The 1950s brought in a wave of new household products and gadgets, but a lot of them came with hidden dangers. Radioactive toys were sold as novelties, and plenty of furniture and insulation were made ...

Before modern safety regulations, radioactivity wasn’t viewed with the same caution it receives today. In the 1930s through the 1960s—spanning the childhood years of many Baby Boomers—radioactive ...

“Radiation is not inherently sinister or dangerous,” says Ray Johnson, with some of his trove of Geiger counters and radioactive household objects. In the 1970s and 1980s, Johnson was the EPA's chief ...