HSCI 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Phossy Jaw, Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, Irving Selikoff
26 Feb 2020
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Detection and prevention of diseases that arise from the work environment: occupational disease: health outcomes caused or influenced by exposure to general conditions or specific hazards encountered in the work environment. Renaissance: agricola"s: health effects of mining and smelting. 1700 onward: recognition of occupationally related exposures to adverse health conditions. Occupational accidents: triangle shirtwaist company fire, march 25, 1911, new york city, usa. Bakers" itch: mule spinners" disease, mad hatters" disease. Caisson disease: doors were locked, no functional fire escapes, gauley bridge disaster: Exposure to high levels of silica dust: no adequate protection. Reveal poor environmental conditions, long shifts and lack of safety measures. Figure 1 shows the top 10 prevalent carcinogen exposures for british colombia, carex canada database, 2006. They include shift work, solar radiation, diesel engine exhaust and wood dust. There is sufficient evidence linking the agent with cancer in humans. Agent of occupational disease: noise: ototoxic: an agent that can produce hearing loss.
