Alaina Urquhart

But when ingested into the body, it is so much worse because it will continue to create and give off radiation essentially forever.

It just keeps destroying the living cells around it.

It doesn't allow anything to heal.

And he said this substance they were told was harmless was now basically punching holes into their bones as they walked around.

And let me tell you, the corporations tried to discredit him, but he was relentless.

Even getting the coroner's jury system abolished to create a more knowledgeable, incredible basis for these women to plead their case in court eventually.

Before the year was over, there was another death.

This time it was the sister of one of the U.S.

radium dial painters whose sole contact with radium was sharing a bed with her.

That's it?

Her sister.

She was also going through it.

But just sharing a bed with her, she never had direct contact with radium.

It was enough to... Yeah, to kill her.

Due to the growing number of problems with the staff and the decline in demand for the product, in 1926, U.S.

radium ceased production and closed the plants in New Jersey and moved their entire operation to New York.

But by then, the damage had been done and it was becoming unavoidable.

The previous year, former dial painter Grace Fryer was one of those who the medical examiner had detected radiation in and connected that to her mysterious illnesses that were cropping up.

And she wanted answers.

She wasn't going to stay quiet.