
Episode 538: The Manhattan Project Part VI - The Greatest Generation
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The Manhattan Project and the Dangers of Radiation
The dangers of radiation and at least a lab setting have been well documented since the 1920s as we said Marie Curie. All laboratories monitored radiation exposure constantly and they had precise handling procedures for nuclear material to prevent long-term exposure Like Marie Curie Nobody however had seen what acute radiation poisoning might do to a large amount of people. I would say That use a glove use a glove In the Manhattan Project itself all laboratories monitored radiation Exposure constantly and they Had precise handling procedures in place like Marie Curie died many years later because of how many x-rays She was exposed to during World War one.
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