Atomic Advertising in the 20th and Early 21st Centuries : An exploration of cultural attitudes towards nuclear science and technology in advertising and packaging from 1910 to 2010.
Title:
Doctor Dreadful Radioactive Food Lab
Date:
1996
Artist - Creator:
Tyco Industries, Inc.
Dimensions:
H-11 W-16 D-4 inches
Material:
Paper, Plastic, Sugar, Gelatin
Exhibit Label:
This quintessentially 1990s product allows children to ingest homemade candy created to look like nuclear themed science experiments and disgusting mutated creatures. In contrast to the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Lab from the 1950s, this 1990s lab set is specifically meant to be ingested and, despite being created to appear disgusting and toxic, is far safer for children than the home lab of the 1950s.
Image Text:
"You can eat everying you make!" "Looks gross… tastes great!"

On reverse: "The Dr. Dreadful Radioactive Food Lab lets you conduct edible Nuclear Experiments in bright colors that look gross but taste great! Give your creatures a Radioactive "glow" as they change color then gobble them down! Combine the atomically correct concoctions for a tasty Nuclear Overflow! Create bright blue bubbling Monster Brains -- Take a spoon and dig right in!!"
Additional Information:
Collection:
Dr. Jay Shelton
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