This seems like a fake outrage issue. are used every day in medicine. Although this wouldn't be done today, it was probably no more harmful than getting X-rays in that era. Some (((shyster lawyer))) realized that he could get Quaker Oats to agree to a settlement to avoid bad publicity. $1.85 million for 30 people is a payout of $61,666 per person, of which the lawyers probably got at least 40%. So the victims got about $37,000 per person - enough for a nice car. If they got cancer, the payout would be in the millions per person.
This seems like a fake outrage issue. [Radioisotopes](https://www.britannica.com/story/how-radioactive-isotopes-are-used-in-medicine) are used every day in medicine. Although this wouldn't be done today, it was probably no more harmful than getting X-rays in that era. Some (((shyster lawyer))) realized that he could get Quaker Oats to agree to a settlement to avoid bad publicity. $1.85 million for 30 people is a payout of $61,666 per person, of which the lawyers probably got at least 40%. So the victims got about $37,000 per person - enough for a nice car. If they got cancer, the payout would be in the millions per person.
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