Radium was seen as a miracle product, and even used in lipsticks: only later was it realised that it was highly dangerous - Illustration by Ricardo Rey For some children it’s dinosaurs, for others ...
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The IAEA’s programme to foster cooperation between countries with disused radium-226 sources and those with the means to recycle or reuse them had a productive year, according to a technical meeting ...
Radium, the most widely publicized of earth’s 92 elements, is now being advertised for sale in the back pages of metallurgical journals. Reason: despite 40 years of hullabaloo, man has found very few ...