💥 The wonder of Radium, a glowing treasure discovered by Marie Curie, blinded the world to its perils... and it quickly became a status symbol Read more ⬇️ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2025/01/30/radium-dangerous-radioactive-element-fuelled-health-craze/ | The Telegraph

✨It was called liquid sunshine. The radium 'craze' of the early 20th century had companies encouraging people to ingest, smear, wear and eat the deadly substance. But did they know the fatal outcomes that lay ahead for those who used radium? 🎧Hear this episode of No One Saw It Coming on the ABC listen app: https://bit.ly/3Jl8iSp #RadioNational #RadiumGirls #Radium #WeirdHistory #MarcFennell #Podcast #NOSIC | ABC Radio National

In July 1898, Marie Sklodowska Curie and Pierre Curie published work where they mentioned the term radioactivity for the first time. During that same year, the two Nobel Prize laureates discovered two new elements: polonium (in June 1898) and radium (in December 1898). Watch the story behind the discovery of polonium, as well as radium. #NobelPrize | Nobel Prize