Radium Girls

This week, join Haley for a wake and bake and hear the horrifying story of The Radium Girls! Lack of safety procedures, transparency, and common human decency led to the horrifyingly slow death of 30 womhien, while corporate greed assholes sat around and collected sweet sweet cash.

Here is the waterbury clock mentioned at the beginning of the show, the ad read, and an artist's depiction of Phossy Jaw.

Sources:

Waterbury's Radium Girls

How World War I Changed Watches Forever

After Glow - 90 Years Ago Workers At The Waterbury Clock Company Began Dying After Painting Radium On Clock Dials

The Mysterious Illnesses of the Dial Painters The Story of Amelia Maggia Amelia Maggia (1896-1922) is one of seven daughters bo

The Secret Killer of the Waterbury Radium Girls.

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