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When radium was first discovered, it was used in body lotion as well as tonic water. Hundreds of girls had jobs painting watch faces and would go home covered in the glittering chemical.
As the effects if radium's poison takes hold, the girls become part of a big scandal of the early 20th century and part of a groundbreaking battle for workers rights.
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