It was also my experience at Hull-House that aroused my interest in industrial diseases.
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The first step must be, of course, an inquiry into the extent of our industrial sickness, and he determined to have such an inquiry made in Illinois.Alice Hamilton
Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation.
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Everything I discovered was new and most of it was really valuable.
Alice Hamilton
From the first I became convinced that what I must look for was lead dust and lead fumes, that men were poisoned by breathing poisoned air, not by handling their food with unwashed hands.
Alice Hamilton
There was nothing to do but begin with trades we knew were dangerous and hope that, as we studied them, we would discover others less well known.
Alice Hamilton
Surely there is every reason why we should devote to this disease the same intelligence and energy that we devote to other preventable diseases.
Alice Hamilton
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