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358-The Radium Girls
In 1917, a New Jersey company began hiring young women to paint luminous marks on the faces of watches and clocks. As time went on, they began to exhibit alarming symptoms, and a struggle ensued to establish the cause. I...
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358-The Radium Girls is an episode from Futility Closet by Greg Ross. In 1917, a New Jersey company began hiring young women to paint luminous marks on the faces of watches and clocks. As time went on, they began to exhibit alarming symptom...
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Published Sep 13, 2021, 30:34 long, audio available.
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