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Yes. Radium is a radioactive element that is found in small amounts in uranium ores. Radium, like all other radioactive materials, is dangerous if handled improperly. It was most famously used in luminescent paints. There was a lawsuit filed against their employers by five dying women who, uneducated about the dangers of radioactive Radium, were hired to use the paints to make the faces of glow-in-the-dark watch faces for the military. The radium in the paint seeped through their skin into their bodie and they suffered from bone cancer and anemia. Radium, once in the body, is treated as calcium and transfered to the bones where its radioactivity degrades the marrow, reducing blood production and possibly mutating bone cells.
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Do glowsticks have radium in them?
Of course not, radium is extremely rare, expensive and dangerous.
Why is radium so expensive?
Because radium is extremely rare, difficult to prepare and is strongly radioactive and dangerous.
Ways people are affected by radium?
Possible external irradiation and internal contamination; radium is strongly radioactive ad dangerous.
Is radium dangerous or explosive?
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.
Who discovered radium and why is radium a very dangerous element?
marie curei
Do glowsticks have radium in them?
Of course not, radium is extremely rare, expensive and dangerous.
Why is radium so expensive?
Because radium is extremely rare, difficult to prepare and is strongly radioactive and dangerous.
Ways people are affected by radium?
Possible external irradiation and internal contamination; radium is strongly radioactive ad dangerous.
Is radium dangerous or explosive?
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.
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.
What does radium feel like?
Radium is dangerous to feel but i'm assuming it feels smooth like a pebble
