The Radium Girls

Poisoned By Progress: How Factory Workers Exposed One of the Deadliest Corporate Scandals in History

von Zahid Ameer

214 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Discover the shocking true story of the Radium Girls, the young factory workers who painted luminous watch dials with radium and unknowingly absorbed a deadly poison. The Radium Girls: Poisoned By Progress explores the history of radium, the rise of the luminous-dial industry, workplace radium poisoning, radiation sickness, corporate negligence, scientific discovery, and the courageous legal battles that followed. Delve into the tragic stories of Grace Fryer and other women whose illnesses exposed one of the most disturbing industrial scandals of the twentieth century. Learn how radium entered the human body, why the damage remained hidden for years, how doctors and scientists uncovered the cause of mysterious deaths and bone diseases, and how the workers' fight for justice helped transform occupational safety, employer responsibility, workers' rights, industrial regulation, and public awareness of radiation hazards. Engaging, informative, and meticulously focused on the Radium Girls, this book reveals the human cost of industrial progress and the landmark struggle that changed how companies, scientists, courts, and governments confronted workplace dangers.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798176483918
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 23.09.2026
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: Independently published