A book on the Radium girls was just published in the last few years! I remember a lot of articles, etc. coming out around that time, so I'm sure you could find some more podcasts on it. from early 2017.
I think you're conflating Eben Byers who drank huge quantities of Radithor (a radium-infused water) and extolled its virtues up until it killed him with the factory workers, who were all women as far as I know. There's a fantastic but heartbreaking book about them, The Radium Girls, that details what they went through to get recognition and compensation for some pretty devastating injuries.
Radium poisoning. It's not ever gonna happen to me, I hope, but god do I get chills whenever I read about the Radium Girls' injuries.
The Radium Girls are actually super interesting, and super fucking important, so I recommend researching them if you can stomach it. Not many people know about them, and it's really sad. Here's a good YouTube video by Georgia Marie, and I highly recommend the book The Radium Girls by Kate Moore-it's long, but super worth it.
There's a great book about the Radium Girls, I'd highly recommend it.
https://www.amazon.com/Radium-Girls-Story-Americas-Shining/dp/149264935X
I'm reading Radium Girls by Kate Moore. It's really good.
Insane what they put this girls through.
That reminds me of The Radium Girls. I don’t think I’ve ever taken so long to finish reading a book because I could only stomach reading a little at a time.