Romance of Radium – How did our relationship with radioactive material sour?
Rod
Adams discusses the experience of watching Romance of Radium, a 1937
short film about the wonders of radium and the reason why it was valued
at $750,000 per ounce - in 1937 vintage dollars. Seen through the lens
of today's pervasive radiation phobia, the film illustrates how
society's perceptions have changed - even though reality remains
constant.
The film, embedded as a YouTube clip in the post ends with the following statement:
"Out
of the darkness of the past comes a white light of hope for today,
radium, the most precious substance in the world. Centuries from now it
will still shine upon some future civilization, saving through the ages
countless thousands of human lives."
Rod Adams
Publisher, Atomic Insights
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