He was the man who launched the world into the nuclear age, winning a Nobel prize and laying the foundations for modern nuclear physics. But now it appears that radiation left over from 100-year-old experiments by Ernest Rutherford, the first man to split the atom, could be partly responsible for the deaths of up to four Manchester University staff.
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Four university workers 'killed by radiation from 100-year-old experiments by nuclear pioneer Ernest Rutherford' - Daily Mail 23rd September 2008
The deadly legacy of room 2.62 – or just a cancerous coincidence? - The Independent 24th September 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
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