Radium (Marie Curie and the Radium Girls)

The Poor Historians: Medical History Misadventures
10/03/2022 32 min Episodio 21
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?"   Support the show-----PHPod Merch Store (CLOSED)-----Podcast Linktree (social media links / reviews / ratings)-----#medicine #medicalhistory #history #historypodcast

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