June 26, 2012
What is the time?
Rogi’s 2nd Cake question!
What are these women doing? Most of them had a very unfortunate and tragic end.
Hint:
Cracked by: MadGenius , Manish Achuth , Amarendra Kumar , Bipin Banavalikar , Rogi , Don42 , vinayaknp , rickde , Sumanth Patlolla , Bharath , Mo , Dibyo and Ananth
Answer:
Painting details on clock dials using radium that truly glowed in the dark for up to several decades. A lot of them died from radiation poisoning.



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They contracted radium poisoning by painting watch-dials with ‘glow in the dark’ paint.
http://www.damninteresting.com.....ium-girls/
female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint at the United States Radium factory
they were also termed as “radium girls” — who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint at the United States Radium factory in Orange, New Jersey around 1917
Blame AutoRaja
The cake was a lie!
Blame AutoRaja