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Man working in a Connecticut hat making plant that was part of the 1937-1938 USPHS study of mercurialism and its control in the fur felt hat making industry. Several stages of the hat making process take place near each other, and steam laden with mercury vapor pervades the atmosphere and exposes the worker. Published in USPHS Public Health Bulletin No. 263, Mercurialism and its Control in the Felt-Hat Industry, 1941, Figure 13. With the caption: Picture Shows Coloring Being Carried on in Close Proximity to Stretching and Blocking and Whizzing.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Barbara Jenkins, NIOSH; USPHS
Creation Date: 1937
Photo Credit: U.S. Public Health Service
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