Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoHow did people treat radio active material before they knew what radio activity was?message-squaremessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up179arrow-down16
arrow-up173arrow-down1message-squareHow did people treat radio active material before they knew what radio activity was?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-squarekalkulat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·22 hours agoOne of the early pros working with radioactivity was Marie Curie. She died of aplastic anemia in 1934. Her research notes are still radioactive. Her lab was said to be radioactive as well, yet it was not decontaminated until 1991. https://www.openculture.com/2023/11/marie-curies-research-papers-are-still-radioactive-a-century-later.html
One of the early pros working with radioactivity was Marie Curie. She died of aplastic anemia in 1934. Her research notes are still radioactive. Her lab was said to be radioactive as well, yet it was not decontaminated until 1991.
https://www.openculture.com/2023/11/marie-curies-research-papers-are-still-radioactive-a-century-later.html