The Tragic True Story of the Radium Girls

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In the 1920s, hundreds of young women were hired to paint glow in the dark watch dials using radium laced paint. They were told it was safe. Some were even told it could improve their health and complexion.

But every time they dipped the brush, painted the dial, and touched it to their lips, they were unknowingly swallowing radioactive material.

This is the tragic true story of the Radium Girls the factory workers whose bodies were slowly poisoned from within, and whose legal fight helped change workplace safety laws forever.

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