The Building That Gave Residents Cancer
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- It’s 1980, you and your family are moving into a new apartment inside a recently built complex. You’re excited because it has an operating elevator and even running hot water. It’s so modern compared to all the other old, dilapidated buildings in the area. You get your keys and, over time, you settle into your new home with your family.
Little do you know, this building will soon take everything you hold dear away from you. This is the real-life horror story of the families who lived and died in Apartment 85.
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My engineering lecturer at university used to be a public works engineer. He and a colleague lost a similar caesium vail during construction of the city bus station in the 1970s. They shut the site and combed the area with a Geiger counter for three days straight to find it again!
In sowjet russia, just like today, human lifes do not count much.
This is why they combed so hard.
Did you mean _cesium vial?_
I have just one question. How do you “accidentally” lose a cesium vial?
@@stephweasenforth7891 The device it was part of could be taken apart for transporting. Apparently it shouldn't have let the radiation source out, but if you move the parts in the wrong way, it breaks. This was in the 60s, so a lot of the Fool had to happen for fool-proofing.
Despite its danger, humans have no way to sense radiation. We can't see it, we can't feel it, we can't smell it. So, it leaves us very vulnerable to instances where sources of radiation are where they are unexpected.
I mean, you can feel radiation. It feels warm. If you’ve ever had one of those portable X-rays, the limb that got xrayed will feel warm afterwards, like you set it in front of a radiator.
Radiation can only be felt but not noticed. It all depends on results and testing.
You can notice it if your cellphone footage is grainy, you just need to know what to look for. *There's also that fluid that shows the trails of radioactive particles, but it's probably easier to just get a Geiger counter lol.
@@ferretyluvThat could be, let's say, weaponized in the right hands.
@@nathanlong8295When the gamma radiation is so high that you can feel it, you know it's too late
Theres a neighborhood in Nevada that was similar. Within a year of moving there, almost half of the original residents died or were dying from cancer. Supposedly, it was built on testing ground for radiation...
Wow really more details plz. I hope they were paid
bro is gatekeeping the name of the neighbourhood
@unhinged_minds Just google Downwinders
I used to live in Nevada, which neighborhood?
Developers got a killer deal on the land
So, long story short, need to own a Geiger counter.
Apparently checking for mold, lead, and asbestos as well. xD
Nowadays, you should legitimately check products made in China...
@@daveyjones8969 I've pretty much given up because I keep seeing reports about just about everything. Micro plastics in drinking water. Recalls for numerous products. It just never stops. You gotta worry about everything at this point.
@@riripari2042 we have to embrace the chaos, suffering and death while trying to avoid it.
The best strategy is to keep everything as natural as possible. We gotta do what we can.
A scintillation detector is better than a geiger counter
Honestly it’s smart to own a Geiger counter for stuff like this. They really aren’t that expensive, considering they can see something lethal, that your eyes cannot.
More smart to test your house for radon.
Reminds me of a House episode. When a small metal device caused a boy, his father, and friends to suffer radiation poisoning. Scariest moment for me was when House pulled out the Geiger and it started going haywire.
Don't remember that, but was it a piece of scrap someone was carrying around? Happens a lot, actually. "Orphan sources" they call them.
Also, that's an "evacuate the hospital" moment, as opposed to the usual quarantine (half the time initiated by House on purpose lol...love that guy).
@@daveyjones8969 yeah. In the episode they thought it was a STD he got over seas with his friend but turns out it was a piece from his dad scrap yard. His dad intended it as a keychain/family keepsake. Turns out it was part of a device used in wells to measure depth or something. And the amount of radiation he took was equivalent to 100 x-rays. Which is super scary to hear.
@@gerardomacias7370 I kinda figured. During my 20s, I led a real rough and tumble lifestyle. I got into a fair bit of fights, but also did incredibly dangerous things while camping, like tripping on a log in the fire to have it land on top of me, but I couldn't throw it right away because I was surrounded by tents with people in them lol. Second degree burns all over both forearms.
