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mitch96

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4. I remember the radium girl's during my Radiology training

Tue Mar 10, 2020, 06:02 AM

Mar 2020

To paint the radium on the numbers of the watch, the girls would wet the point of the fine paint brush with their wet lips..... then dip in the radium paint. They would repeat this all day long.
Can you imagine how much radioactive material these girls ingested!!!!
Thats CRAZY!! ...... but back then we did not know... Other wacko things were x-raying your feet to see if the shoes fit.... Superficial x-ray therapy to "cure" acne.... Lots of nuts stuff back then...
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Celebrating the 'Radium Girls' and Working Women Who Fought for Their Rights [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2020 OP

Martyrs, indeed. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #1

Last year, I watched a documentary on the Triangle Shirtwaist dewsgirl Mar 2020 #2

I recommend reading "radium girls" Danmel Mar 2020 #3

I remember the radium girl's during my Radiology training mitch96 Mar 2020 #4

I had x-ray acne treatments as a teenager..... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #6

" if that could explain some of my memory issues through adulthood." mitch96 Mar 2020 #10

It's a great book. lynintenn Mar 2020 #5

Thanks, TT. Here's a couple of YouTube videos on the topic. KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #7

Kicked and recommended. ❤ nt littlemissmartypants Mar 2020 #8

Hell, yah - Remember back then packman Mar 2020 #9

my sister had a fairly large hemangioma removed from her cheek yellowdogintexas Mar 2021 #11

Thank you for the grim reminders of these tragedies. An additional piece of the Triangle Fire niyad Mar 2021 #12