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The Dial Painters

2024/3/8
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Phoebe Judge: 本集讲述了20世纪20年代，新泽西州和伊利诺伊州的几家钟表厂的女性工人（镭女孩）因使用含镭的夜光漆而患病的故事。她们的症状包括牙齿脱落、颌骨坏死、贫血等，最终导致死亡。起初，医生无法诊断出她们的病因，工厂也否认存在问题。直到哈佛大学的Cecil和Catherine Drinker博士以及新泽西州首席法医Harrison Martland博士的研究，才最终确定镭是导致她们患病的原因。镭女孩们为了争取正义，与工厂进行了漫长的法律诉讼。 Kate Moore: 镭在当时被广泛应用于各种产品中，人们对其危害性认识不足。镭女孩们在工作中长期接触镭，并通过舔画笔的方式摄入镭，导致镭沉积在骨骼中，造成不可逆的损伤。她们的工作环境恶劣，缺乏必要的防护措施，工厂管理人员隐瞒事实真相，试图逃避责任。 Darlene Hamm: Darlene Hamm的姑姑Peg Looney是伊利诺伊州镭表盘公司最早的员工之一。她和其他镭女孩一样，起初并不知道镭的危害性，直到新泽西州的诉讼结果传到伊利诺伊州后，她们才开始担心自己的健康状况。尽管伊利诺伊州的镭表盘公司最终被判有罪，但Peg Looney和其他许多镭女孩未能等到最终的判决结果，她们因为镭中毒而英年早逝。 Phoebe Judge: 镭女孩事件促成了职业安全与健康管理局（OSHA）的成立，并推动了相关法律法规的完善，提高了人们对职业病危害的认识。

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In the early 1920s, painters at a watch dial factory in New Jersey started to get sick. No one could tell them why.

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