The Radium Girls

The glowing ghost girls of the 1920s and the tragedy of the Lip, Dip, Paint technique. In 1917, young women were hired by the United States Radium Corporation to paint glowing watch dials. They were told the radium was safe, even beneficial. Instructed to point their brushes using their mouths, they unknowingly ingested radioactive material daily. This is the tragic true story of the Radium Girls, whose fight for justice against a massive corporate cover-up forever changed occupational safety laws in America. Their horrifying legacy lives on, even as their bones continue to emit radiation a century later. Welcome back to another episode of Strange World. If you are fascinated by the darker corners of our past, be sure to follow and subscribe for more deep dives into history's most unsettling true stories. #darkhistory #radiumgirls #history #truecrime #historicalfacts #creepyhistory #weirdhistory #documentary #mystery #historytok