“alongside other French luminaries” although in her case, the luminary term is literal. 😁
When hey exhumed her body to move it she was at a level of \(90 \text{ nGy/h}\). To put this dose rate into perspective, typical natural background radiation varies depending on your location, but it generally falls around \(60\text{—}150 \text{ nGy/h}\) globally. So her level of (\(90 \text{ nGy/h}\): \(\sim 0.8 \text{ mSv/year}\) is completely normal and safe)
Marie Curie died of aplastic anemia on July 4, 1934, at the Sancellemoz Sanatorium in Passy, France. This rare bone marrow condition, which prevents the body from producing enough new blood cells, was caused by her decades of prolonged, unprotected exposure to radiation during her pioneering research. She did cut back exposure in her latter years.
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