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I have a hard time seeing that the average healthcare worker around here anyway wears their uniform home.

My socks and briefs are the only thing I don't change when I get to work and leave.

There has been a big issue around here about a factory that works with lead and the children of the workers have been exposed by the lead their parents bring to the car or home.

Originally Posted by 32t

There has been a big issue around here about a factory that works with lead and the children of the workers have been exposed by the lead their parents bring to the car or home.

I did some work with a lead factory in Torreon Mexico back in the 90s. Kids started getting really sick and they started investigating. Besides the other lead contamination in the area (soil and air), they found that the parents were tracking home lead from the smelter and these peoples homes tested almost as high as the factory for contamination. The company did not educate them on the hazards. It was sad. The company ended up buying the surrounding property and compensating the families for the medical issues.

When I was in high-school, There was a fishing sinker factory ( Still in business) that would hire school kids for a monthly production run. Pay plus a big steak dinner at the end.
NO warnings... 1950's

~Richard

Back in "The good old days" either they didn't know about occupational hazards or if they did it was just considered the price you paid for the job you had.

At one time watch faces were hand painted with paint containing radium. The young gals that did the work used to dip the brushes and lick them to get them to a sharp point. Most of them died of various forms of oral cancer.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

At one time watch faces were hand painted with paint containing radium. The young gals that did the work used to dip the brushes and lick them to get them to a sharp point. Most of them died of various forms of oral cancer.

The girls that painted the dials in the cockpit of the war time planes did the same and also paid a high price.

Steve