The Canary Girls were British women who worked in munitions manufacturing trinitrotoluene (TNT) shells during the First World War (1914–1918). The nickname arose because exposure …

These are munition workers who died of TNT poisoning during the manufacture of ammunition for the front lines of World War I. Working with TNT caused many health issues, commonly called …

Munitions workers whose job was filling shells were prone to suffer from TNT poisoning. TNT stood for Trinitrotoluene – an explosive which turned the skin yellow of those who regularly …

2017年5月20日 · Though temporary, the affects of packing shells with trinitrotoluene - more commonly known as TNT - ran more than skin-deep. According to Dr Helen McCartney, from …

2015年11月8日 · This was a disturbing side effect to working in munitions plants in WWI Britain. The TNT caused workers’ skin to turn yellow. Because the boys were off at war, most of the …

2021年8月16日 · Munitionettes worked with hazardous chemicals daily, without any proper protection or ventilation, and TNT was the worst. Long-term exposure caused liver failure, …

2017年12月14日 · Women who were recruited to work in munitions factories during World War I were known as Munitionettes or Canary Girls because the chemicals involved in the making of …

2016年4月18日 · Women who were recruited to work in munitions factories during World War I were known as Munitionettes or Canary Girls because the chemicals involved in the making of …

2018年8月1日 · Some 400 cases of toxic jaundice were recorded among ammunition workers in the First World War, of which 100 proved fatal. Some workers reported bone disintegration in …

TNT caused toxic jaundice and workers were nicknamed 'Canary Girls', as their hair and skin turned yellow. One Canary Girl said later, “You expected to feel 'poorly'; our skin was perfectly …