Anyway, I was getting a lot of x rays as a precaution, and I asked the radiologist if I was getting a dangerous amount. He starts saying how it's nearly impossible for someone to "overdo it". Then he looked at my chart and his eyes went wide, and he changed his tune to "Actually, you may want to slow down..." 😂
I was just thinking about that episode! It was so sad and heartbreaking
That was uranium, wasn't it?
In México there is actually a story pretty similar to this, Cobalt 60 ended up used to make building material, and till today there is no idea where those materials are
This is my nightmare. I don’t live in a nice apartment. Whenever I go back home I can’t breathe and I always get sick. I can’t afford anything nicer. I’m so worried.
Likely mold. Mold test kits are cheap online!
i agree its most likely mold , get it checked
Ventilation for mold and keeping dust levels low will help.
Air purifiers and a dehumidifier help me breathe alot easier in my very old house.
Carbon monoxide?
I find it wild that they couldn't find the vial of an element that emanates so much radiation, I'd think they'd be able to use Geiger counters, or some sort of measuring device to find it.
They just didnt care.
As the radiation received drops with the square of the distance, you'll end up having very little information in a wide area if you don't have a clue where it is. If it's far enough, you'll not get much above the background radiation, if you have a good guess where it fell, and it didn't sink into the ground or such, you would find it quickly enough but otherwise it is really a needle in a haystack.
Ah, Cobalt 60. A substance so dangerous that its casing is marked "Drop and Run."
I assume it is to warn random person who might find it so they know to get away from immediately.
I’m happy to have the little chibis back. They’re so cute and just feel more personable.
I think my next door neighbor apt is cursed too. People keep dying. Not from radiation poisoning but various other things. I'm glad I don't live in that apartment.
Is it the soviet building?
Could be enviromental. Like wastewater.
@@NoctisTheBogWitch what does it got to do with it?
@@bekabeka71 Enviromental hazards can make people sick. Wastewater can contribute to disease like covid, for example.
@@NoctisTheBogWitch do you mean wastewaster used as drinking water?
I swear everything can give you cancer at this point 😭🙏
yes, existing is just causing cancer to you, just that yoyr inmune system is stronger, but cancerigens just make it more cancer than you inmune system can digest
That is correct from medical point of view. It just needs the adquate substace to be activated. Those are different for different people.
And that is why cures for cancers are a pretty high priority.
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Being born gives you cancer
I haven't been recommended your stuff in a while. I thought you stopped posting. Checking your channel, that's not the case, and I've got a lot to catch up on. Hype
the man on a photo at 4:03 is not a radiologist. he is an urologist from Belarus and has nothing to do with that story.
lol
oh my, i better be careful with my 500 containers of ccm 137
Especially if you ordered bulk from China...they're the one product that probably ISN'T radioactive 😂
I'm just surprised no lawsuit followed.
It was the Soviet Union.
I'm not, lawsuits in eastern europe, especially in ussr weren't as common and easily filed as they were in the US back in the day ( i have no idea where You are from but im guessing US). They would often end in the destruction of the plaintiff's career or would just be covered up as file mistakes or something else.
@@AmaroqStarwind Ah, I definitely missed that part lol, I was using this as background noise.
@@rine3440 Yeah, I misunderstood where this took place.
@@CookiePieMonster the house is Government own. How do you sue a government-owned house
If you go somewhere and your body start to vibrate but you don't hear loud music or humming or you smell petroleum, leave that area asap. Some people
E can detect poison without equipment.
Why did the Soviets mess up with radioactive material so often?
No them only, though. It's just easier to attract lots of attention after messing up with radioactive materials
Because they were idiots 🙄
Every time you've driven past a construction site there is a significant chance there is some kind of intense radioactive source being used at some point in the process. They are very common in many industries, just they're very well safeguarded.
no worries, the apartment flattened by russia already
😂
👍🇷🇺
Slava russiya
@@Seenu_4ew ur so edgy
I played the game which plot was based on this story, I found it on Steam and that's how I learned about this case in Kramatorsk. The game is super good but idk if it has English language, it's called "Bright lights of Svetlov"
Very sad. Reminds me of the Love Canal neighborhood, in New York State. It was a housing development built on land that had been a dumping ground for all kinds of industrial waste. Sometime in the 70s.
