Jonathan K (Max Outlier)’s Reviews > The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women > Status Update

This also brings to mind the Erin Brockavich story where lives were lost due to a major utility company hiding the danger of toxic pollution of drinking water. But this is more serious due to deception and greed of companies who lacked compassion for human life due to radioactive poisoning

Classic bait and switch at the expense of human life. This demonstrates the influence of fraud as far back as the early 20th century by government, corporations and licensing agencies. In some ways it's similar to The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks yet far more dangerous since we're talking about ignorance and greed together.

Fascinating yet sad, the closest comparison given the time period would be coal miners who instead of radium suffered with lung disease while the owners raked in billions. A travesty of epic proportions in either case

Tragic doesn't begin to describe the lack of responsibility of the companies that failed to protect the women that unknowingly were being killed. Remarkable!

The phrase, ignorance is bliss, comes to mind when reading this tragic story. Well written and paced, it demonstrates how the people that owned the luminous wearable companies put profits above safety