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This case specifically was the beginning of the field of "health physics" and the serious study of ionizing radiation effects on the body. It was from the direct study of radium's effects on these victims that the limits on plutonium exposure would first be extrapolated a couple decades later during the Manhattan Project. Mindbogglingly, at the time of this very article's publication in 1928 it was still perfectly legal to sell radium infused water for people to drink as a cure all and "endocrine stimulator", which a socialite sportsman named Eben Byers was doing several times a day. Within 2 years holes were forming in his skull and his jaw fell off. Riddled with cancer, he died in 1932. The clocks painted with Undark at the US Radium Corporation factory are more or less just as radioactive today as they were when they were painted a century ago, and will continue to be for thousands of years to come. They're actually quite collectable among enthusiasts.
You mean people actually COLLECT these watches, even though they're STILL RADIOACTIVE? ☢️ 🤯😱 😳 OMG!!! Not only is that CRAZY 😵, THAT'S DANGEROUS! 🥺😮😲 People who collect and own those things could CONTRACT RADIUM POISONING AND DIE, JUST LIKE THOSE "RADIUM GIRLS"!
Another business that has caused deformities and death was match making, especially in Great Britain. The chemicals they used in the 1800's would deteriorate bone, cause horrific facial deformities, and early death. Back then, matches were made by hand in factories, usually by women.
Oh So Sad, women exploited by certain businessmen ,who murdered those women. The men handling the radium knew the risks, they wore lead jackets, poor young women were kept in the dark.
I thought at first that the women in that photo were in prison, because of the stripes on their clothes. That, in turn, made me think that the title "Five Women Soon To Die" was referring to five convicted killers waiting to be executed. Appearances CAN be deceiving.
Yes whereas communists and socialists have always virtuously done exactly the reverse. Now where's that Chernobyl docudrama I've been meaning to watch.
@@Muonium1 OMG! 🤯 Here we go again, bringing the old RED MENACE into the argument! 😱 Look pal, I don't believe in Communism anymore than you do (and there's nothing per se wrong with certain forms of Socialism, especially DEMOCRATIC Socialism, as practiced in many NON-COMMUNIST countries, or CHRISTIAN Socialism, as practiced by people like Bishop Francis Bellamy, the AUTHOR OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG), but if you think that unbridled corporate capitalism, where the big bosses put profits ahead of the safety of their employees, is any better, you're CRAZY!
What about Black Lung (CWP)? What distinguishes these radium workers from other lethal occupations, other than the mystique of radiation surrounding it? At the time the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge killed 35 workers, it was known perfectly well that some would die completing the project. Ex-convicts who are basically unemployable have been hired as temporary workers in extremely hazardous occupations. The list goes on…..
What distinguishes them is that they were female. The media and the public at large will always lionize and care far more about unjust female workplace fatalities than male. At the time of this incident females probably comprised somewhere around less than 2% of all workplace fatalities, even today the figure is barely 8%. It's the reason every school child is taught about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and every adult knows the story, while at the same time barely a soul has ever heard of the Monongah mining disaster, despite the latter killing more than double the number of men than the former killed women. The wiki article for the Shirtwaist disaster is approximately four times as long as the Monongah mine disaster. Men are viewed by society as largely expendable and forgettable, disasters *really* matter in the public eye when they happen to women.
Or.....stay with me. This is one story about a particular situation. Just because they don't acknowledge the other dangerous occupations going on during this time, doesn't mean they're belittling or trivializing them.
I thought this was about Ruth Snyder whose famous death picture was snapped at NY “Sing Sing” electric chair in July of 1928. While I believe Ruth deserved her sentence, I feel for those hard working women who were dumped by the system after their plight was revealed. Have a great day!
God have mercy on the poor lamb s 😢 my mum told me about the night (glow) green death back in the day and (then) you get a job as a rear gunner in a big bomber if you (eat) carrots 😮 the past (gaslighting) or just old school capitalism????????? 😢😮😅😊
And the same thing happened during World War II for those who painted the dials and guage faces for aircraft. The women didn’t know, but the companies did, and still taught the women to make a point on their brushes with their lips.
There was an out of court settlement, amounting to a $10,000 lump sum, plus an annuity of $600 per year for the rest of their lives, plus payment of all medical and legal expenses.
The Radium Girls' case was settled in the autumn of 1928, before the trial was deliberated by the jury, and the settlement for each of the Radium Girls was $10,000 (equivalent to $177,000 in 2023) and a $600 per year annuity (equivalent to $10,600 in 2023) paid $12 a week (equivalent to $200 in 2023). The half life of radium is roughly 1,600 years. Today, roughly100 years after their death, the Radium Girls are still glowing where they are buried.
