Carter Roy
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Radium.
It was everywhere, in toothpaste, face creams, health tonics.
The public thought it gave them energy, cured their ailments, and made them beautiful.
And during World War I, it was painted on watch dials so soldiers could tell time.
In the dark trenches, pilots could read their instruments at night.
It was helping win the war.
The women who painted those watches were the envy of their town.
They glowed when they walked.
It was glamorous.
It was the best job in town.
And it was killing them.
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April 1917.
An 18-year-old named Grace Fryer walks through the doors of the United States Radium Corporation in Orange, New Jersey.
It's her first day of work.