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[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 8 points 2 months ago

It is based on real people. Those girls are why many of the labor laws we have in the US exist.

[-] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

And their jaws literally desintegrated. And they still had to fight for their bosses to change anything. Also, the non-toxic alternative was only slightly more expensive.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 months ago

Radium paint was used on watches into the 70s despite what happened to the radium girls in the 20s-30s.

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