What dangers did you learn were associated with the lead smelter? How and when did you learn of them?
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Charlie Rodriguez describes how in 2004, he learned of ASARCO’s incineration of hazardous wastes back in the 1990’s:
Jorge Villalobos talks about what he learned upon coming out of school and going to work at the Chihuahua Smelter, then El Paso, in the 1970’s; effects of the EPA and OSHA’s arrival; loss of knowledge with smelters’ closures:
Joe Piñon talks about first getting to know about what lead smelter was doing to workers in the 1930’s:
Balthazar Huerta explains how effects on clothes clued workers in to some dangers:
Veronica Carbajal and Balthazar Huerta on more enclosed workplaces, heightened production faced by later generations of workers; connecting to worsening effects on their health:
Villalobos on evolution of knowledge about, dealings with, hazards among managers, differences with Mexico circa 1985:
Charlie Rodriguez on how workers introduced to risks of jobs from 1970’s onward; how things changed in terms of what English speaking workers understood:
Elvira Salcido talks episode of lead poisoning in Smeltertown early 1970’s:
Vivian Russell on how she and her husband became more aware of job hazards; his development of cancer:
Catherine Wilson-Shupe on Alzheimer’s in her family:
Vivian Russell on her suspicions about corrosive film on vehicles, “Star Wars” gear, removal of houses:
Catherine Wilson-Shupe, Jorge Villalobos, Joe Piñon, Jose Manuel Escobedo, and Mario Navarez on company and others such as Landrigan who knew, came to know about lead’s dangers early on:
Joe Piñon, Chris Sellers, Bill Addington on what’s “acceptable” for lead exposures in children today:
Mario Navarez, Chris Sellers on experiencing mental effects from lead:
Juan Garza on how he first got to know about lead hazards in EPA sponsored community meetings: