Carter Roy
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Technically, you could eat it and it's likely nothing would happen, although I don't recommend it.
But a hundred years ago, this glow came from something else.
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.