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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
As World War I raged across the globe, hundreds of young women toiled away at the radium-dial factories, where they painted clock faces with a mysterious new substance called radium. Assured by their bosses that the luminous material was safe, the women themselves shone brightly in the dark, covered from head to toe with the glowing dust. With such a coveted job, these "shining girls" were considered the luckiest alive--until they began to fall mysteriously...
Author
Publisher
Twenty-First Century Books
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Looks at the events of the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident in the Ukraine, describing how scientists are monitoring the effects of radiation on the wildlife that continue to live there and what this means for the human population surrounding the area.
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1996.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Description
A doctor takes on a chemical plant which is polluting a small town. Dr. Abby Dolan decides to act after she is nearly killed by a patient rendered mad by toxins. A dangerous crusade as the plant belongs to a powerful corporation. By the author of Silent Treatment.
Author
Publisher
Mariner Book, Houghton Mifflin Company
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 11.5 - AR Pts: 19
Language
English
Description
"First published in 1962, this book alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides. The outcry that followed its publication forced the banning of DDT and spurred revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and water. 'Silent Spring became a runaway bestseller, with international reverberations ... [It is] well crafted, fearless and succinct ... Even if she had not inspired a generation...
7) Radium girls
Author
Publisher
Iron Circus Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A stunning graphic novel retelling of the shocking and inspiring true story of the Radium Girls, who fought for their lives and for workers' rights after horrific management failures led to extreme cases of radiation poisoning in 1918. It's 1918 in Orange, New Jersey, and everyone knows the "Ghost Girls." The proud holders of well-paying jobs at the local watch factory, these working-class young women gain their nickname from the fine dusting of...
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