▲ 212 ▼ A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegrated (www.sciencealert.com) submitted 2 years ago by zarkanian@sh.itjust.works to c/interestingasfuck@lemmy.world 29 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 51 points 2 years ago (5 children) Radium stands for radically yummy permalink fedilink source hideshow 5 child comments replies: [–] Davel23@fedia.io 17 points 2 years ago I always buy Ray-D-YUM brand radium! permalink fedilink source parent [–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) Makes one wonder about the content of that "Radium Girls" book. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) It is based on real people. Those girls are why many of the labor laws we have in the US exist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Davel23@fedia.io 17 points 2 years ago I always buy Ray-D-YUM brand radium! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) Makes one wonder about the content of that "Radium Girls" book. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) It is based on real people. Those girls are why many of the labor laws we have in the US exist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 years ago (2 children) It is based on real people. Those girls are why many of the labor laws we have in the US exist. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 point 2 years ago Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s. permalink fedilink source parent