#radiumgirls — Public Fediverse posts
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Today from the #TimeLibrary: this gorgeous #Hamilton #radium watch, c 1950, with wicked #radiation burns on the dial. Up until the 50s #watches were painted with #radioactive paint so you could read them in the dark. Many of the women who painted the dials got sick and died.
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La storia del #verde #uranio di film e fumetti in realtà è molto meno divertente quando leggete la storia delle #radiumgirls e delle vernici al #radio e #rame che hanno popolarizzato e reso di moda quel colore
Per dettagli: https://www.bufale.net/perche-associamo-la-radioattivita-al-colore-verde/
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How Regulation Came to Be: Radium Girls, Pt. 3 (5th in a series)
Glow-in-the-dark watch faces used to be a thing. 5th in a series, first published in 2009. Revisited since we're talking about regulations of late:
#HowRegulationCameToBe #Regulation #History #RadiumGirls #GlowInTheDark
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How Regulation Came to Be: Radium Girls, Part II (#4 in series)
Glow-in-the-dark watch faces used to be a thing. 4th in a series, first published in 2009, revisited:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2009/3/8/706097/-How-Regulation-came-to-be-160-Radium-Girls-Part-II#HowRegulationCameToBe #Regulation #History #RadiumGirls #GlowInTheDar#GlowInTheDark
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How Regulation Came to Be: Radium Girls (Pt. 1)
#HowRegulationCameToBe #Regulation #History #RadiumGirls #GlowInTheDark
Glow-in-the-dark watch faces used to be a thing. Third in a series, first published in 2009, revisited:
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2009/3/1/703389/-How-Regulation-came-to-be-Radium-Girls-Part-I