The Macabre Story of the "Radium Girls"

The macabre story of the "radium girls"
They had a dream job.
They were paid three times more than the average woman's salary and what they had to do was very simple: apply paint to the company's clocks.
The paint’s mixture included a new element, radium, but there was nothing to fear. The company assured them again and again that it wasn’t just harmless, it was even healthy.
While they amused themselves by painting their nails and teeth to glow in the dark, they used all the protective equipment at hand.
They knew that radium was a million times more radioactive than uranium.
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