@@darrenrobertw No, they did not. US Radium was alleged to have engaged in various legal tactics to stall and delay the proceeding so more of the women would die before their cases could be heard.
My grandma’s aunt was lucky: she was the personal secretary for a company but she ended up passing away from complications from Alzheimer’s disease when I was 3 years old. Her husband had schizophrenia so she had to work. She had one baby who had SIDS and one daughter who now has dementia. I wouldn’t want her life
Perhaps off-topic, but I don't care. I'm retired and I admit I watch too much TV. I'm constantly bombarded with commercials for fragrant products, particularly home air fresheners in aerosol cans and wall plug-ins, perfumed laundry detergent and dryer sheets. The ads show actors inhaling deeply, then grinning with eyes rolled back. How can anybody's instincts not tell them these products are deadly? I'm sure the manufacturers know exactly what they're selling.
Five Women Soon To Die In 1928 1850pm 27.6.24 i mean you cant get any older than that.... dying. i suppose 1918 until 1939 was enough time to have a good time of it.... hedonism and flappers. this is depressing, though....
That had to be a horrific way to die. :(
But it be the jazz age
Fortunately, corporations today show deep concern for the welfare of their employees. (Sarcasm)
RIP to them all 😢😢😢😢🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This case specifically was the beginning of the field of "health physics" and the serious study of ionizing radiation effects on the body. It was from the direct study of radium's effects on these victims that the limits on plutonium exposure would first be extrapolated a couple decades later during the Manhattan Project.
Mindbogglingly, at the time of this very article's publication in 1928 it was still perfectly legal to sell radium infused water for people to drink as a cure all and "endocrine stimulator", which a socialite sportsman named Eben Byers was doing several times a day. Within 2 years holes were forming in his skull and his jaw fell off. Riddled with cancer, he died in 1932.
The clocks painted with Undark at the US Radium Corporation factory are more or less just as radioactive today as they were when they were painted a century ago, and will continue to be for thousands of years to come. They're actually quite collectable among enthusiasts.
You mean people actually COLLECT these watches, even though they're STILL RADIOACTIVE? ☢️ 🤯😱
😳 OMG!!!
Not only is that CRAZY 😵, THAT'S DANGEROUS! 🥺😮😲 People who collect and own those things could CONTRACT RADIUM POISONING AND DIE, JUST LIKE THOSE "RADIUM GIRLS"!
Very tragic story. "Radium Girls" is a 2018 movie about this.
It’s a book 📖 as well.
@@lefty-bw1zpwestclox company in Illinois
A Highschool drama class recently did a live performance of “Radium Girls “ a few months ago. It was really interesting to watch.
Another business that has caused deformities and death was match making, especially in Great Britain. The chemicals they used in the 1800's would deteriorate bone, cause horrific facial deformities, and early death. Back then, matches were made by hand in factories, usually by women.
Oh So Sad, women exploited by certain businessmen ,who murdered those women. The men handling the radium knew the risks, they wore lead jackets, poor young women were kept in the dark.
The same thing happened in Britain. Painting the luminous dials on clocks 🕒. But smoking 🚬 was fine?
That's what I thought the picture looked like. The workers painting the watch dials. Very Sad.
Five Women Soon To Die In 1928 1854pm 27.6.24 unless the big business man was just as ignorant as his workers.... in which case.... what say you?
I thought at first that the women in that photo were in prison, because of the stripes on their clothes. That, in turn, made me think that the title "Five Women Soon To Die" was referring to five convicted killers waiting to be executed.
Appearances CAN be deceiving.
@@michaelpalmieri7335 some folk are not as they seem. whatever you think is the case is probably totally at odds with what such folk are about...
Capitalists always favor financial profit over human life.
ALWAYS !!!
😢
Yes whereas communists and socialists have always virtuously done exactly the reverse. Now where's that Chernobyl docudrama I've been meaning to watch.
@@Muonium1
OMG! 🤯 Here we go again, bringing the old RED MENACE into the argument! 😱
Look pal, I don't believe in Communism anymore than you do (and there's nothing per se wrong with certain forms of Socialism, especially DEMOCRATIC Socialism, as practiced in many NON-COMMUNIST countries, or CHRISTIAN Socialism, as practiced by people like Bishop Francis Bellamy, the AUTHOR OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE AMERICAN FLAG), but if you think that unbridled corporate capitalism, where the big bosses put profits ahead of the safety of their employees, is any better, you're CRAZY!
