Radium - Periodic Table of Videos
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The team at periodicvideos has created a TED-Ed Lesson for every element of the periodic table. This one is about radium, a famous (and dangerous) element.
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The case of the “radium girls” became infamous in the United States during the first half of the 20th century. Several young women who were employed by a watch factory were believed to be poisoned as a result of painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint.
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