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 Copy Share Image
It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable work in England and Germany, under intelligent control. — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable. — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
It was also my experience at Hull-House that aroused my interest in industrial diseases. — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing… — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
Every article I wrote in those days, every speech I made, is full of pleading for the recognition of lead poisoning as a real… — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
When I talked to my medical friends about the strange silence on this subject in American medical magazines and textbooks, I gained the impression… — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation. — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
It was impossible for me to believe that conditions in Europe could be worse than they were in the Polish section of Chicago, and… — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
There can be no intelligent control of the lead danger in industry unless it is based on the principle of keeping the air clear… — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
No young doctor nowadays can hope for work as exciting and rewarding. — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
It was easy to present figures demonstrating the contrast between lead work in the United States under conditions of neglect and ignorance, and comparable… — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
When employers tell me they prefer married men, and encourage their men to have homes of their own, because it makes them so much… — Alice Hamilton Copy Share Image
