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Re: Wearing Radium-Dial Watches - Hazards?
An interesting side note....
I have a news clipping from the Washington Post from 1962 which I use in
training which announced the banning of radium pocket watches in New York City
on the grounds that they exposed those who carried them to "excessive
radiation". The action was taken by the City Board of Health , Health
Commissioner. It did not affect the sale of wrist watches.
William A. Lorenzen
Children's Hospital
Boston, MA 02115
lorenzen_w@a1.tch.harvard.edu
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