ABSTRACT
While Trice and Hammond were conducting their studies of the hazards of cotton dust during the 1940s, their efforts were overshadowed by another pressing problem: the excessive and oppressive heat and humidity of the mills. Cotton dust was certainly recognized as a problem by state authorities, TWUA, and by workers, but the fact was that the dust mostly affected only those who worked in specific areas such as the card room. Heat and humidity, on the other hand, affected everyone who worked in the mills.
