Short Suck #54: Lip, Dip, and Die! The Radium Girls
About this episode
The episode explores the tragic story of the Radium Girls and the impact of their workplace conditions on worker safety laws.
Today we explore the horrifying true story of the Radium Girls — young women told to “lip, dip, and paint” with radioactive dial paint while their employers hid the deadly consequences. What began as a factory job seen as glamorous and high-paying turned into one of the most grotesque workplace poisoning scandals in American history, leaving behind shattered bodies, corporate lies, and a legal battle that helped change worker safety forever.
Topics covered
- Radium Girls
- workplace safety
- poisoning scandal
- corporate responsibility
- legal battles
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