THE RADIUM GIRLS, Glowing Green After Licking Poisoned Paint Brushes. At Victim's Grave in Ottawa IL

We pay respects at the grave of one of the prominent victims of this infamous event, at St. Columba Cemetery in Ottawa, Illinois.

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THIS STORY:

The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with self-luminous paint. After being told that the paint was harmless, the women in each facility ingested deadly amounts of radium after being instructed to "point" their brushes on their lips in order to give them a fine tip; some also painted their fingernails, face and teeth with the glowing substance. Many of the workers became sick; it is unknown how many died from exposure to radiation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls

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