The WW1 Horror that turned Women Yellow (Canary Girls and Babies)

WW1 munitions workers lived with constant danger - explosion! But there was also a horrific risk to their lives from a substance so poisonous it turned them (and their babies) yellow. It's impact was little known about at the beginning of conflict and was even covered up, but after many women lost their lives the government changed safety regulations - too late for many women.

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Credits: Narration - markmanningmedia.com
CC BY - Little Gillions Croxley Green parlour maid, The munitions girls by Wellcome Collection; The Great War - Peace without Victory by U.S. Army
CC BY-SA - Shelled TNT - one of the products of the plant by Nitrochem; Yellow eye by Def Dok

Canary on a perch by Videvo.com, Bullets falling and bouncing by Videezy.com

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