The radium girls6/1/2023 A colleague, Alice Hamilton (NJCL President), contacted them to let them know their report had been mis-used. Radium Corp actually doctored their report and submitted it to government authorities and medical journals. Cecil Drinker, Industrial Hygienist –Īfter he and his wife, Katherine, wrote a report that concluded radioactive material was all over the workplace, including in the undergarments of the workers, and that radium was affecting the health of the employees, U.S. However, Dr Knef, although a dentist who treated the Radium Girls, is not listed as one of them.ĭr. NOTE: In reality, local dentists and doctors were known to have taken money to lie or hide results from employees of U.S. Radium Corp, then vows to testify against the company. In the play he attends to the girls, then unsuccessfully tries to strike a deal with U.S. Her remains and those of the other Radium Girls will remain radioactive for over 1,600 years! As in real life, the ME exhumed the radioactive body and discovered that she didn’t die of syphilis, as was listed on the death certificate, but of the effects of radium. Martland is the Medical Examiner who double checks the death of the first girl, Amalia. He also admitted to examining the girls using a false pretense as a medical professional, though he, like the company, was never charged. Radium Corp could call on from the Possible Witnesses list, this charlatan was revealed to be a faithful employee on the U.S. Frederick Flinn, an Industrial Hygienist of Columbia University – The company issued a letter to their stockholders declaring their “freedom” from past settlements and how they were looking forward to a “bright” future of profits.ĭr. The judge ruled against a widower of a former employee, stating that the two-year statute of limitations had passed. After this settlement, came several other suits, yet only one made it to court. There were many attorneys who have supported US Radium Corp through the ages. Markley also aligns himself with the insidious practices of U.S. The Radium Dial Company assured their workers by issuing statements saying that the girls in the New Jersey radium dial painting factory contracted of a viral infection not associated with radium dial painting. When workers of the Radium Dial Company heard about the Radium Girls settlement in the news, they threatened to quit over workers health and safety issues. Radium Corp, who used various aliases, disguised themselves as “Radium Dial Company” of Ottawa, Illinois. Radium Corp are not available, there are records that state U.S. However, you can follow the history of their company name changes, up to their current name, Safety Light Corporation, on the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission website. Radium Corp are not forthcoming regarding presidential succession. Lee assumes the vacant seat left by Roeder as the new President of U.S. Supportive of the company, not necessarily its president. Roeder, a creature of habit, became an executive and president of Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, only to be let-go in the face of labor disputes within a year of being named president of the corporation. As in the play, right after the settlement, Roeder was let go at U.S. Like the actual president, Arthur Roeder (1884-) sided firmly with the U.S. Von Sochocky died of radium poisoning, newspapers quoted his last words as continuing to deny the danger of his invention.Īrthur Roeder, President U. Sabin Arnold Von Sochocky (1883-1928), founder and inventor of radium tainted Luminous Paint, you may also make a surprising discovery. This is a case which calls not for fine-spun litigation but for simple, quick, direct justice.” If ever a case called for prompt adjudication, it is the case of five crippled women … This is a heartless proceeding. The editor of the New York World newspaper wrote in support of the Radium Girls calling the trial a “damnable travesty of justice… The women are dying. William John Aloysius Bailey, “Radithor” Inventorīernarr Adolphus Macfadden, aka “Venecine Salesman” Walter Lippmann, aka “Reporter” for Radium Girls US Federal Judge William Clark, aka “Court” Cecil Kent Drinker, Harvard Scientistįrederick Bonner Flinn, PhD, Scientist for US Radium Corp Katherine Glisan Tiffany Wiley, NJ Consumer’s League Raymond Hirst Berry, Radium Girls Attorney “ How We Realized Putting Radium in Everything was Not the Answer. “ Seriously Scary Radioactive Products From The 20th Century. “ These Everyday Items Were Dosed With Radium Until We Discovered It Was Toxic. Last modified July 26, 2016.Ĭrezo, Adrienne. What disturbs you more: the fact that these products from the past were sold to the public, or wondering what products in the present, sold to the public, we’ll later learn are unhealthy and/or deadly?īennett, James.
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