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And before that, women were poisoned with radium, which was used to mark watch dials with luminous paint. What's remarkable was that executives and scientists w
by donarb 10y ago
And before that, women were poisoned with radium, which was used to mark watch dials with luminous paint. What's remarkable was that executives and scientists were aware of the toxic nature of the radioactive paint, yet the women were instructed to use their lips to form points on their brushes to make the painting more precise. Lawsuits happened in the 1930's.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls
- samstave 10y agoYup... and I recall having a Radium clock in my grandparents house when I was a child... I can still see the thing in my minds eye. It looked very similar to this: https://img1.etsystatic.com/163/0/7022168/il_340x270.1212341565_rw4g.jpg https://img1.etsystatic.com/163/0/7022168/il_340x270.1212341...