37. The Radium Girls Part I

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For Part 1, we talk about the discovery of radium, how it was used, and the devastating effects it had on the people who were exposed to it. Our oddity today is Masha Cat. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1998/10/06/science/a-glow-in-the-dark-and-a-lesson-in-scientific-peril.html#:~:text=But%20she%20never%20fully%20acknowledged,of%20diseases%20induced%20by%20radiation. https://www.businessinsider.com/marie-curie-radioactive-papers-2015-8 https://blog.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/the-radium-girls/#:~:text=By%20the%20early%20twentieth%20century,cure%20illnesses%2C%20and%20increase%20beauty. https://www.britannica.com/story/radium-girls-the-women-who-fought-for-their-lives-in-a-killer-workplace https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1998-oct-04-mn-29114-story.html https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/?a=d&d=DIL19380728.2.15&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN---------- https://www.nprillinois.org/equity-justice/2018-01-25/the-radium-girls-an-illinois-tragedy https://www.nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/new-jerseys-radium-girls-and-nist-trained-scientist-who-came-their-aid https://explorethearchive.com/the-radium-girls https://www.theradiumgirls.com/the-girls https://www.npr.org/2014/12/28/373510029/saved-by-a-bad-taste-one-of-the-last-radium-girls-dies-at-107 https://history.howstuffworks.com/historical-events/radium-girls.htm https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/tumwater-wa/mabel-williams-6529794 https://www.nprillinois.org/equity-justice/2018-01-25/the-radium-girls-an-illinois-tragedy https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/russian-cat-called-masha-saves-baby-abandoned-in-the-cold-9983367.html