In Somerville, a work hazard that hasn't changed in years Bay State Smelting still tied to lead poisonings From: The Boston Globe | Date: October 17, 1991| Author: Diane Lewis, Globe Staff | Copyright (null) The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

For years, Bay State Smelting Co. of Somerville has been the subject of numerous investigations concerning health and safety hazards on the job, records show. Now, despite warnings from the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration and state agencies, the company is on the hotseat again.

A new report from the state Department of Labor and Industries has found that workers at the foundry are working in a world of toxic dust where tiny particles of lead cover the floor, permeate ...

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