Alice Hamilton

Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real and serious medical problem. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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It was also my experience at Hull-House that aroused my interest in industrial diseases. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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No young doctor nowadays can hope for work as exciting and rewarding. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear from dust and fumes. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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When employers tell me they prefer married men, and encourage their men to have homes of their own, because it makes them so much steadier, I wonder if they have any idea of all that that implies. ↗

— Alice Hamilton

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