Editing Radium (section)

====Quackery====
{{Main|Radioactive quackery|Radium fad}}[[File:Radior_cosmetics_containing_radium_1918.jpg|thumb|1918 ad for Radior, one of several cosmetic products claiming to contain radium for its purported curative properties<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Díaz Díaz |first1=R.M. |last2=Garrido Gutiérrez |first2=C. |last3=Maldonado Cid |first3=P. |date=December 2020 |title=Radioactive Cosmetics and Radiant Beauty |journal=Actas Dermo-Sifiliográficas (English Edition) |language=en |volume=111 |issue=10 |pages=863–865 |doi=10.1016/j.adengl.2020.09.014|doi-access=free }}</ref>]]

Radium was once an additive in products such as cosmetics, soap, razor blades, and even beverages due to its supposed curative powers. Many contemporary products were falsely advertised as being radioactive.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Prisco |first=Jacopo |date=2020-03-03 |title=When beauty products were radioactive |url=https://www.cnn.com/style/article/when-beauty-products-were-radioactive/index.html |access-date=2024-10-13 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref> Such products soon fell out of vogue and were prohibited by authorities in many countries after it was discovered they could have serious adverse health effects. (See, for instance, ''[[Radithor]]'' or ''[[Revigator]]'' types of "radium water" or "Standard Radium Solution for Drinking".){{sfn|Emsley|2003|page=351}} [[Destination spa|Spas]] featuring radium-rich water are still occasionally touted as beneficial, such as those in [[Misasa, Tottori]], Japan,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Morinaga |first1=H. |last2=Mifune |first2=M. |last3=Furuno |first3=K. |date=1984 |title=Radioactivity of water and air in Misasa Spa, Japan |url=https://inis.iaea.org/search/search.aspx?orig_q=RN:15072187 |journal=Radiation Protection Dosimetry |volume=7 |issue=1–4 |pages=295–297 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.rpd.a083014 |issn=0144-8420 |via=International Nuclear Information System}}</ref> though the sources of radioactivity in these spas vary and may be attributed to [[radon]] and other radioisotopes.<ref>{{multiref2|{{Cite journal |last1=Gulan |first1=Ljiljana |last2=Penjišević |first2=Ivana |last3=Stajic |first3=Jelena M. |last4=Milenkovic |first4=Biljana |last5=Zeremski |first5=Tijana |last6=Stevanović |first6=Vladica |last7=Valjarević |first7=Aleksandar |date=March 2020 |title=Spa environments in central Serbia: Geothermal potential, radioactivity, heavy metals and PAHs |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0045653519324105 |journal=Chemosphere |language=en |volume=242 |pages=125171 |doi=10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125171|pmid=31671300 |bibcode=2020Chmsp.24225171G }}|{{Cite journal |last1=Sainz |first1=Carlos |last2=Rábago |first2=Daniel |last3=Fuente |first3=Ismael |last4=Celaya |first4=Santiago |last5=Quindós |first5=Luis Santiago |date=February 2016 |title=Description of the behavior of an aquifer by using continuous radon monitoring in a thermal spa |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969715310330 |journal=Science of the Total Environment |language=en |volume=543 |issue=Pt A |pages=460–466 |doi=10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.11.052|pmid=26599146 |bibcode=2016ScTEn.543..460S |hdl=10902/31301 |hdl-access=free }}|{{Cite journal |last1=Uzun |first1=Sefa Kemal |last2=Demiröz |first2=Işık |date=September 2016 |title=Radon and Progeny Sourced Dose Assessment of Spa Employees in Balneological Sites |url=https://academic.oup.com/rpd/article-lookup/doi/10.1093/rpd/ncv413 |journal=Radiation Protection Dosimetry |language=en |volume=170 |issue=1–4 |pages=331–335 |doi=10.1093/rpd/ncv413 |pmid=26424134 |issn=0144-8420}}|{{Cite journal |last1=Walencik-Łata |first1=A. |last2=Kozłowska |first2=B. |last3=Dorda |first3=J. |last4=Przylibski |first4=T.A. |date=November 2016 |title=The detailed analysis of natural radionuclides dissolved in spa waters of the Kłodzko Valley, Sudety Mountains, Poland |url=https://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0048969716313742 |journal=Science of the Total Environment |language=en |volume=569-570 |pages=1174–1189 |doi=10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.06.192|pmid=27432727 |bibcode=2016ScTEn.569.1174W }}|{{Cite journal |last1=Karakaya |first1=Muazzez Çelik |last2=Doğru |first2=Mahmut |last3=Karakaya |first3=Necati |last4=Kuluöztürk |first4=Fatih |last5=Nalbantçılar |first5=Mahmut Tahir |date=2017-08-01 |title=Radioactivity and hydrochemical properties of certain thermal Turkish spa waters |url=https://iwaponline.com/jwh/article/15/4/591/28582/Radioactivity-and-hydrochemical-properties-of |journal=Journal of Water and Health |language=en |volume=15 |issue=4 |pages=591–601 |doi=10.2166/wh.2017.263 |pmid=28771156 |bibcode=2017JWH....15..591K |issn=1477-8920}}|{{Cite journal |last1=Duran |first1=Selcen Uzun |last2=Kucukomeroglu |first2=Belgin |last3=Damla |first3=Nevzat |last4=Taskin |first4=Halim |last5=Celik |first5=Necati |last6=Cevik |first6=Uğur |last7=Ersoy |first7=Hakan |date=2017-01-02 |title=Radioactivity measurements and risk assessments of spa waters in some areas in Turkey |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10256016.2016.1116986 |journal=Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies |language=en |volume=53 |issue=1 |pages=91–103 |doi=10.1080/10256016.2016.1116986 |pmid=27008087 |bibcode=2017IEHS...53...91D |issn=1025-6016}}}}</ref>