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World Service,1 min

How thorium lit up the world

Business Daily

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Chemistry Professor Andrea Sella of University College London explains how this radioactive chemical element brought "gas mantel" street lighting to cities a century ago. (Picture: Gas street lighting; Credit: altanakin/Thinkstock)

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