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You are absolutely correct. There's a degree of irony, or perhaps short-sightedness on Fisher's part, that his concern for environmental protection did not begin in his own factory.

I've spoken to a number of people who worked on the floor, including Henry Smith, whose career at Whaler began in 1958, and the stories are all the same. Fumes, fibers so thick in the air that you couldn't see and little to no protective equipment for the workers.