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The horrifying conditions in America’s meat-processing industry.

Stockyards and slaughterhouses

“The dangerous and oppressive working conditions endured by what Sinclair called “the wage slaves of the Beef Trust.”

“Food and milk tainted with formaldehyde killed 400,000 American infants a year.”

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Reformers: Lillian Wald & Alice Hamilton

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Reformers: Lillian Wald & Alice Hamilton

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Alice Hamilton:

“Dr. Alice Hamilton saved countless workers’ lives as a pioneer in industrial health and safety.”

Lillian Wald:

She helped to bring health care to the residents of New York’s Lower East Side.

“Wald fought for public health care, women’s rights, and children’s rights while running the Henry Street Settlement.”

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Many immigrants endured dangerous and toxic conditions at their jobs and in their homes.

Governments did not require businesses to protect employee health and safety.

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Upton Sinclair created a book called "The Jungle" using great details to talk about the deadly and unsanitary foods they ate or their workplaces.

He spoke about working conditions in the meatpacking industry and sparked the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.

“The vivid, nauseating descriptions lent momentum to the pure food movement, which had begun in the 1880s with the work of food scientists such as U.S. Department of Agriculture chief chemist Harvey Washington Wiley.”

“Investigative journalists exposed rampant packaging fraud.”

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When everything was starting to grow at the time, capitalism was a huge thing in the food industry. Many big figures like Theodore Roosevelt himself had a monopoly with food trades. Everything was very secretive and obviously not super safe.

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Rising costs of healthcare services

Shortage of healthcare

The need for improved mental health systems

Financial challenges for providers

Increased demand for personalized care

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Changes in our food production and supply, including more imported foods.

Changes in the environment leading to food contamination.

New and emerging bacteria, toxins, and antimicrobial resistance.

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CPSC:

“..protects the public from unreasonable risks of serious injury or death from thousands of types of consumer products under its jurisdiction, including products that pose a fire, electrical, chemical, or mechanical hazard or can injure children.”

FDA:

“..protects public health by regulating human and veterinary drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical devices, our nation’s food supply, cosmetics, dietary supplements, electronic radiation emitting products, and tobacco products.”

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Big Data and Cybersecurity issues

Child Safety Online

Online Harassment and Cyberbullying

Privacy Invasions

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“Tech Coalition is an alliance of global tech companies trying to combat child sexual exploitation and online abuse. Its members work together to “drive critical technological advances and adoption of best practices for keeping children safe online.”

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Now, in our present day, there are more big corporations and companies that are fighting/ helping out with Health & Safety compared to back then where it was just more people trying to fight for the issue.

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In our present day there are still issues with food but there is much more now than issues with food. There are issues with money, technology and healthcare: compared to back then where technology was starting to become a thing and the main issues were health, safety, poverty and issues with food.

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Now, there are more big companies than just people helping out with all the unsanitary and unsafe things in our products. Back in the day, there were people making stories and trying to get their word out there when now we have the government doing it daily.