Excerpt from International Labour Conference; Third Session; Geneva, April, 1921: Prohibition of the Use of White Lead in Painting; Item III (B) Of the Agenda In order to give effect to this finding, the Body of the International Labour Office question of the prohibition of the use 0 the painting industry on the agenda for the Confere which is to be held in April, 1921. It is necessary to emphasise the fact that dangerous industries in which the worker is to the danger of lead-poisoning are is made of lead compounds. A v of these compounds produces an penetrate the organism by every gradually accumulate; on the other eliminated extremely slowly by organs the meantime suffered serious changes. Tions are particularly common.) e contrary, lead (i with oil by hand further increase possibility of poisoning through the skin. He danger of lead-poisoning in industry is of course limited to white lead or to painting operations. R hand, it is only against the effects of white successful campaign can be undertaken. Together with technical and scientific sufficiently demonstrated the possibility white lead by substitutes. Agenda of the next Conference limits considera f the question to the prohibition of the use of lead in painting. It would, however, be useful der the question of lead intoxication in all in involving the use of lead and lead products. E question of the risks run by painters using white has occupied attention for many years, and has the subject of much discussion between the cates and opponents of a substitute for carbonate of This discussion will not have been in vain if succeeds in calling the attention of public authorities the unfortunate position of workers in white lead, rticularly house painters, and if it gives rise to tive protective measures. Glance at the enormous number of documents works of a technical, medical, chemical and legis existing on the subject enables an estimate d. The abundant evidence, w possible to base an impartial judg permissible to say that the question is from the technical point of view to form 11 international Convention. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.