The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures

Radium (Marie Curie and the Radium Girls)


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Marie Curie and her husband discovered radium and radioactivity in 1898.   Soon thereafter everything has radium in it, from beauty products to glow in the dark timepieces.  Who would have thought there was a tragic price to be paid for all that "healthy glow?" 

 

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