Old paint : a medical history of childhood lead-paint poisoning in the United States to 1980 / Peter C. English.

Author/creator English, Peter C.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2001.
Descriptionxv, 254 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents Lead Poisoning before 1920. Children and lead before 1920 -- The Queensland epidemic -- The scientific study of the American workplace -- Lead hazards, lead safety, and Alice Hamilton. Gnawing toddlers. Children and the Lead Industries Association, 1925-1935 -- Baltimore, Boston, and Robert Kehoe, 1930-1940. Peeling and flaking paint. A 1950s transformation -- The urban ecology -- New therapies. Industry and public health responses. One percent lead content for paint -- Urban lead programs of the 1950s and 1960s -- Children and lead, 1960-1965. The new ecology. A "submerged" national epidemic -- Air pollution and an epidemic redefined -- Dust, dirt, and mouthing in 1980.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-242) and index.
LCCN 2001019287
ISBN0813529875 :

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Laupus Books - Stacks QV 292 E58 2001 ✔ Available Place Hold