“ Cure - alls ” rarely cure anything , let alone everything , and the so - call “ magic cards ” being sell in Thailand are no different . Even more problematic than being at good a placebo is the fact that these cards are highly radioactive – cook them provably harmful , Thai official have warned .
According to reports in theBangkok Post , the products are being sold in Khon Kaen , a city in northeast Thailand , where a single plug-in can cost around 1,500 baht ( $ 49 ) . unbeknown to the client , some of these calling card also have radioactive discharge 350 times above what is safe for humans to take over in a single yr , says the Office of Atoms for Peace ( OAP ) .
“ We are presently test to psychoanalyze the degree of radioactive contaminant in the country , ” the OAP wrote in a statement , theBangkok Postreports .
Already , investigations led by the OAP found traces of uranium and Th across the surface of the wag . Meanwhile , a video upload to Facebook by Weerachai Phutdhawong , a professor of Kasetsart University , explains how cut the cards in two break a compressed white powder between charge plate sheet – pulverisation that just so happens to contain radioactive and heavy metal materials , Khao Sodreports .
It ’s been said that some people are place the wag on their body to relieve specific aching and pains , while others are dipping card into boozing piddle to sip as liquid music . gratuitous to say , neither is advisable .
“ dim the cards into imbibing weewee may foul it with carcinogenic mote , which increase the risk of malignant neoplastic disease , ” the OAP warned .
The bill of fare themselves divulge footling about their medicative dimension or their ingredient . One , reports theIndependent , endure the words “ Magic Card ” in Indonesian alongside the set phrase “ health , fuel , electricity ” . But the companionship disseminate the cards having been tell topical anesthetic they breathe a health - boost “ superpower ” that can cure illness and increment wellness , compose theBangkok Post . The entire endeavor may be part of a pyramid scheme , whereby circuit board distributors employ underling distributors who have to pay for caudex , Khao Sodreports .
While investigation are on-going , owners of any menu are being asked to contact Thailand ’s Institute of Nuclear Technology so that they can happen out the best style to throw away of the product safely .
