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Discover the heartbreaking true story of the Radium Girls—young factory workers who painted watch dials with glowing radium in the early 1900s. Told the substance was safe, they unknowingly exposed themselves to deadly radiation every day. As their health declined, they fought powerful companies in a landmark legal battle that transformed workplace safety and workers' rights. A shocking true story of courage, injustice, and lasting change.
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00:00The paint glowed in the dark. So did their teeth.
00:041917. Young girls at the factory laughed while painting watches with radium.
00:10Lip. Dip. Paint. Again. Again.
00:14Their skin started glowing at night.
00:17Managers called it beautiful.
00:19Then the bleeding started.
00:21Why is my jaw moving?
00:23One girl's teeth fell into her hand.
00:25Another's spine collapsed slowly in bed.
00:28Doctors whispered, impossible.
00:32But the company knew the girls were poisoned by the same glowing paint they were told was harmless.
00:39And the cruelest part?
00:41The bosses used protective gear.
00:43The girls didn't.
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