Word: healthful
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...kills humans as well as insects is Kepone, produced by the Life Science Products plant in Hopewell, Virginia. The plant began production of the highly toxic chemical in March, 1974. Within weeks, employees began to experience symptoms of tremors and ataxia (loss of control of some motor functions). Federal health inspectors found Kepone dust thick in the air of the plant, blanketing the floor, and covering tables where the workers ate their meals...
Other victims of industrial toxic poisoning have not been so fortunate. A Pittsburgh-Corning Corporation that uses asbestos to manufacture fire-resistant industrial sleeves was closed in 1972 for numerous health violations. Asbestos dust was so thick in the air that it was often impossible to see across the 200-foot wide plant interior. Asbestos covered the floor and the meal tables. Plant ventilators were clogged with the dust...
...left her private pediatric practice ("I never felt comfortable about asking for my fees") to study rickets, and along with Dr. Edwards Park of Yale discovered the preventive value of sunshine and cod liver oil. In 1947 she became the first woman to be president of the American Public Health Association...
...George B. Hutchison '43, professor of Epidemiology at the School of Public Health, said yesterday, "It is necessary to ascertain whether the effects of low-level exposure cause cancer...
...specialists at the School of Public Health yesterday called for further investigation into the effects on atomic workers of exposure to low levels of radiation...