Radium girls. The scandalous case of factory workers who received a dose of radiation from luminous paint

In the United States, during the First World War, radial paint was used to make luminous dials of army watches. Thousands of girls painted arrows and numbers - it was a simple but prestigious job (and helping soldiers) with high wages. Factory workers licked brushes in order to more accurately apply paint to dials and small parts with a pointed tip. It is scary to imagine how much radia in this way fell into their body! In addition, for the sake of a joke, they tinted their nails and teeth to boast of friends and relatives. No one could even imagine that such a promising work, coupled with a sincere desire to help soldiers in the war years lead to a terrible tragedy, which would subsequently cause a huge public resonance and strike. The courage and perseverance of young girls led to a change in labor protection standards, research in the field of production of atomic bombs and the salvation of thousands of lives.
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