#HowRegulationCameToBe

Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-04-22

How Regulation Came to Be: Francis Oldham Kelsey - The Power of One (29th in series)

With the tomfoolery regarding the rogue judge in Amarillo vis-a-vis mifepristone, it might be a good time to revisit the FDA review of a drug which really was harmful, thalidomide.

dailykos.com/stories/2010/1/17

Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-04-12
Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-04-09

How Regulation Came to Be: Our Lady of the Angels (24th in series)

Once upon a time, fires were the biggest danger in schools. The reaction to this tragic fire made a huge difference.

dailykos.com/stories/2009/11/2

Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-04-03

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Revisited (20th in series)

Many of the egregious problems leading to the 1911 fire in New York have been exported. There was an all too similar fire in Bangladesh a century later in 2012.

dailykos.com/stories/2012/11/2

Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-04-02

How Regulation Came to Be: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (19th in series)

Just east of Washington Square Park in downtown Manhattan is the building that once housed the Triangle Shirtwaist Co. It’s now part of NYU. All that remains is a plaque.

dailykos.com/stories/2010/3/21

Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-03-30

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.

dailykos.com/stories/2009/11/1

Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-03-29

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.

dailykos.com/stories/2009/11/1

Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-03-28
Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-03-26

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. Until wind & rain could clear the air.

dailykos.com/stories/2009/6/28
1/

Elizabeth WinterEWinterNM
2023-03-25

Client Info

Server: https://mastodon.social
Version: 2025.07
Repository: https://github.com/cyevgeniy/lmst