This is very sad. After radium was discovered in 1898, it resulted in the development of many products. Besides being included in tonics, foods and clothing, it was also used to give the nighttime glow in watches.
This article provides an insight into one group of people who were effected the most, “The Radium Girls”.
http://www.cnn.com/style/article/radium-girls-radioactive-paint/index.html
This is an amazing story about Chain 124, a series of 30 kidney transplants covering 60 operations started by one person. For that person it was an act of altruism. The story covers some of the amazing mathematical matching and high speed computer processing to make this happen.
Also check out the multimedia interactive that shows all the kidney exchanges that took four months from beginning to end.
Kudos to Starbucks for getting with the program and cutting trans fats in its baked goods (Starbucks cuts trans fats). There is ample research that indicates that trans fats raise the bad cholesterol leading to higher risk of heart disease. Other chains and jurisdictions have already made that change.