They painted glow-in-the-dark watch dials at the U.S. Radium factory in Orange. Then their teeth began to fall out. The 1920s story of the “Radium Girls" of New Jersey is coming to the big screen in ...

A century ago, radium in scant quantities was thought to be healthful. People sipped it diluted in water and applied makeup made with it. They consumed milk and butter laced with it and brushed their ...

The town of Ottawa, Ill., is banding together to honor the memories of watch dial painters who were poisoned by a radium paint in the town during the 1920s and 1930s. Piller’s father, William, is a ...

In the 1920s, a group of women using radium to paint watch dials unknowingly sealed their fate, exposing themselves to a deadly substance that would forever change their lives. Radium Girls, now being ...

In 1922, an exciting new opportunity came to the women of Ottawa, Illinois. The Radium Dial Company opened a factory and began hiring well-paid female employees by the dozen. Their job was to paint ...

CHEYENNE — Inspired by a true story, “Radium Girls” takes the stage at Cheyenne’s Central High School on Oct. 24, 25 and 26 at 7 p.m. The play is based on the true story of the women and men who ...

The lives of women working in a 1920s radium watch dial factory are literally illuminated by playwright Melanie Marnich in "These Shining Lives," and the Center Stage world premiere has a humanistic ...

Removal of radioactive World War II dials in eight acres of storage warehouses in Columbia, Marietta, Maytown and Mount Joy could cost nearly $2 million, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection ...

In 1926, radium was considered a miracle elixir, thought to cure everything from arthritis to cancer. It was even sold commercially in soft drinks. No one had any idea the stuff was harmful until one ...

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