An interesting article on the United States Radium Company and the radium girls. I think we are all aware of role of the radium girls in clock and watch making, but their misfortune played an integral part in radiation safety for many years after.
https://allthatsinteresting.com/radium-girls
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Fascinating and horribly sad...
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Re: Radium Girls
My grandfather was a dentist in New Jersey and treated a number of Radium Girls at the time. He shared few details but did describe some of the horrible progressions his patients endured.
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