Encyclopedia > Noxious trade

Article Content

Noxious trade

Noxious trade is a historical term used to describe those professions that were disreputable due to pollution. The archetypal example is the tannery.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

East Farmingdale, New York

... area is 0.56% water. Demographics As of the census of 2000, there are 5,400 people, 1,693 households, and 1,286 families residing in the town. The populatio ...