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He was a major help in discovering advances in safety factors.
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Miners were getting "Mountain Sickness" from radioactive substances in the earth
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In 1869-1877 75% of miners died from lung cancer
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Mountain Sickness was founded to be a cancerous tumor
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Discovered the element Radon
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Orgionally named Radon "radium emanation"
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There was an increase in cancer frequency due to "Mountain sickness" in miners
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Radioactivity was the believed cause of cancer in miners
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The element name was offically changed to Radon
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Miners lung cancer tumors were found to be caused by Radon.
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Miners that got lung cancer were exposed to much larger doses of Radon then the avrage person
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discovered radon in the products they were using was harming the miners more than the radon gases they were exposed to.
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published a pamphlet on hazards of radon exposure and how to prevent it to the general public.
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In the 1920-30's Radon was discovered in mines, and this was later linked to the cause of cancer in miners.