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Yes & no. Radium is radioactive, but not terribly much so; it has a half-life of 1622 years. The average human being receives about 100 mR/year, and wearing a watch with radium in it 24/7/365 will give you an additional dose of about .008 mR/hr (70 mR/yr).
The nuclear regulatory commission has determined that Anything under 200 mR/yr is harmless, and the maximum safe annual dose is 500 mR/yr. Anything above that is considered unsafe. Bear in mind that these are extremely cautious guidelines.
The bad rep with Radium came from the "Radium Girls", which became a fantastically famous court case. These women painted radium on watch and clock dials & hands from roughly 1917-1940. They suffered severe radiation effects because of the manner in which they were painting on the radium.... they would put the brushes in their mouths to moisten them & sharpen the tips.... thereby ingesting large quantities of radium over the course of their career.
It isn't clear how well known the dangers of radium were in 1917 but no warning was given to these poor ladies.
Symbol:Ra
Atomic Number:88
Atomic Mass:226
[sources: memory, experience & other various sources. This is all easily verified with a couple of Google searches.]
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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.
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 are some things that are made of radium?
Today radium has only limited applications in research laboratories, for example for the preparation of radon standard solutions, in neutron sources of the type Ra-Be, etc. Possible use in radiotherapy of some cancers. Radium was used in the past for luminescent painting of watches and other instruments, was used rarely in toothpaste, cosmetics, etc. These applications are not permitted now because radium is strongly radioactive and dangerous.
Why was radium used in luminous paint?
Alpha particles emitted by radium produce radioluminescence is zinc sulfide.
Why radium paint consisting of zinc sulphide and trace of radium salt glow in the dark?
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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.
