SPATTER! SPATTER! SPATTER! Workers' health and the spray machine debate.

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  • Author(s): Frounfelker RL;Frounfelker RL
  • Source:
    American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2006 Feb; Vol. 96 (2), pp. 214-21.
  • Publication Type:
    Historical Article; Journal Article
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: American Public Health Association Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 1254074 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0090-0036 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00900036 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Am J Public Health Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Washington, DC : American Public Health Association
      Original Publication: New York [etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      Air Pollutants, Occupational/*history ; Occupational Diseases/*history ; Occupational Exposure/*history ; Occupational Health Services/*history ; Paint/*history; Air Pollutants, Occupational/toxicity ; Government Regulation/history ; History, 20th Century ; Humans ; Labor Unions/history ; Occupational Diseases/chemically induced ; Occupational Exposure/adverse effects ; Paint/toxicity ; United States
    • Abstract:
      A conflict between industrialization and worker health developed in the painting industry during the early 1900s with the introduction of the spray machine. This technological innovation allowed the application of paint at greater speed and lower cost than hand painting and increased the rate at which painters were exposed to lead and other toxins contained in paint. From roughly 1919 to 1931, the painters' trade union clashed with employers, paint manufacturers, and legislatures over the impact of the spray machine on the health of workers and the need to enact legislation to regulate its use. While painters made gains on local, state, and national levels during the 1920s to prevent the use of the spray machine, their efforts ultimately failed.
    • Comments:
      Erratum in: Am J Public Health. 2006 Apr;96(4):591.
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      Am J Public Health. 2000 Jan;90(1):36-46. (PMID: 10630135)
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      Trans Stud Coll Physicians Phila. 1995 Dec;17:61-93. (PMID: 9030003)
    • Accession Number:
      0 (Air Pollutants, Occupational)
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20060126 Date Completed: 20060420 Latest Revision: 20240322
    • Publication Date:
      20240322
    • Accession Number:
      PMC1470472
    • Accession Number:
      10.2105/AJPH.2004.070029
    • Accession Number:
      16434688