So around World War I, when manufacturers started looking for workers to paint clock faces and other equipment with radium to make them glow in the dark, they had no problem finding employees.

I believe the clocks are safe, but he requires proof. What say you? A–I`d say your husband remembers the horror stories associated with radium paint, which years ago was used to create ...

Hundreds of women worked in clock factories during WWI where they painted watch and clock dials with glow-in-the-dark radium paint. In 1916, dial painting was the trendy new profession for young ...