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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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[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 27 points 2 years ago

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

[-] PugJesus@kbin.social 19 points 2 years ago

Cause of cancer: too many shoes

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

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

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

WHAT!

[-] Successful_Try543@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

In this article you can find a photo.

[-] HubertManne@kbin.social 2 points 2 years ago

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.

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