Episode 96: Radium - For Vigor?

This week we have on special guest Aubrey to talk about about the Radium Girls of the 1920s. At the time, the need was simple: people to paint things with radium so that they glowed in the dark, like instrument panels for aircraft. This job invariably fell to many young women, and while the pay was great, the risk (unbeknownst to them) was very, very high. This story features some really graphic descriptions of the things that radium can do to the body. It's the timeless tale of big business vs. human safety, but safety wins in the end. Kind of.