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South African diamond miner being x-rayed at the end of his shift to prevent theft, 1954 (lemmy.world)
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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Tbf. back then it was not uncommon to xray ones feet in a shoe store to see if the new shoes fit.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Cause of cancer: too many shoes

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Now the state of California requires a warning label on shoes.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

WHAT!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

In this article you can find a photo.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

holy crap but makes sense. When I was a kid they did not initially use the lead covers and then later they did. Seems like between 70 and 80 they started treating them much more seriously.