Old Paint

A Medical History of Childhood Lead-Paint Poisoning in the United States to 1980

Inbunden, Engelska, 2001

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In the early twentieth century lead had many domestic uses: in solder for cans, as a gasoline additive to prevent “knocking” in engines, in water pipes, and, most prominently, in interior paint prized for its durability and ability to hold color. Far from being the toxic hazard we recognize today, lead was a valuable commodity. However, by the end of the century, lead had largely disappeared from our environment as physicians discovered the threat it posed to children’s health and mental development.Old Paint documents the history of lead-paint poisoning in the United States and the evolving responses of public health officials and the lead-paint industry to this hazard up to 1980, by which time lead had been banned from gasoline and paint. Peter C. English traces lead poisoning from a rare, but acute problem confined to a small group of children to the discovery by the end of the 1940s of the dangers of the crumbling lead-painted interiors of inner-city dwellings. He draws on a wide range of primary materials not only to illuminate our understanding of how this health hazard changed over time, but also to explore how diseases are constructed and evolve.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2001-09-01
Mått164 x 242 x 23 mm
Vikt539 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagRutgers University Press
ISBN9780813529875

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List of IllustrationsPrefaceProloguePart I Lead Poisoning before 1920Chapter 1 Children and Lead before 1920Chapter 2 The Queensland EpidemicChapter 3 The Scientific Study of the American WorkplaceChapter 4 Lead Hazards, Lead Safety, and Alice HamiltonPart II Gnawing ToddlersChapter 5 Children and the Lead Industries Association, 1925–1935Chapter 6 Baltimore, Boston, and Robert Kehoe, 1930–1940Part III Peeling and Flaking PaintChapter 7 A 1950s TransformationChapter 8 The Urban EcologyChapter 9 New TherapiesPart IV Industry and Public Health ResponsesChapter 10 One Percent Lead Content for PaintChapter 11 Urban Lead Programs of the 1950s and 1960sChapter 12 Children and Lead, 1960–1965Part V The New EcologyChapter 13 A “Submerged” National EpidemicChapter 14 Air Pollution and an Epidemic RedefinedChapter 15 Dust, Dirt, and Mouthing in 1980EpilogueNotesIndexContents

Medical historian English provides a valuable historical account of childhood lead-paint poisoning from its discovery in Australia in the late 1800s to about 1980. . . . Well written and very well researched. (Choice) A compelling history, and a fascinating account of how perceptions of disease change in response to scientific and cultural circumstances. An outstanding, highly recommended book. - Kenneth M. Ludmerer (author of Time to Heal: American Medical Education from the Turn of the Century)