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In Their Element

Series 2

Phosphorus, Smoke and Lighting

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

How a discovery in boiled urine led to the trade union movement and chemical weapons. Chemist Professor Andrea Sella tells the story of the element phosphorus. Show more

In Their Element

Series 2

Our Lives with Lead

Duration: 28 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Available for over a year

Uta Frith, Emeritus Professor of Cognitive Development at University College London, on the impact of the use and abuse of lead on humanity, from the iron age to the present day. Show more