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A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegrated (www.sciencealert.com)

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[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s.

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