The toxins of this poison rotted these women from the inside out. Radium is an alpha emitter, and therefore can enter a human body. And in this case, it was swallowing. The women were encouraged to place the paintbrushes in their mouths to give the brushes a fine, strong point, and unknown to the girls, this was radium’s route of exposure. At this time, radium was viewed as a healing solution to almost any problem. The girls did not have to think twice about consuming the paint. Some even put in in their hair, painted their finger and toenails. A few girls even went as far as to painting their mouths to give themselves a Cheshire cat like look. Even without painting their bodies where their work did not demand it, every girl was supposed to paint 235 watches a day. 80% of radium leaves the body through feces but the other 20% accumulates in the bloodstream, and then concentrates in the bone. HOW MUCH RA PER DAY. The amount of radium these women consumed on any given day was
The toxins of this poison rotted these women from the inside out. Radium is an alpha emitter, and therefore can enter a human body. And in this case, it was swallowing. The women were encouraged to place the paintbrushes in their mouths to give the brushes a fine, strong point, and unknown to the girls, this was radium’s route of exposure. At this time, radium was viewed as a healing solution to almost any problem. The girls did not have to think twice about consuming the paint. Some even put in in their hair, painted their finger and toenails. A few girls even went as far as to painting their mouths to give themselves a Cheshire cat like look. Even without painting their bodies where their work did not demand it, every girl was supposed to paint 235 watches a day. 80% of radium leaves the body through feces but the other 20% accumulates in the bloodstream, and then concentrates in the bone. HOW MUCH RA PER DAY. The amount of radium these women consumed on any given day was