zarkanian@sh.itjust.works to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1年前A Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegratedwww.sciencealert.comexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1215arrow-down14
arrow-up1211arrow-down1external-linkA Man Drank So Much Radium His Skull Literally Disintegratedwww.sciencealert.comzarkanian@sh.itjust.works to interestingasfuck@lemmy.world · 1年前message-square30fedilink
minus-squareDavidGarcia@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up53arrow-down2·1年前Radium stands for radically yummy
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1年前Makes one wonder about the content of that “Radium Girls” book.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1年前It is based on real people. Those girls are why many of the labor laws we have in the US exist.
minus-squareCitizenKong@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1年前And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive.
minus-squarenocturne@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1年前Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s.
Radium stands for radically yummy
I always buy Ray-D-YUM brand radium!
Makes one wonder about the content of that “Radium Girls” book.
It is based on real people. Those girls are why many of the labor laws we have in the US exist.
And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive.
Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s.