Medical Mysteries

Radium Girls Pt. 1: Women Who Glowed in the Dark

06.16.2020 - By Spotify StudiosPlay

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In the 1920s, dial-painters at US Radium's New Jersey factory began getting sick. They were diagnosed with syphilis and phossy jaw, but their symptoms didn't add up. The women suspected something about their job was making them fatally ill—but they were running out of time to solve the mystery.

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