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The Dangerous Practice of Watch Dial Painting in the Early 1900s
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Learn about the hazardous practice of watch dial painting in the early 1900s, where workers would ingest radium to achieve a fine point on their paint brushes, ultimately leading to cancer and death.
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ChapterThe Dangerous Practice of Watch Dial Painting in the Early 1900s
EpisodeThe Radium Girls
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The Radium Girls were a group of female factory workers in the early 1900s who were exposed to deadly amounts of radium while using it to paint watch faces, leading to cancer and death.
19:57 - 21:36 (01:39)
Radium
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The Radium Girls were a group of female factory workers in the early 1900s who were exposed to deadly amounts of radium while using it to paint watch faces, leading to cancer and death. They were also unknowingly ingesting the radium by using a technique called lip pointing.