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The United States Radium Corporation was a company, most notorious for its operations between the years 1917 to 1926 in Orange, New Jersey, in the United States that led to stronger worker protection laws. After initial success in developing a glow-in-the-dark radioactive paint, the company was subject to several lawsuits in the late 1920s in the wake of severe illnesses and deaths of workers (the Radium Girls) who had ingested radioactive material. The workers had been told that the paint was harmless. During World War I and World War II, the company produced luminous watches and gauges for the United States Army for use by soldiers.

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  • United States Radium Corporation (es)
  • United States Radium Corporation (fr)
  • Corporação Radium dos Estados Unidos (pt)
  • United States Radium Corporation (en)
  • 美國鐳企業 (zh)
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  • L’United States Radium Corporation (US Radium) est une entreprise qui avait pignon sur rue entre 1917 et 1926 à Orange, dans le New Jersey, aux États-Unis. Après un premier succès dans le développement d'une peinture radioactive fluorescente, la société fut obligée de fermer à la fin des années 1920 à la suite de maladies graves survenues chez ses salariées et du décès de travailleuses qui avaient ingéré des matières radioactives en humectant avec leurs lèvres les pinceaux qui leur servaient à peindre de fines lignes lumineuses sur les cadrans des montres. On leur avait dit que la peinture était inoffensive. Durant la Première Guerre mondiale, la compagnie avait vendu beaucoup de ses montres à l’US Army pour ses soldats. (fr)
  • A United States Radium Corporation foi uma companhia estadunidense, mais notória por suas operações entre os anos de 1917~1926 em Orange, Nova Jérsei, que a levaram a causar o fortalecimento das leis de proteção a trabalhadores. Após seu sucesso inicial em desenvolver tinta radioativa que brilha no escuro, a companhia foi alvo de diversos processos judiciais no fim da década de 1920, causados pelas doenças severas e mortes de trabalhadoras (as Garotas do Radium) que ingeriram material radioativo. Às trabalhadoras, havia sido dito que a tinta era inofensiva. Durante a 1ª e 2ª Guerras Mundiais, a companhia produziu relógios e indicadores luminosos para o Exército dos Estados Unidos, para uso por soldados. (pt)
  • 美國鐳企業（英語：United States Radium Corporation）是一家從事國防工業的美國公司，在1917至1926年間，該公司於新泽西州奥兰治的營運曾引發了一陣勞工安全的抗爭運動。在成功地研發了的放射性顏料後，美國鐳企業於第一次世界大战與第二次世界大战其間，主要為美国陆军生產可以發光的手錶與測量儀器。 然而，在生產的過程中，美國鐳企業刻意隱瞞放射元素對身體的危害， 許多工人因此攝入了過量的放射性元素，相繼得病、死亡（最有名的個案為鐳女郎事件），在1920年代後期，美國鐳企業也因此官司纏身。當時，是由律師Edward Markley擔任該公司的辯護人。 (zh)
  • La United States Radium Corporation fue una empresa, especialmente activa entre los años 1917 a 1926 en Orange, Nueva Jersey, en los Estados Unidos debido a la cual se promulgaron mejoras en las leyes de protección de los trabajadores. Luego de tener un éxito inicial en el desarrollo de una pintura radioactiva que brillaba en la oscuridad, la empresa fue motivo de varias demandas judiciales a finales de la década de 1920 relacionadas con enfermedades y muerte de trabajadores (las chicas del radio) que habían ingerido material radioactivo. Se les había indicado a los trabajadores que la pintura era inocua.​ Durante la Primera Guerra Mundial y la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la empresa produjo relojes e indicadores luminosos para el Ejército de los Estados Unidos.​ (es)
  • The United States Radium Corporation was a company, most notorious for its operations between the years 1917 to 1926 in Orange, New Jersey, in the United States that led to stronger worker protection laws. After initial success in developing a glow-in-the-dark radioactive paint, the company was subject to several lawsuits in the late 1920s in the wake of severe illnesses and deaths of workers (the Radium Girls) who had ingested radioactive material. The workers had been told that the paint was harmless. During World War I and World War II, the company produced luminous watches and gauges for the United States Army for use by soldiers. (en)
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  • United States Radium Corporation (en)
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