Radium is a metal that is found in nature.
Radium can be found at varying levels throughout Vermont and the entire earth in soil, water, rocks, plants and food. We are all exposed to very low levels of radium every day. Though relatively uncommon, you can also be exposed if your drinking water comes from a well that contains radium. This can occur if radium is present in the rock where the well is drilled. The radium dissolves from the rock and enters the well water.