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In the early 1920s, painters at a watch dial factory in New Jersey started to get sick. No one could tell them why. Kate Moore's book is called The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women . Say hello on Twitter , Facebook and Instagram . Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice . Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow . Sign up for Criminal Plus to get behind-the-scenes bonus episodes of Criminal , ad-free listening of all of our shows, members-only merch, and more. Learn more and sign up here . Listen back through our archives at youtube.com/criminalpodcast . We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery . Artwork by Julienne Alexander . Check out our online shop . Episode transcripts are posted on our website . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices