EFFECTS OF RADIUM.
FIVE GIRLS LOOMED. STRANGE- CASE~IN AMERICA. NEW YORK, May 1. Five girls, who are suing the United States Radium Company for £50,000 each, heard physicians, in giving evidence, doom them to slow, painful deaths within three years. They were poisoned by wetting brushes in their mouths, while they were painting clock and watch dials illuminated by radium.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 18 May 1928, Page 7
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60EFFECTS OF RADIUM. Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 18 May 1928, Page 7
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