The Radium Girls and America's Toxic Secret

Episode 82: In this episode we explore the Ghost Girls, better known as the Radium Girls! We traveled to Orange, New Jersey to walk the site where the United States Radium Corporation once stood. A place where the local area became so contaminated it was declared a Superfund site, leading to 1,600 tons of radioactive material and environmental waste being removed during cleanup efforts. New Jersey isn't the only state connected to the dark history of radium poisoning, radioactive contamination, and abandoned industrial sites. We also discuss other radioactive locations tied to America's nuclear past, including forgotten factories, toxic hotspots, and places paranormal investigators, urban explorers, and history lovers may recognize. So if you've ever wanted to grab a Geiger counter and explore America's most radioactive haunted locations, this episode is for you. Sources:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls?wprov=sfti1#  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Radium_Corporation?wprov=sfti1#Immediate_aftermath https://therevelator.org/radium-girls-ghostly-legacy/