Episode

Short Suck #54: Lip, Dip, and Die! The Radium Girls

Podcast: Timesuck with Dan Cummins
Published: Mar 27, 2026
Duration seconds: 3589
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Today we explore the horrifying true story of the Radium Girls — young women told to “lip, dip, and paint” with radioactive dial paint while their employers hid the deadly consequences. What began as a factory job seen as glamorous and high-paying turned into one of the most grotesque workplace poisoning scandals in American history, leaving behind shattered bodies, corporate lies, and a legal battle that helped change worker safety forever.