{"id":11242,"date":"2017-06-08T13:38:38","date_gmt":"2017-06-08T20:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=11242"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:49:27","slug":"how-the-radium-girls-influenced-worker-safety-in-the-manhattan-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/how-the-radium-girls-influenced-worker-safety-in-the-manhattan-project\/","title":{"rendered":"How The Radium Girls Influenced Worker Safety In The Manhattan Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F2ORaIGHEEU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>June 9, 2017 &#8211; The book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Radium-Girls-Story-Americas-Shining\/dp\/149264935X\">\u201cRadium Girls: The Dark Story Of America\u2019s Shining Women\u201d<\/a> tells the story of the women employed to paint watches and clocks with radium-based paint, starting in World War I. At the time radium was considered a miracle element that many touted would improve health. These women became the first proof of just how deadly radium was. Author <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kate-moore.com\/writing\/4583697052\">Kate Moore<\/a> delves into their stories and how their quest for recognition and compensation made the dangers of radium more widely understood. She also tells correspondent Megan Kamerick how their experience helped protect future generations of workers in the nuclear industry, including those at the Manhattan Project in New Mexico.<\/p>\n<p><em>Read More:<br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2017\/04\/22\/525063024\/dark-lives-of-the-radium-girls-left-a-bright-legacy-for-workers-science\">Dark Lives Of \u201cThe Radium Girls\u201d Left A Bright Legacy For Workers, Science<\/a> \u2013 NPR<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/authorkatemoore\/the-light-that-does-not-lie?utm_term=.bjwAyvMLvA#.drgMxOrDOM\">The Forgotten Story of The Radium Girls, Whose Deaths Save Thousands Of Workers<\/a> \u2013 BuzzFeed<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.atomicheritage.org\/history\/radium-girls\">The Impact of the Radium Girls On Manhattan Project <\/a>\u2013 Atomic Heritage Foundation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>June 9, 2017 &#8211; The book \u201cRadium Girls: The Dark Story Of America\u2019s Shining Women\u201d tells the story of the women employed to paint watches and clocks with radium-based paint, starting in World War I. 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