radium salts dissolved in water. The son of industrialist Alexander Byers, Eben Byers was educated at St. Paul's School and Yale College. He earned a reputation...
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ended in 1932, with the premature death of one of its most fervent users, Eben Byers, an American golfer. This history led to the strengthening of regulatory...
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of this condition was the death of American golfer and industrialist Eben Byers in 1932, after taking large doses of Radithor, a radioactive patent medicine...
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developer William J. A. Bailey to have curative properties. Industrialist Eben Byers died in 1932 from ingesting it in large quantities throughout 1927–1930...
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health, and high-profile cases such as the Radium Girls and the death of Eben Byers, which proved this fact. In the United States, the 1938 Federal Food,...
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was a chronically lethal mixture, and was responsible for the death of Eben Byers in 1932, who died of radiation-induced cancer after drinking about 1,400...
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cartoonist, and artist Eben Byers (1880–1932), American socialite, golfer and industrialist who died from drinking radioactive "medicine" Eben Pomeroy Colton...
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radioactive material, notably in the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko and Eben Byers The action of neutron poisons that inhibit nuclear chain reactions Any...
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Baltusrol Golf Club 1903 Walter Travis (3) 5 & 4 Eben Byers Nassau Country Club 1902 Louis N. James 4 & 2 Eben Byers Glen View Club 1901 Walter Travis (2) 5 &...
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minister Ebenezer Butterick (1826–1903), American tailor and inventor Eben Byers (1880–1932), Socialite, industrialist, athlete Ebenezer Calendar, (1912–1985)...
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credit is given to the deaths of many people in the 1930s, including Eben Byers in 1932 from the ingestion of radithor and many women, some known as The...
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has ceased, albeit at low dose rates. Over a hundred people, including Eben Byers and the radium girls, have received committed doses in excess of 10 Gy...
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Byers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Brad Byers, American stunt performer Eben Byers, American socialite and victim of radiation...
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Denver contaminated. 1927–1930 – No INES level – USA – radium poisoning Eben Byers ingested almost 1400 bottles of Radithor, a radioactive patent medicine...
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period such as the Prostate Warmer. The eventual death of the socialite Eben Byers from Radithor consumption and the associated radiation poisoning led to...
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Congressman Jared M. Brush (1814–1895), Mayor of Pittsburgh (1869–72) Eben Byers (1880–1932), wealthy American industrialist and socialite noted for his...
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1907–1974 Rodney Butcher 1970– Peter Butler 1932– Andrew Butterfield 1972– Eben Byers 1880–1932 Bob Byman 1955– Jonathan Byrd 1978– Sammy Byrd 1906–1981 Curt...
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understood. Curie later died of aplastic anemia caused by radiation poisoning. Eben Byers, a famous American socialite, died of multiple cancers (but not acute...
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ingredients were calf's brain, sugar and milk. Radithor: American socialite Eben Byers died of radiation-induced cancer in 1932 after consuming this radioactive...
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J. Warner, Clarence Blakeslee, Oliver Gould Jennings, J. Frederic Byers, Eben Byers, Charles Merrill, S. Brink Thorne, Julian Curtiss, Henry Havemeyer...
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radioluminescent watch factory. In 1932, a well-known industrialist, Eben Byers died of radiation poisoning from the use of Radithor, a radium water guaranteed...
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United States. It was not until 1932, when the prominent American athlete Eben Byers, who by his own account had taken about 1,400 vials of Radithor as medicine...
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Alex Smith Other tournaments British Amateur – James Robb US Amateur – Eben Byers England Grand National – Ascetic's Silver 1,000 Guineas Stakes – Flair...
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arise from improper disposal of radium-based radioluminescent paints. Eben Byers was a wealthy American socialite whose death in 1932 from using a radioactive...
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medicine, tonics, body adornment, or amusing novelty. The notorious case of Eben Byers, who died in March 1932, after taking over 1,000 doses of Radithor, received...
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individual golfers in the country during this era. The team included Eben Byers and Robert Gardner, champions of the U.S. Amateur in 1906 and 1909, respectively...
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golfer. James won the 1902 U.S. Amateur at Glen View Club, defeating Eben Byers in the final, 4 and 2. Heavy rain flooded part of the course, and the...
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James 1903 Walter Travis 1904 Chandler Egan 1905 Chandler Egan 1906 Eben Byers 1907 Jerome Travers 1908 Jerome Travers 1909 Robert Gardner 1910 William...
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S. Amateur 2 up Findlay S. Douglas 1901 U.S. Amateur 5 & 4 Walter Egan 1903 U.S. Amateur 5 & 4 Eben Byers 1904 British Amateur 4 & 3 Edward Blackwell...
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Harris, English cricketer and colonial administrator (b. 1851) March 31 – Eben Byers, American steel tycoon and socialite (radiation poisoning) (b. 1880) April...
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