{"id":6212,"date":"2022-07-18T15:29:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T19:29:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/?p=6212"},"modified":"2022-07-18T17:51:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T21:51:06","slug":"john-froines-1939-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/2022\/07\/18\/john-froines-1939-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"John Froines: 1939-2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sad days. John Froines died last week at age 83. He had had been suffering from Parkinson\u2019s disease.<\/p>\n<p>Froines was best known to Americans of a certain age as one of the Chicago 7, a group that included Tom Hayden, Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman and Rennie Davis,\u00a0 who were indicted under federal charges of crossing state lines to incite a riot during the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago. \u00a0In 1970 the jury acquitted Froines and Weiner of all charges. An appeals court later dismissed most of the charges against the others.<\/p>\n<p>But to workplace safety and health activists, Froines is best remembered as an workplace health advocate and environmental scientist who helped shape government standards on lead and clean air, particularly in impoverished neighborhoods.<\/p>\n<p>After the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/obituaries\/story\/2022-07-15\/environmental-crusader-john-froines-who-stood-trial-with-the-chicago-7-dies\">Chicago festivities<\/a>, Froines remained politically active, although not in the same way. Speaking in a 1990 LA Times interview about his transition from activist to scientist, Froines remarked that \u201cWe still need student protesters because many of the problems of the \u201860s continue and new issues have emerged,\u201d he told The Times shortly after he was named director of UCLA\u2019s Occupational Health Center. &#8220;But nobody\u2019s a student activist at 50. You\u2019d have to have your head examined.&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-6227 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/00Froines1-jumbo-300x183.webp\" alt=\"Froines\" width=\"375\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/00Froines1-jumbo-300x183.webp 300w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/00Froines1-jumbo-768x467.webp 768w, https:\/\/jordanbarab.com\/confinedspace\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/00Froines1-jumbo.webp 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Instead of anti-war work, Froines channeled his energy in other directions: mainly workplace safety. He headed first for Vermont where, &#8220;as head of the occupational health division of the Vermont Health Department, he helped persuade the state\u2019s nuclear power industry to accept health standards tougher than federal regulations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">In the late 1970s, he was appointed by President Jimmy Carter as the first head of the Office of Toxic Substances in the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but despite his bureaucratic status, he retained the fervor and activism that marked his youth.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cI haven\u2019t changed,\u201d he told the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/obituaries\/2022\/7\/16\/23238132\/john-froines-chicago-seven-obituary-dies-83-1968-democratic-national-convention\">Sun-Times<\/a> in 1979. \u201cWe\u2019ve gone a long way toward protecting working people since I\u2019ve been here and I don\u2019t think that\u2019s really so different; it still represents a social commitment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At OSHA he worked on standards reduce workers exposure to lead and cotton dust in the workplace. After his stint at OSHA,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dr. Froines went on to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/obituaries\/2022\/07\/15\/froines-chicago-seven-dies\/\">serve as the deputy director<\/a> of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). In 1981<b>,<\/b>\u00a0Dr. Froines took a position at the\u00a0University of California at Los Angeles\u00a0as a professor of toxicology. He remained at the university for more than 30 years, directing the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health and leading research into areas such pesticide contamination, diesel pollution and air quality at landfills.<\/p>\n<p>At <a href=\"https:\/\/ph.ucla.edu\/faculty\/froines\">UCLA<\/a>,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Froines conducted a study to determine which Southern California jobs and industries had the highest exposure to 500 different chemicals. And as head of the UCLA\u2019s Occupational Health Center, he oversaw a study to determine how some industrial chemicals cause early aging of the brain and how others help trigger the first stages of cancer.<\/p>\n<p>John was also an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/14\/us\/politics\/john-r-froines-dead.html\">environmental justice advocate.<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">He engaged with communities hit hard by industrial pollution and smog, tailoring his research to their needs and even accompanying neighborhood groups to meet with government and corporate officials.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\" style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\u201cWhen you walk into a room with an internationally recognized expert on an issue, it makes a difference,\u201d Angelo Logan, co-founder of one such organization, the California-based East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, said in a phone interview. \u201cJohn\u2019s work was driven, driven to make real differences in people\u2019s lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Froines is survived by his wife, Andrea Hricko, a daughter, Rebecca Froines Stanley; a son, Jonathan Froines; and two granddaughters, Kayla and Jessica Stanley. Hricko is also a long-time workplace safety and health advocate.<\/p>\n<h2>John Froines Obits<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/obituaries\/2022\/07\/15\/froines-chicago-seven-dies\/\">Washington Post<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2022\/07\/14\/us\/politics\/john-r-froines-dead.html\">New York Time<\/a>s<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/obituaries\/story\/2022-07-15\/environmental-crusader-john-froines-who-stood-trial-with-the-chicago-7-dies\">Los Angeles Times<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/obituaries\/2022\/7\/16\/23238132\/john-froines-chicago-seven-obituary-dies-83-1968-democratic-national-convention\">Chicago Sun-Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad days. John Froines died last week at age 83. He had had been suffering from Parkinson\u2019s disease. 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