• nocturne
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        810 months ago

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

        • @[email protected]
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          310 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.

          • nocturne
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            110 months ago

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