Brush with Death: A Social History of Lead Poisoning

Abstract

Contents: List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgments Introduction - What's Lead in the Bone... Chapter 1: Plumbing the Depths Chapter 2: Childhood Lead Poisoning before 1930 Chapter 3: Toxic Purity: How the United States Became a Nation of White-Leaders Chapter 4: Occupational Lead Poisoning in the Progressive Era Chapter 5: Protecting Workers and Profits in the Lead Industries Chapter 6: Company Doctors on the Job Chapter 7: Introducing Leaded Gasoline Chapter 8: Defining Childhood Lead Poisoning as a Disease of Poverty Chapter 9: Urban Physicians Discover the Silent Epidemic Chapter 10: The Screaming Epidemic Chapter 11: Facing the Consequences of Leaded Gasoline Chapter 12: The Rise and Fall of Universal Childhood Lead Screening Chapter 13: Regulating Low-Level Lead Poisoning Appendix - Reports on Lead PoisoningNotes Index