Yes, communists never murder anyone, even directly. Nor their fascist brothers.
Radium Girls was a good movie. So sad.
What about Black Lung (CWP)? What distinguishes these radium workers from other lethal occupations, other than the mystique of radiation surrounding it? At the time the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge killed 35 workers, it was known perfectly well that some would die completing the project. Ex-convicts who are basically unemployable have been hired as temporary workers in extremely hazardous occupations. The list goes on…..
What distinguishes them is that they were female. The media and the public at large will always lionize and care far more about unjust female workplace fatalities than male. At the time of this incident females probably comprised somewhere around less than 2% of all workplace fatalities, even today the figure is barely 8%. It's the reason every school child is taught about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and every adult knows the story, while at the same time barely a soul has ever heard of the Monongah mining disaster, despite the latter killing more than double the number of men than the former killed women. The wiki article for the Shirtwaist disaster is approximately four times as long as the Monongah mine disaster. Men are viewed by society as largely expendable and forgettable, disasters *really* matter in the public eye when they happen to women.
Or.....stay with me. This is one story about a particular situation. Just because they don't acknowledge the other dangerous occupations going on during this time, doesn't mean they're belittling or trivializing them.
Horrible
Those poor women. R.I.P
I thought this was about Ruth Snyder whose famous death picture was snapped at NY “Sing Sing” electric chair in July of 1928.
While I believe Ruth deserved her sentence, I feel for those hard working women who were dumped by the system after their plight was revealed.
Have a great day!
So awful. I remember seeing illustrations of the bone loss.
Thanks for the sad, cautionary story, considering the current social/political climate.
God have mercy on the poor lamb s 😢 my mum told me about the night (glow) green death back in the day and (then) you get a job as a rear gunner in a big bomber if you (eat) carrots 😮 the past (gaslighting) or just old school capitalism????????? 😢😮😅😊
I recently read the carrots story was a cover to keep the Germans from discovering the Allies had radar.
There is a TV documentary about this.
Awful!
Sad
Some movie's would be great. As originally seen. Cartoons included along with the intermission.
I believe that's the same statue of limitations in VA for medical lawsuits.
Sad thing is Nothing has Changed 😵💫😬
Early example of what "shareholder value" really means...
Thank You.
Well, It's a good that business doesn't do things like this anymore. 😬
You THINK! 🤔
Fantastic video on a generally forgotten subject. Some background here... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Radium_Corporation
😔
So..what happened? Was it ever legally resolved?
They died of radium poisoning and couldn’t sue
And the same thing happened during World War II for those who painted the dials and guage faces for aircraft. The women didn’t know, but the companies did, and still taught the women to make a point on their brushes with their lips.
What was the eventual outcome, if any.........???
There was an out of court settlement, amounting to a $10,000 lump sum, plus an annuity of $600 per year for the rest of their lives, plus payment of all medical and legal expenses.
The Radium Girls' case was settled in the autumn of 1928, before the trial was deliberated by the jury, and the settlement for each of the Radium Girls was $10,000 (equivalent to $177,000 in 2023) and a $600 per year annuity (equivalent to $10,600 in 2023) paid $12 a week (equivalent to $200 in 2023). The half life of radium is roughly 1,600 years. Today, roughly100 years after their death, the Radium Girls are still glowing where they are buried.
@@t-mar9275 hi T, thanks for your message. Very sad. Did the families of the already deceased get compensated do you know?
@@darrenrobertw No, they did not. US Radium was alleged to have engaged in various legal tactics to stall and delay the proceeding so more of the women would die before their cases could be heard.
My grandma’s aunt was lucky: she was the personal secretary for a company but she ended up passing away from complications from Alzheimer’s disease when I was 3 years old. Her husband had schizophrenia so she had to work. She had one baby who had SIDS and one daughter who now has dementia. I wouldn’t want her life
Perhaps off-topic, but I don't care. I'm retired and I admit I watch too much TV. I'm constantly bombarded with commercials for fragrant products, particularly home air fresheners in aerosol cans and wall plug-ins, perfumed laundry detergent and dryer sheets. The ads show actors inhaling deeply, then grinning with eyes rolled back. How can anybody's instincts not tell them these products are deadly? I'm sure the manufacturers know exactly what they're selling.
Five Women Soon To Die In 1928 1850pm 27.6.24 i mean you cant get any older than that.... dying. i suppose 1918 until 1939 was enough time to have a good time of it.... hedonism and flappers. this is depressing, though....