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How Regulation Came to Be: Pasteurization (17th in series)
I’m re-pubishing this series with permission of the author. Could have made a good book.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2012/3/25/1076932/-How-regulation-came-to-be-Pasteurization
How Regulation Came to Be: Cherry Mine, pt. 3 (16th in series)
In the aftermath of the St. Paul Coal Mine disaster at Cherry, Illinois, which killed 259 workers, various laws & regulations & oversight were inaugurated.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2009/11/13/804024/-100-Years-Ago-Remembering-Cherry
How Regulation Came to Be: Hotel Fires, pt. 2 (15th in series)
An Atlanta hotel fire in December 1946 had a greater death toll than the three June 1946 hotel fires reviewed in the previous entry in this series, Hotel Fires pt. 1, combined.
How Regulation Came to Be: Hotel Fires, pt. 1 (14th in series)
Post-War 1946 was quite a year for fires in luxury high-rise hotels.
How Regulation Came to Be: Confined Spaces (13th in series)
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2009/10/11/792183/-How-Regulation-came-to-be-Confined-Spaces
How Regulation Came to Be: Donora Zinc Mill (#12 in series)
1948: People were dropping dead in the street, but the mill owners (U.S. Steel) refused to close the mill until the weather changed.
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https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2009/6/28/746913/-DK-GreenRoots-How-Regulation-came-to-be-Donora
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How Regulation Came to Be: Fire Safety in City Buildings (#11 in series)
Nearly 500 people perished in a Boston night club fire, 1943. As a result, the nation got more serious about fire safety.
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2009/6/14/742474/-How-Regulation-came-to-be-160-The-Cocoanut-Grove
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