Deadly Sunshine: The History And Fatal Legacy Of Radium
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A fascinating look at changing science in the 20th century.
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From its discovery by Marie Curie, radium was treated as some sort of wonder element. Capable of preventing disease, being used by quacks and doctors alike, it had thousands of uses. The invention of radium luminous paint helped its image.
All that was to change by the 1920s; as radiation poisoning was being studied seriously, the deadly effects of radium were known and the wonder element was beginning to be feared.
What of the legacy today? There are over 500 sites in the UK alone where radium was used or produced, all contaminated in some way. Some of these sites have been re-developed with no regard for the danger they pose or in ignorance of their past. On at least one heavily contaminated site, a housing project has been built.
Deadly Sunshine: The History And Fatal Legacy Of Radium
Deadly Sunshine: The History and Fatal Legacy of Radium,David I. Harvie,Tempus Publishing, Limited,0752433954,Radiation,Science,Science/Mathematics,Chemistry of metals & their compounds,Popular science,RADIUM,Science / Chemistry / General
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