Was industrialization worth the cost?

I think that the new technologies from industrialization were not worth the costs. The poster titled “Making Human Junk” by Lewis Wickes Hine, (1913-1914) shows how child labor is exampled. Before children went to go work at factories they were happy and were energetic. Once they go through the process of working the end up being drained from energy.  The children weren’t going to have a future and they had low wages. After working through the conditions of factories the result was that they turned into “Junk.” This is child labor due to the amount of hours worked, the low wages, and also how they have to deal with all the terrible conditions. Likewise, The Report on Industrial Accidents composed by Crystal Eastman (1916) says that from July 1, 1906 to June 30, 1907 that 526 men were killed from work related accidents in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. In addition to that, 509 men were injured from similar accidents. The opening of factories led to severe deaths. 60% of the men who died didn’t reach the prime of their working life. This means that they were still young when they passed away and there was still many years for them to work. The cause of industrialization led to many deaths and injuries of innocent people. Also, in the photograph by Detroit Publishing Company titled “Factory Smokestacks” (1890-1901) it shows how there is a lot of thick black smoke releasing from the multiple factories. There is three factories polluting into the air which is very harmful into the environment. In the bottom of the image you can see there is grass and flowers. The pollution kills plants and leads to brown and very unattractive plants. Lastly, in the article “Polluting the Environment”, the escalating number of factories led to an abundance of people arriving into the city. Many homes used coal to heat their homes and the burning coal was ejected into the atmosphere as smoke and soot. By the early 1900’s the air was contaminated with pollution in industrial cities that there was a need for streetlights during the day. Coal mining produces chemicals like iron sulfates which enter the streams and kill plants and animals in the area. As you can see industrialization can cause horrible things. For example, industrialization can lead to child labor, deaths or injuries, and pollution. In my opinion I think that industrialization was not worth the cost and we could have found better technologies.