Great video; not the first time I've heard of this event, but you did an excellent job with it. Also: Where's Quiz? Bring her back!
Oh my God how sad is that, those poor families
Long story short:they have built the house with fricking radioactive material.
A new video from Brew! Yes!
Thats tragic 😢😢😰😰😭😭
How is hot water and a working elevator cause for excitement?
cause it was new and uncommon in 1980 USSR?
Heck, at this moment in time there is still a lot of people who don’t have a department and let alone any kind of water
Because it's the USSR? I think they had it in buildings since the 70s though.
@07:07 wow this is incredible and so sad!!!@ ive noticed being sicker respiratory symptoms since moving into my apt.....
Check for mold
Funny story about the piece they lost in Western Australia. The worker who found it posted on reddit "Hey guys, found a shiny thing while metal detecting today" Along with a pic. lol
The Soviet government was racing to prepare for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow & were sourcing material from that quarry when the capsule was lost. That was the reason they didn’t do a proper search - an authoritarian government trying to build Olympic facilities asap to show off its greatness doesn’t care about people’s safety.
They had a similar response to all other disasters that occurred within the USSR - cover up what happened & silence anyone who might dare to speak up.
The one that finally changed this was of course Chernobyl, because of its vast scale & international detection. Still, the authorities made people in the severely polluted surrounding areas go about business as usual for a few more days after the reactor exploded, including going ahead with the annual victory parade in praise of the state. The state always took precedence over the lives & rights of its citizens (which is why life in Soviet times was not as romantic as many in the west like to think)
Same thing with China when coronavirus came in 2020
Hey, brew, have you made any videos on night terrors
My first thought was with narrowed eyes: 😒ASBESTOSSSSSSSSSS
Ugh that was my first thought too 😫
Asbestos takes a decade at least to give you mesothelioma, usually multiple decades.
Ukrainian city named Kyiv. not Kiev
okay mr. know it all 🤓
Really???
I have the luxury to be owning a house an apartment an a cottage in the countryside 👌🏼
The carcinogens are heavy
history at a school ❌ this guy ✅
Next time make sure to check your new home with a Geiger meter before moving in.
Let me guess, radiation poisoning. That's why I get a geiger counter of my own.
Hehehe Got the notification and clicked on it
Wow, it's so SCARY & GROSS! ☹☹😢😢😾😾
Okay I’m moving out of my apartment Today.
How does a solid metal piece went through processing facility of cement ?
ok and this is currently happening in North Carolina at NCSU- Poe hall is giving former students cancer
Wow, such a tiny lil thing.....
In India they say this is cursed
There is even a game based on this story, called Bright Lights of Svetlov
New fear unlocked
This building is banned in California
Just one more video till bed
The video: 💀
so sad
How can you prevent these Things?
By having workplace guidelines that prioritize recovering orphan sources.
@@catatoblob8598 And also not live in the USSR/Russia. They've got a track record of playing fast and loose with radioactive material.
@@laura121684 If you read through the wikipedia page for nuclear accidents, the US and USSR seem to be equally bad when it comes to experimental mishaps and mismanagement of nuclear materials. On the other hand, countries with issues with transparency in workplace cultures do seem to be more prone to misplacing or misusing radioactive medical/measuring equipment.
New fear unlocked... 😭
My college campus has a building tht did this
No one bringing up Brew's radioactive tardigrade?
