Nowadays we're all aware of the insane dangers of radioactivity. So, if you came across a job description asking you to " swallow small amounts of a highly toxic and radioactive substance all day long , 5 days a week", you certainly wouldn't apply, right? As crazy as it sounds, this job used to exist! Women in the 1910s painted watch dials with a special radium-based paint that glowed in the dark. Unknown author / Public domain These women kept their brushes pointy by constantly licking them, without knowing that the radium they were bringing into their bodies was extremely dangerous! If you want to learn about the Radium Girls, the tragic health effects the...
What a day to be alive, and what a time to start a blog! Within this still surreal COVID experience and suddenly faced with loads of spare time, I felt I couldn't hold on to my thoughts any longer, they needed a way out! I do have loads to say (as always, and as everyone who knows me knows I do!) but now, finally faced with this clean slate it's tricky to know where to start! 😶 I will let my thoughts take their course, so be ready for a bit of a rollercoaster ride! 🙋🙆 If you know me you might know I'm quite methodical and organised (glimpses of the scientist in me), yet I’m also extremely energetic, bouncy and loud (or so I’m often told!). There are no grey scales with me, definitely none! Instead, there are loads of different colours rushing and gushing around, intense excitement and wonderful, positive feelings 😁! Tropical aromas, jiggly melodies and loads of smiles! Warm thoughts and feelings; a sense of goodness and kindness being my most essenti...
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