissolve and weaken with disasterous results.:eyepop:

Cheers Marty

[AstralTraveller]

Marty,

There is something wrong here. Firstly Ca has 20 protons and Sr 38. No radioactive decay mechanism can add 18 protons. Second, apart from alkali metal and ammonium all carbonates are insoluble. Third, Sr supplements are used in the treatment of osteoporosis. You weren't thinking of potassium were you???

[leon]

Just for the girls, hmmmm. :sadeyes:

Why do you ladies do this to youself, :sadeyes: and dont say to impress the lads. :)

Just go natural, ;) and stay as beautiful as you are. ;)

Leon :thumbsup:

[Baddad]

Hi David, :ashamed::D:)

Duh. I got it wrong. Ca to Scandium. Replacing the Calcium carbonate. It destroys the integrity of the bone structure. Some components being soluable. But it is no longer bone.

I can't fathom why I thought it was strontium and not scandium.

Cheers and thanks Marty :ashamed:

[timmo567]

FYI, just to feel a bit sick, you need about 50,000 thousand times the normal background radiation (background radiation = 0.0004mSv / hour, 500mSv in an hour = sick, 6000mSv in an hour = dead (the hour part is approximate, could be a day or so)). From the clicking of the Geiger counter I would guess she is receiving around 10-1000 times the background radiation, so as you can see there's still a long way to go even for reversible damage to occur.

[RickS]

Marty is largely correct. Strontium is a close relative of Calcium, being the next heavier group 2 element, and is absorbed well by bones and bone marrow. Strontium 90, a radioactive isotope of Strontium, is a common product of nuclear fission. This is a bad combination...

Cheers,
Rick.

[RobF]

Taking a ride in a high altitude jet probably exposes you to a lot more radiation than she would have suffered doing those highly scientific tests.

I think the cream may have been worse than the radioactive dust and geiger counter though. You were supposed to use THAT on your face every night!? :eyepop: