Radium Girls Vintage Cartoon

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Quote :: This 1928 cartoon shows Death hovering over "Radium Girls." The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint. The women, who had been told the paint was harmless, ingested deadly amounts of radium by licking their paintbrushes to give them a fine point; some also painted their fingernails and teeth with the glowing substance.

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Wow. Quite creepy. Especially for that era.