The discussion revolves around the safety of glow-in-the-dark shirts, specifically questioning whether they contain radium ink, which is known to be radioactive. Participants explore the historical use of radium in consumer products and express concerns about potential health risks associated with radioactive materials.
Participants do not reach a consensus on whether glow-in-the-dark shirts contain radium ink. While some assert that radium is no longer used in consumer products, others express uncertainty and raise concerns about illegal manufacturing practices.
Participants reference historical practices and health risks associated with radium, but there is no definitive evidence provided regarding the current use of radium in glow-in-the-dark inks. The discussion includes assumptions about safety regulations and manufacturing practices in different regions.
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Death
1935 statue, facing the Radium Institute, Warsaw
Curie visited Poland for the last time in early 1934.[16][72] A few months later, on 4 July 1934, she died at the Sancellemoz sanatorium in Passy, Haute-Savoie, from aplastic anaemia believed to have been contracted from her long-term exposure to radiation.[49][73]
The damaging effects of ionising radiation were not known at the time of her work, which had been carried out without the safety measures later developed.[72] She had carried test tubes containing radioactive isotopes in her pocket,[74] and she stored them in her desk drawer, remarking on the faint light that the substances gave off in the dark.[75] Curie was also exposed to X-rays from unshielded equipment while serving as a radiologist in field hospitals during the war.[58] Although her many decades of exposure to radiation caused chronic illnesses (including near-blindness due to cataracts) and ultimately her death, she never really acknowledged the health risks of radiation exposure.[76]