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Yes. Radium is a highly radioactive alkali earth metal, and inhalation, injection, ingestion or body exposure to radium can cause chemical burns, radiation burns and can lead to cancer and other disorders. Radium is chemically similar to calcium, and it has the ability to replace calcuim in bones, which is extremely harmful. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article on radium.
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Do glowsticks have radium in them?
Of course not, radium is extremely rare, expensive and dangerous.
Ways people are affected by radium?
Possible external irradiation and internal contamination; radium is strongly radioactive ad dangerous.
Who discovered radium and why is radium a very dangerous element?
marie curei
How does radium harm you?
Radium is a radioactive chemical element, very dangerous, an alpha radiations emitter; radium is also a source of radon, by decay - also radioactive and dangerous gas.
What effect did radium and polonium?
Polonium and radium are radioactive elements and toxic; they are dangerous.
Is radium radioactive toxic or explosive?
Radium is strongly radioactive.
Do glowsticks have radium in them?
Of course not, radium is extremely rare, expensive and dangerous.
Ways people are affected by radium?
Possible external irradiation and internal contamination; radium is strongly radioactive ad dangerous.
Who discovered radium and why is radium a very dangerous element?
marie curei
How does radium harm you?
Radium is a radioactive chemical element, very dangerous, an alpha radiations emitter; radium is also a source of radon, by decay - also radioactive and dangerous gas.
How is radium important to the environment?
Radium is a radioactive and dangerous contaminant of soils an waters.
What effect did radium and polonium?
Polonium and radium are radioactive elements and toxic; they are dangerous.
What is a hazard for radium?
Radium is a radioactive chemical element, very dangerous, an alpha radiations emitter; radium is also a source of radon, by decay - radon (gas) is also a radioactive element.
What dangerous element was in Radithor elixir?
Radium
Why is radium no longer used in cosmetics food preservatives and paints?
Radium is a very dangerous radioactive element.
Why is radium so expensive?
Because radium is extremely rare, difficult to prepare and is strongly radioactive and dangerous.
What does radium feel like?
Radium is dangerous to feel but i'm assuming it feels smooth like a pebble
