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  2. Radium Girls - Wikipedia

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    The women also experienced suppression of menstruation and sterility. [4] Although there were claims that the above conditions were caused by X rays the women received to investigate their health problems, the amount of radiation absorbed would be inconsequential compared to the amount they were exposed to daily at radium dial factories.

  3. Rosalind Franklin - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 January 2025. British X-ray crystallographer (1920–1958) This article is about the chemist. For the Mars rover named after her, see Rosalind Franklin (rover). Rosalind Franklin Franklin with a microscope in 1955 Born Rosalind Elsie Franklin (1920-07-25) 25 July 1920 Notting Hill, London, England ...

  4. Elizabeth Fleischman - Wikipedia

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    Elizabeth Fleischman was born in El Dorado County, California (possibly in Placerville), on March 5, 1867, the daughter of Jewish immigrants from Austria. [1] [2] Her mother, Katherine Lezansky was born in Prague and had several family members who were physicians in what is now the Czech Republic.

  5. Alice Stewart - Wikipedia

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    Her study of radiation-induced illness among workers at the Hanford plutonium production plant, Washington, is frequently cited by those who seek to demonstrate that even very low doses of radiation cause substantial hazard. She was the first person to demonstrate the link between x-rays of pregnant women and high cancer rates in their children ...

  6. Marie Curie - Wikipedia

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    Marie Curie's birthplace, 16 Freta Street, Warsaw, Poland. Maria Salomea Skłodowska-Curie [a] (Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kʲiˈri] ⓘ; née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), known simply as Marie Curie (/ ˈ k j ʊər i / KURE-ee; [1] French: [maʁi kyʁi]), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on ...

  7. Henrietta Lacks - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 19 January 2025. African-American woman (1920–1951), source of HeLa immortal cell line "Lacks" redirects here. For other uses, see Lack. Henrietta Lacks Lacks c. 1945–1951. Born Loretta Pleasant (1920-08-01) August 1, 1920 Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. Died October 4, 1951 (1951-10-04) (aged 31) Baltimore ...

  8. A British scientist died by a ‘freak of nature’ stray bullet ...

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    MATTHEW WILLSON : Gifted astrophysicist Matthew Willson was killed after being struck by a stray bullet while lying in bed with his girlfriend in her Georgia apartment. Sixteen months on, with ...

  9. List of civilian radiation accidents - Wikipedia

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    This resulted in three deaths and affected 100+ people. A woman was exposed to radiation while nursing her sick husband. Her dose was estimated to be 2.3 Gy by means of a blood test 41 days after the accident, 16 years after the accident the woman has been subject to premature aging which may be a result of her radiation exposure.