2014-03-04 19:30:06.642004+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
Woman Believed To Be Last Of Waterbury's Radium Girls Dies:
Keane and her co-workers at Waterbury Clock Co., all young women, were told they could paint faster if they dipped their brushes into the radium-laden paint and then sharpened the bristles with their lips.
But the paint was bitter and Keane would not "lip-point," as the practice was known.
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