The Paint and Surface Coating Industries: The Auto Body Industry
For decades, workers in the auto body industry were exposed to hazardous emissions, and pollutants were leached into the air. As a result, auto paint manufacturers resolved to develop more environmentally friendly paints. Today's auto paints are g...
Subject: lead
Transcript: the second-generation paints, acrylic enamels, still contained a heavy base of leads... and other metallic compounds. workers were exposed to
Occupational Safety and Health: Worker Safety: Looking Back
Although concern for worker safety was expressed as far back as Hypocrites, it wasn't until 1911, in the wake of the Triangle Shirt Factory fire, that the first worker compensation laws were enacted.
Subject: lead
Transcript: about the toxic gases in the mines. Also, he made reference in his writings to lead colic... Experienced by workers who were exposed to lead dust
Rise and Fall: Population, Urbanization and the Environment
Much of the change that has occurred in many cities over the past century has come about as a result of the interplay among three factors: population shifts, the environment, and urbanization.
Subject: lead
Transcript: is to affect What stuff is made of in the first place. So for example, lead paint has been eliminated From the united states. It's still in some old