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Perfect Condition

Perfect Condition

Matt Nichols

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Matt Nichols
Año de edición:
2026
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Historia social y cultural
ISBN:
9798233089831
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They were told the glow was harmless. They were taught to trust the process. And when their bodies began to fail, they were told the fault was theirs.This is not a sentimental retelling of the Radium Girls story. It is a documented investigation into how a modern lie was engineered. Inside factory walls and boardrooms, reports were softened, medical authority was rented, complaints were dismissed, and time itself was turned into a legal weapon. As young women sickened from radium exposure, executives rewrote conclusions, lawyers delayed hearings until plaintiffs weakened or died, and stigma did the work of silence. What unfolded was not an accident of progress, but a procedural cover-up built to survive scrutiny.

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