This is so sad 😞
How do blocks on wood make cells mutate wrongly
How tragic
I feel like there’s a big portion of the story missing. It’s as if someone complains about cancer, they actually have professionals with Geiger counters ready to go. How did they advocate for themselves?
and here i thought my times for a first comment had come
If it wasn’t Russia and historically Ukraine was a part of Russia and not the 52 US State, it doesn’t surprise me, but it still horrifies me to think that you finally get out of the walkups and even have modcons like running water; only to have your new home be made with concrete containing radioactive materials. You’d have thought they would do a Geiger reading on the buildings given the quarry’s history and just for giggles? Even today my family has a Geiger counter in the kitchen drawer to check radiation levels in their food and when the wind shifts suddenly, out comes Baba’s Geiger counter. You really can never be too careful!
There are only 50 states lol
Even if you live in Ukraine, Chernobyl haunts everyone, though takes place in 1980 seems odd when the disaster happens in 1986, that's why it's important to check for radiation on your geiger counter.
could you do a video on malaysia's highland towers tragedy? thanks!
What an awful happenstance. Really, the people who caused this were supposed to report it. But chances are they had health issues later in life. Too bad it didnt end there because construction workers who built the wall also received a huge dose. The cement truck driver did as well... it just goes on and on. So many lives ruined.
Wow it took that long and why would some move in after another family died. A few people dying of the same thing that should be suspicious and these devices can be brought online. Two years later for anyone decided we should investigate really!
This event took place in the former USSR. If you know anything about the history of that country, the government did not value life. The country was basically a big open-air prison. So, it should come as no shock that it took them years to investigate. In fact, it's a shock the government bothered to investigate at all.
@@hamsterama LIke USA is better read about Leaded gasoline invented by GM.Even from first day it was know that is was very very very bad for health especialy on kids and cut their life at least 5 years but for half centrury govemant ignore it becase car maker did want to change anything
Im too early for this to be real
Why humans discover and use dangerous things? And then they give noble awards for those deady discoveries
Hot water was a luxury in 1980....?
Imagine getting cancer from a building
Very easy. Theres lots of houses with Asbestos..
Read about radon
Ah... This is the reason why Kiryu got cancer
*1980s* we have water,electrisity and radation free of charge
The more i watch this guy, the less i can sleep (jk i still can sleep this is just a joke)
This building will soon take everything you hold dear away from you including your life.
8:33 The Milnesium tardigradum is the most radiation resistant multicellular organism known.
Wait... doesn't lead also give you cancer?
No, lead gives you lead poisoning.
Yeah it does
Yes. It kind of sucks that the best thing to protect you from cancer rays also gives you cancer, but thems the breaks.
@@Veylon Oh, okay, that makes sense
once bro said leukemia I knew it was radiation
scary
Why was Cesium 137 in the wall?
Did you watch the video?
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I should buy a freakin gamma spectrometer
"Not long later"???? 😂
Do you know they put☢️ cement
Well, that's not terrifying at all...
Holy sh** ! 😵💫
Oh boy this was my final essay for college report
This was uploaded 2 seconds ago
@@World-8.1Bthey mean that they made the final essay before the video. As in this “WAS” my final essay.
@@YourDearestSmiley I don't understand
They wrote an essay about what Brew is covering. @@World-8.1B
@@World-8.1Bso
new fear unlocked
new fear unlocked!
almost every video, tho not for me on this particular case, because I was terrified of radiation for most of mmy life, thanks to that leaky nuclear submarine movie
😅😅
the wall
Was the company responsible for the quarry held accountable at all? All those people who suffered.... it's so sad. :(
A company. In USSR. 🙄
No one held accountable for this
No one did
@@marchduck2958 Even if this happened in the US, this is the late 1980s not much if anything would have been done, maybe after a decade or so but even then, in the end just wasted life is all that would be the end result. This world is the problem not a certain nation., take a look around at common ppl anywhere, those who so rule them yeah, they are not there to make life better for the common person anywhere or place on the globe/map.
Yeh but I understand their mindset @@heliosgnosis2744
@@heliosgnosis2744 , lol, you assumed that I didn't mean. I meant there were no companies back then as we understand them in the capitalist manner. I'm Russian, so I heard about such cases.
