Presented here is the story of the mining and sale of uranium and radium ore through
biographical vignettes chemistry physics geology geography occupational health medical
utilization environmental safety and industrial history. Included are the people and places
involved over the course of over 90 years of interconnected mining and sale of radium and
uranium finally ending in 1991 with the abandonment of radium paint and medical devices
Soviet nuclear parity and the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act.
