What I remember most about this is they never mention the health issues of people constantly working with lead. It’s an interesting documentary, but really beings out that the past is a different country feeling.
I kept expecting them to mention the safety benefits of not using lead, but it never came up. Guess they didn't care. Explains why nobody was wearing eye protection, or ear protection. Probably not a lot of steel-toed boots, either.
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What I remember most about this is they never mention the health issues of people constantly working with lead. It’s an interesting documentary, but really beings out that the past is a different country feeling.
1917 book calling out lead exposure and also the lack of physical movement and outdoors/freshwater on the job: https://www.historyofinformation.com/detail.php?id=4426
I kept expecting them to mention the safety benefits of not using lead, but it never came up. Guess they didn't care. Explains why nobody was wearing eye protection, or ear protection. Probably not a lot of steel-toed boots, either.
Not to mention the fact that they often hired already deaf operators because the volume were so deafening.
So this was the primary reason they hired deaf people?