nokturne213 comments on A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegrated

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

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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[–] 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.

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