I'd always been under the impression that the only knowledge of radioactivity affecting humans was based on bomb survivors but a lot of research was done on radium dial painters and people who had ingested radium for "health reasons" (it was a thing!). I did enjoy the fact that there was more background into the history of radium, and also more follow up about nuclear weapons and OH&S standards. The science was marginally better but it is not a major publication with flashy editing and thus reads a little dry. I'd always been under the impression that the only knowledge of radioactivity affecting h I wasn't wild about The Radium Girls as the science was severely lacking, almost to an irresponsible degree. I wasn't wild about The Radium Girls as the science was severely lacking, almost to an irresponsible degree. Recommended if you want to learn about a little known fact about our history and the history of radioactive substances in the U.S. Although we are treated to a list of their ages and their cause of death and year in the appendix, the chapter on the follow-up is very brief. What happened to those around them? Their children born after they were exposed? The Center followed many of these women for years. Many of them were highly radioactive and with every breath they expelled radon. I was curious as to the effects of the radium on the worker's husbands and children. I only wish there were MORE stories and MORE detail. The author worked at the Center for Human Radiobiology. This got people's attention to the deleterious effects of radiation on people and forced safety standards at factories. Makes you angry! But if this tragedy hadn't happened then more people would have died. It's the story about typical corporations - oh, we're not responsible - no, you can't sue us because you can't prove it - oh, the statute of limitations is up - and other normal corporate BS. I had first heard about these women a few years ago in another book I read and I decided to learn more. Many, if not most, of these women, died horrible deaths. They used Radium and back then, people didn't know (or chose to ignore) the health consequences of exposure to radiation. It's the story about typical corporations - oh, we're not responsible - no, you This was a really interesting but terribly sad story about the women who painted glow in the dark numerals on watches back in the 1920's.
This was a really interesting but terribly sad story about the women who painted glow in the dark numerals on watches back in the 1920's. But for all people, Deadly Glow will tell the dreadful tale and heroic conclusion of a public health disaster.more This is a compelling story for occupational medicine, health physics, radiation safety, and public health workers. In time, this tragedy would be recognized as the worlds' first mass experience with injury and death caused by exposure to atomic radiation. Solving the intriguing mystery of the workers' disabling, yet unknown, disease would be a complex and difficult task requiring brilliant detective work of several investigators. Physicians were baffled and misdiagnosed their conditions as heart disease and even syphilis.
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The victims suffered from skin ulcerations, tumors, and other severe medical symptoms. From their experience, the harmful effects of radium deposited in the body became known. It chronicles the lives of numerous young women who worked in radium application plants in the early 1900s painting numerals on instrument and watch dials. The victims suffered from skin ulcerations, tumors, and other severe Deadly Glow is an important story of a public health tragedy. Deadly Glow is an important story of a public health tragedy.
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