Radioactive KABRISTAN Is Still HAUNTING THE WORLD Even After 90 Years

Marie Curie’s remains, along with some of her personal belongings such as her notebooks and even her fountain pen, are still radioactive due to her extensive work with radioactive materials—primarily radium and polonium, which she discovered. At the time of her research in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the harmful effects of prolonged exposure to radiation were not yet understood. As a result, Curie handled these elements frequently and without protective measures.

She often carried test tubes containing radioactive isotopes in her pockets and stored them in her desk drawers. The objects she used daily became contaminated by prolonged exposure to radiation, and over time, absorbed enough to remain hazardous even decades later.

Marie Curie eventually died of aplastic anemia, a condition now known to be caused by long-term radiation exposure. Her body, as well, accumulated radioactive particles over her lifetime, and as a result, when she was interred in the Panthéon in Paris in 1995, her remains were placed in a lead-lined coffin to prevent radiation exposure.

Today, her notebooks and belongings are stored in lead-lined boxes. Anyone wishing to view or handle them must use protective gear and follow strict safety protocols, a lasting testament to the invisible danger she unknowingly carried.