Lead Poisoning in the Pottery Trades (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Lead Poisoning in the Pottery Trades In December, 1918, the Brotherhood of Operative Potters, through Mr. William Mushet, health officer of the brotherhood, requested an investigation to determine the prevalence of lead poisoning among dippers in the pottery industry. Dr. Francis D.Patterson, chief of the bureau of hygiene, Pennsylvania department of labor and industry, to whom the request was made, after conference with Mr. John Roach, chief of the bureau of hygiene and sanitation of the New Jersey department of labor (both field directors of the Office of Industrial Hygiene and Sanitation, U. S. P. H. S.), forwarded this request to the United States Public Health Service, with their indorsement that the Service undertake the survey, extending its scope to include all processes in the manufacture of pottery where the workers are exposed to a lead-poisoning hazard. This recommendation met with the approval of the Surgeon General, who acceded to the request and directed the Office of Industrial Hygiene and Sanitation to conduct the research required. Alleged Discrimination Against Potters Due To Previous Surveys. Surveys had previously been made of the lead hazard in the pottery trades. Analyses of vital statistics had also been made, with the result that a well-defined belief prevailed that certain pottery occupations are hazardous, and that dippers in particular are exposed, to a marked degree, to lead poisoning. As a result of these conclusions the Brotherhood of Operative Potters felt that dippers and some other pottery workers were unjustly discriminated against in the matter of obtaining life insurance. That there is a hesitancy among life insurance companies and fraternal societies to accept dippers as a safe risk is undoubtedly true. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.