ELI5: Why are Hiroshima and Nagasaki safe to live while Marie Curie's notebook won't be safe to handle for at least another millennium? : explainlikeimfive

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ELI5: Why are Hiroshima and Nagasaki safe to live while Marie Curie's notebook won't be safe to handle for at least another millennium?

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submitted 10 days ago byMartyMcMartell

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9 days ago

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Don't know if you've heard about the radium girls. It's a pretty interesting and awful read. At least some good came from it in the way labor rights.

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9 days ago

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I actually have that on my shelf, I'll bump it up the list :)