Crimes are either punished or not, in any sphere in USSR you could have the whole administration or some usual worker punished for something less dangerous like this, so it wasn't about time, it was done, as I think, to not taint the image of the government.
I share your worldview from what I see, but I think that any crime should have and investigation upon it ending with the fair punishment or justification
Unbelievable that something so small, could have such devastating impacts. On a happier note, the Aussies impressed by ensuring the same thing didn't happen to them. Scary stuff... great Narration, my friend. 👍👍
Almost every modern nation has orphan source incidents, including Australia. Just with a cursory search, I found a report from 2021 that said a potential orphan source is lost every THREE DAYS in Australia alone.
You should check these things before bragging about your country's superiority.
*In fact, taking pride in how your country turned out is a waste, since YOU didn't contribute to how it has developed over time.
I'm Canadian, but I don't pretend I was part of the liberation of the Netherlands in WWII...
@@daveyjones8969wow why so bitter? calm down!
@@daveyjones8969 Dude, his username is USArmyvet91... I don't think he was bragging about his country in any way.
Learn to read.
Also, I'd love to see the link to this 'report'. seeing as you make the claim, you should provide a link.
Luckily, the fact that the orphan sources emit a lot of radiation tends to help us to locate them more easily.
That's what she said.
Father: Please! We have evidence. Our children and the children before them all died of cancer in that room. Please investigate!
Government: Eh. Give us two years to decide…
Soviet government, no less.
In Sowjet russia, you can be glad anything was done at all.
@@friedrichjunztTrue
I think all government just next Budgeting for next year
Does that mean the wall from spiderman was bitten by a radioactive wall?
U
Congratulations
yo bro congratulations for being the first comment
Edit: I see what you did there, clever
This comment was literally "D" before he edited it. Great way to be the first comment lol
Body wash
This is probably the saddest story I've ever heard
Great to see the old format!!
Uhh... When are you gonna drink your coffee?
Note to self: avoid any building numbered 7
Especially in a Communist country.
My lucky number is 13. It's also considered a lucky number in hockey, and was my favorite player's number (Mats Sundin) so maybe I'm biased lol.
@@daveyjones8969 13 was only made unlucky by superstitious medieval religious leaders and public a like, 13 full moons a year, 13 is the array of a witch's coven, the Knights Templar were first attacked by King Phillip IV of France and the Pope on Friday the 13th, 13 Zodical Signs, and I can keep going and going. I love the number 13 myself, the History of it makes it even better.
7 is a sacred number though!
@@Hllee6428 not anymore for me, it’s banished!!!!
8:09
If the tiniest amount of radioactive material is dangerous, then what about the six NUKES lost to date?
Oh, we're all constantly being irradiated for sure, just some more than others
These vials are concentrated. Nukes are massive and won’t fission until they explode.
@@ferretyluv I know that the radiation from the nuke is not a big hazard unless eaten, but nukes overtime decays and particles ends up in the water
@@poka26ev2if it makes you feel any better 5/6 of the lost nukes are located in the ocean, so they're essentially speed running that water contamination lol
The nukes in the ocean pose as much risk of contamination to you as putting a grain of salt in a cup of water turns it into sea water, the ocean is a real big thing
brew: this building will take everything you love away from you
Me: that's sounds like a crazy ex-
Like my 1st ex wife, but for my sanity's sake I let her take almost everything house included as long as she went away.
Omg didn’t know people outside of kramatorsk know this story lol. When I lived in kramatorsk I was afraid that my own apartment had some sort of radioactive material in my walls
Someone needs to make this a movie!
For god sakes this guy can make literally anything sound dangerous.
Rip for the families too.
Nah, that's the news media's job.
are gamma rays not dangerous???
Wut? A radioactive apartment is definitely dangerous
@@levithebaddest2369 No I was talking about normal apartments. I think it's crazy how he can find stories involving death with like anything possible.
Who else buying Geiger counter to check your walls. 😂😂😂