Episode 054 - Alice Hamilton | Industrial Toxicologist & Doctor

<p>Alternate Title: Duke of Occupational Hazards</p> <p>Emlyn tells Emma about Dr. Alice Hamilton, a scientist, doctor, public health expert, and pioneer in the fields of industrial toxicology and occupational health. </p> <p> </p> <p>Learn more about us and other women in science at our website <a href='http://www.stemfatalepodcast.com/'>www.stemfatalepodcast.com</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>Sources</p> <p>Main Story - Alice Hamilton </p> <ol><li style="font-weight:400;">“Pandemics Come and Go But Medical Masks are Eternal” by Virginia Postrel, Bloomberg Opinion.  <a href='https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-10/medical-face-masks-an-illustrated-history'>https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-04-10/medical-face-masks-an-illustrated-history</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">“Celebrating the life of Alice Hamilton, founding mother of occupational medicine” by Dr. Howard Markel, PBS. <a href='https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/celebrating-life-alice-hamilton-founding-mother-occupational-medicine'>https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/celebrating-life-alice-hamilton-founding-mother-occupational-medicine</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">“Lead, TNT, and Rayon: Dr. Alice Hamilton’s Battle Against Industrial Poisons” by Dale Debakcsy, Women You Should Know. <a href='https://womenyoushouldknow.net/alice-hamiltons-battle-against-industrial-poisons/'>https://womenyoushouldknow.net/alice-hamiltons-battle-against-industrial-poisons/</a></li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Wikipedia article. <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Hamilton'>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Hamilton</a> </li> </ol><p> </p> <p>Women who Work </p> <p>Shoutout to <a href='https://www.bucknell.edu/fac-staff/katelyn-allers'>Katelyn Allers</a> and her team for devising a new method for measuring wind speeds on brown dwarfs! </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. "In a first, NASA measures wind speed on a brown dwarf." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 9 April 2020. </l