The Radium Girls – Episode 1

5 months ago
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In the early 1900s, young women were hired to paint glowing watch dials using radium — a radioactive element they were told was completely safe. They licked their brushes to get a perfect tip, unknowingly ingesting deadly poison over and over again.

They were called "The Radium Girls." And what happened next is one of the most horrifying industrial tragedies in American history.

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