Perhaps our continental cousins finally realised a safety feature was a good thing, as the old continental plugs were more like this; Power plug & outlet Type C - World Standards
No they haven't, again you are jumping to conclusions. The type C plug is used on devices which are insulated. In the UK you will find plenty of these as well where the 3rd pin isn't used.
"If you didn't do anything that wasn't good for you it would be a very dull life. What are you gonna do? Everything that is pleasant in life is dangerous."
this is not true though.
Granite radioactive effects are based on inhalation of Radon, which has a very short half life. SO only a problem for people in the area in enclosed space.
I was only using this as an example. I wasn't suggesting that this was actually the case.