I was not aware of this part of early 20th century American history until I saw a couple of people reading this book. Looking at the list of people in the book was a bit daunting, but you can easily keep them straight in your head while reading the book. The descriptions of the women's maladies were handled with sensitivity and not too graphic. I like that Ms. Moore added the environment cost associated with the businesses. I think parts of this book (specifically the parts about the lawsuits/verdicts and how they played into the bigger labor movement) should be taught in high schools.
In looking up to see if the sites were declared superfund sites,
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Radium_Corporation is one but the one in Illinois is not.
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