As nicknames go, this is at least a few steps up from any variation on mosquito.

>He died from multiple cancers contracted as a result of drinking several bottles
>of radium-infused water, which was sold as a "health tonic" at the time, per day
>between 1927 and 1930--an achievement immortalized in the memorable Wall Street
>Journal headline The Radium Water Worked Fine Until His Jaw Came Off.
>

Well, old timey headlines didn't mince words now did they. Pretty sure you wouldn't see anything so... direct in any supposedly reputable paper these days.

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