He Drank “Radiant Water”… Then His Jaw FELL OFF | The Eben Byers Story
In the 1920s, millionaire golfer Eben Byers swore by a miracle tonic called Radithor—“radioactive water” sold as bottled vitality. What began as a fashionable cure spiraled into one of history’s most shocking medical tragedies: radium poisoning that destroyed his bones and jaw. This video unpacks the science, the sales pitch, and the regulatory failures that made it possible.
What you’ll learn
Why radium-laced “health” products exploded in popularity
How radium mimics calcium and embeds in bone (the real reason “radium jaw” happens)
The marketing tricks of Bailey Radium Laboratories and the era’s wellness fads
How the Byers case helped push consumer protection and medical oversight forward
Modern parallels—what today’s “miracle” biohacks get wrong about evidence and risk
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