ID#: 9693
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Young man in a hat making plant in Connecticut in the storage room that holds mercury-carroted cut fur. The dried mercury compound is released into the room’s atmosphere. Published in USPHS Public Health Bulletin No. 263, Mercurialism and its Control in the Felt-Hat Industry, 1941, Figure 2. Cut Fur Is Usually Stored in Poorly Ventilated Rooms. The Average Atmospheric Mercury Concentration of Rooms Used for the Storage of Mercury-Carroted Fur was 4.9 Mg. Hg Per 10 M3 of Air.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ Barbara Jenkins, NIOSH
Creation Date: 1937
Photo Credit: U.S. Public Health Service
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