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Originally Posted by wolf
There's a house in Lansdowne, PA that the government finally had to cart away in lead lined barrels because the family that lived there in the 30s had done some piecework for the radium factory ... I remember something about filling needles with radium.
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Dr. Kabakjian's house was where he radium coated needles they were using in several local hospitals. It was a medical technique he had invented.
He and his whole family died of cancer.
He wasn't entirely stupid though, he had tons and tons of sand he used for shielding. Unfortunately that same sand was sold to masons and used in the cement, stucco and brick mortar of many local projects.
