Cadmium did the most damage in Japan after the miners would dump large amounts of it into the water supply. People started getting a disease called itai-itai which caused horrible pain, liver failure, and weakened bones. A scientist named Hagino argued that the rice being farmed had soaked up the cadmium being dumped into the water and poisoned anyone who ate it.
Kean then talked about the poison thallium and it's horrifying history of poisoning and killing many. He even talked about how there was even a plan to kill Fidel Castro, Cuba's dictator, with talc laced with thallium. He then talked about the misplacement of bismuth as a poison because it is actually used for everyday medicines such as pepto bismol. The story goes downhill yet again to tell a depressing story about a young boy scout. At a young age David Hahn found his love for chemistry. Though, after working very hard on a nuclear reactor in the backyard shed, he was then arrested after attempting to steal smoke alarms containing americium, a radioactive element.
Kean then talked about the poison thallium and it's horrifying history of poisoning and killing many. He even talked about how there was even a plan to kill Fidel Castro, Cuba's dictator, with talc laced with thallium. He then talked about the misplacement of bismuth as a poison because it is actually used for everyday medicines such as pepto bismol. The story goes downhill yet again to tell a depressing story about a young boy scout. At a young age David Hahn found his love for chemistry. Though, after working very hard on a nuclear reactor in the backyard shed, he was then arrested after attempting to steal smoke alarms containing americium, a radioactive element.
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