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The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women
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A moving and unflinching account of the many young women in the radium dial industry stricken with mouth …more

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Melissa
Jul 25, 2017 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: she-blinded-me-with-science, chemistry, books-i-heard, 24-in-48-2017
You know that thing, where you're listening to the end of your science history audiobook, walking into work at the hospital via the tunnel from the College of Medicine, and you're trying to swallow down the lump in your throat and not burst out in tears? This is that book. Moore's history of the women behind the radium dial lawsuits, who provided much of our knowledge about the damage radiation poisoning wreaks on the human body and started the legal reforms to protect workers, is powerfully wri ...more
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Jul 06, 2018 rated it really liked it
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