After her death, Marie's family donated her lab journals to the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, where they still reside. Some of these papers were so radioactive, they required years of decontamination before anyone could handle them.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
The Ironic Death of Marie Curie
Sadly, the very thing that gave Marie Curie everlasting life in our history books is what ultimately killed her. In the late 1890s, both Marie and her husband Pierre began suffering various ailments. Marie suffered several cataracts (now a known side effect of radiation) and eventually succumbed to anemia related to radiation in her bone marrow.
After her death, Marie's family donated her lab journals to the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, where they still reside. Some of these papers were so radioactive, they required years of decontamination before anyone could handle them.
After her death, Marie's family donated her lab journals to the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, where they still reside. Some of these papers were so radioactive, they required years of decontamination before anyone could handle them.
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