Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agoHow did people treat radio active material before they knew what radio activity was?message-squaremessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up141arrow-down14
arrow-up137arrow-down1message-squareHow did people treat radio active material before they knew what radio activity was?Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square20fedilink
minus-squareGrimy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up33·1 year agoThe radium paint one is particularly bad because they told the workers (mostly women) to give their brush a fine tip using their mouth.
minus-squarehorse_battery_staple@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-21 year agoAnd they were fucked up for life due to it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls
minus-squareILikeTraaaains@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoAnd the company know pretty well the dangers, the men who worked with the material used protection against the radiation.
The radium paint one is particularly bad because they told the workers (mostly women) to give their brush a fine tip using their mouth.
And they were fucked up for life due to it
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radium_Girls
And the company know pretty well the dangers, the men who worked with the material used protection against the radiation.