Not so much radioactive – natural “reactors” have been discovered deep in uranium deposits but are very very old. Pretty much all natural radioactive material is not noticeably radioactive and needs intense processing to make it more pure. So while there have been incidents like these –
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How about blessed objects and places?
Not so much radioactive – natural “reactors” have been discovered deep in uranium deposits but are very very old. Pretty much all natural radioactive material is not noticeably radioactive and needs intense processing to make it more pure. So while there have been incidents like these –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A2nia_accident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samut_Prakan_radiation_accident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramatorsk_radiological_accident
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lia_radiological_accident
(fascinating and scary reading btw) this wouldn’t be possible before the 20th century, largely not before the 1950s.
But gases, chemicals, natural poisons, etc are all likely causes of “cursed” places.
The ring made burn marks of Frodo’s chest and have him blurry vision and migraines. That thing was definitely radioactive.