Illinois

I remember reading about this story years ago.

Here's a snippet:

Many of the young girls working there at the clock company were painting their hair, faces, noses, teeth, with pure radium so they'd glow in the dark for kicks, because they thought it was a fun thing to do, and also because they were told that radium wouldn't hurt them.

Too bad they didn't read about nor know about Madame Curie. But then again, they were making good money and providing for their families during the Depression so they let the Radium flow.

Years later as a result of radium poisoning, YIKES.