Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers unite against dangerous factory conditions in "Radium Girls," a new show opening at The Empty Space. The play is based on ...

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 ...

Over 100 years ago, radium was considered a "miracle element." It was used in products like makeup, elixirs, and clocks, where radium-infused paint was used to make them glow. But then, the workers ...

Kate Moore's new book digs into the short, painful lives of the Radium Girls, who worked painting luminous dials on watches and clocks — and... Dark Lives Of 'The Radium Girls' Left A Bright Legacy ...

On New Year's Eve a few minutes before midnight I finished reading the book, "Deadly Glow -- The Radium Dial Worker Tragedy," by Ross Mullner. Minutes later as people in Peru, Ill., began celebrating, ...

Workers unite against dangerous factory conditions in "Radium Girls," a new show opening at The Empty Space. The play is based on the real-life cases of early 20th century female factory workers who ...