Although Curie's many decades of exposure to radiation caused chronic illnesses, including near-blindness due to cataracts and ultimately her death, she never really acknowledged the health risks of radiation exposure. (4 July 1934)
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Northwestern University Technological Institute
Evanston, Illinois, United States.
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Wednesday 9th of May 1979 (x) — Graduate student John Harris is injured when he opens a box left by Mathematician and serial bomber Theodore Kaczynski . Harris suffered minor cuts and burns. Bomb #2 consisted of a cigar box and a pipe bomb triggered by a battery-operated filament that ignited explosive powders. The package contained a number of small finger-sized pieces of wood glued to its outer container.