Re. government radiation experiments, radium dial painters, & Marie Curie. Many of the radium dial painters received _stupendous_ doses. So, I surmise, did Marie Curie. Marie Curie, unlike many of the dial painters, lived to a relatively ripe old age. She might done better if she hadn't added the dose of a zillion X-rays to the dose from her internal radium burden. Interestingly, her husband was killed when he was run over by a horse-drawn cart. Anyway, the recent revelations should remind anyone who needs it how much trust should be accorded government. I'll stop preaching to the converted. Regards, bdolan@well.sf.ca.us