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He measures the radiation in their breath, bones, and organs.

This is different from the drinker's report.

This isn't an observation of glowing bodies.

This is scientific measurement, numbers that can show how much radiation is in these women's bodies.

So now there's a published Harvard report, a dead company scientist, and a county physician with hard data.

That much evidence inspires the first dial painter to sue USRC.

In 1925, Marguerite Carlo files a lawsuit against the company.

She's 23 years old.

Her sister, who also worked at the factory, has already died from radiation poisoning.

Marguerite is dying too, and she knows it.

She sues for $75,000, about a million dollars today.

USRC's response is to change the classification to a workman's compensation case, not a full lawsuit against the company.

Radium poisoning isn't even listed as a compensable disease.

The case will automatically fail.

Marguerite dies on December 26th, 1925.

She never sees the inside of courtroom.

Her family eventually settles for $9,000, a fraction of what she asked for, and they have to sign a release protecting USRC from any future claims from their family.

This is what the women are up against.

They have proof.

They have dying bodies.