Episode 6: Radium Girls

Today, We discuss the "Radium Girls" who were women who hand painted watch dials using radioactive paint. Join us as we discuss the history and the impact these women made.

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Sources:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/authorkatemoore/the-light-that-does-not-lie

https://www.cnn.com/style/article/radium-girls-radioactive-paint/index.html

https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/radium-girls

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

https://www.wired.com/2011/03/the-radium-girls/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12732/9-ways-people-used-radium-we-understood-risks

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/03/how-we-realized-putting-radium-in-everything-was-not-the-answer/273780/