A short history of workplace health and safety in the United States, up to the early 1920s. This was taken from the 1979 film, "Can't Take No More," from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The entire film is posted on Google Video.
The disposal of drums of sodium into Lake Lenore, an alkaline lake in the Grand Coulee area of eastern Washington State, in 1947 by the War Assets Administration. From a January 13, 1947 newsreel available at the Internet Archive.
Clips showing uses of asbestos products in the 1950s and 1960s taken from government and industrial films. The films are available from the Internet Archives.
inspired by an editorial in the New York Times (Oct 25, 2006) recommending healthcare worker wear stocking to protect against pandemic flu. Performed at the American Public Health Association annual meeting in Nov. 2006.
Fun with chemistry. In the 1990s, we had Bill Nye the Science Guy. In the 1960s, we watched Mr. Wizard on TV on Saturday mornings. and in the 1950s, they had Dr. Heard. Many of these chemistry demonstrations are still being done today. Enjoy! This clip is from a 1950s newsreel from the Internet Archives.
Edited from the 1943 US Government film "Manpower" to recruit women into factories for the war effort, issue of equal pay for similar work, ergonomics and child care are highlighted. Sadly, more than 60 years later, these are still issues being fought for in US workplaces.
A steel industry point of view of worker safety hazards in their mills in 1936. For up-to-date information on occupational health and safety in the steel industry, go to the United Steelworkers Union website: http://www.uswsafety guide.org/. This clip is from the 1936 industrial film, "Steel: symphony of industry," available at the Internet Archives.
This clip is from a 1950s newsreel about an annual Science Circus lecture on the properties of liquid air by a University of Toronto physics professor. I don't recall my physics classes being this dangerous!
This is clipped from the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)1999 video, Asbestos Managing Problems, Addressing Concerns (the entire video is posted on GoogleVideo). It shows examples of asbestos abatement jobs reusing the water necessary for removal operations to reduce the pollution from this environmental work.
![Dr. Heard\](http://img.youtube.com/vi/TkqWQm6g1Ys/2.jpg "Dr. Heard\")
