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Health Influencer Brags About Drinking Radioactive Water for 250 Days (Maybe Don’t Do That)

Don’t try this at home.

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It’s hard to tell what’s parody from genuine, hard-earned stupidity nowadays. When I hear a story about a health influencer who claims to have been drinking radioactive water for the past 250 days for its supposed health benefits, I hesitate to write anything about it because there’s a chance it’s all just a bunch of nonsense. But there is an equal percent chance that this person genuinely believes radioactive water is some kind of health tonic that was shut down by the powers that be at some point in history.

As reported by Futurism, originally caught by Reality Check, Matt Roeske is a holistic health guru with over half a million Instagram followers. He recently posted a video chugging water directly out of a “Revigator,” a radioactive ceramic jug from the 1920s lined with uranium ore, lead, and arsenic. Some........

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