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/f/f Industrial Hygiene Digest lU`iatu'ic Ghsticcts MEDICAL ENGINEERING LEGAL decision* *nd trend* iJniustual- Health Tltwi INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 nrTH AVTKUC rrmiuTicK. >a. 7 rtftca to Rccont Llturoturo - 4 * kiiXSnSlS. E.2'. bonne?. Kutseh. el. Vchnsuhr., 3. <07.400 (1*39). (Demon} A alaart but excellent of tho origin, clinical aspect* *nd dlagnosi* of puLtorvory osLc-Vosls. Asbestos lirts und June enneer of osbn.ttos mrfcers or dtscur.seu. It u cooperatively rr.ro to find cibustnsls co#pUcttc3 by puleoner; tuberculosis In C.inahtiy. T'rdWtcuLo^ic in t;ri..i7nr:. A.n. ruddun. u njd i INiO. liHi J. :t., 156-16*' (Mumh 1'J3Q). Tbo author ccncluucs that "nlthouch tho relation of curtain occupations to the eccurroecu or tuberculosis is soastihat disquieting, Industry tr. I'encrtl does no: coiutltutu n oiti*:u In U.la rc-puct." lie statu- trst In.lustrlnllsiition has uc ralscft the Cwftortl at-.rvl;*rds or living ** *o **** thr.n counteract nny auv.jrso laflucee.: rhich aped Vie industries o*ort,- Insurtnee reports Indicate c uig.-.c: death rate .onc intur.trlel ca contrasted trlth ison-innustriul group* in tho s:si: comunity. Th Influences t.Meh ouy ozort u\ odrsrao offoct on ac industry's tuberculosis ratine nro discussed, particularly i6tur*i end overcrowding. The results *f jmrrcys of eve rerouted pl.nnts aro revcilitift, The Importance of tuber eulosls in relation tu silicosis lr iliustrctcu by obsorrstians o a series ef 375 cases vUlch oerurn-l In L'ntanu `turing the putt 10 year* nui on*: cIn cnc of thv iw.rthcm mining `..sins, there tre tnrurssissic.ii of tuberculosis c. cut* toet* m.; pnrtlcci.rly ru.toA. Ihe ecuo<*lc aspect *,f tuberculosis exerts r. sctorv iinln *.a tin: ccwiur.it. a:u industry. etui the results *.f treatment s; f::r as the inelvUuoi uertn*ui is concerned arc n-t tme.-uraging, f*sw nrc ever again ^permanently colr-suep^rting. The necessity of preventive ouanures fur early detection of casus ii piloted *.ut. Such nurtures siv.ull luclu-o chest rr.ntgan< ogreas, supplcucntcu by ltb*roiury facilities. waurcuwsi:; ato caisju'i disease. An. tics (Queries r.rui rln,r s^tos) 112. 1090 (U.ny 13, 1039). A o*n wv, UJ on ettsefc of c-'.lssan dlse'.a* cad n laust c:nK*to recovery. At that tlou Ms lungs untc n-.n.sl alts.ugh rn n-cntg.ir-ersas were t;*tsu. A year lotcr the non d.>vclwp<v- active tubcreul-jtis. The reply st.ntcs that there is ?a luteal c.n:uft,n bot.v.n tr.tsu V.*C c. ndl tiur.s; it is ^uiw j-*ssrbLc th'-.fyr-.- sysptnci t-ibwrrul.'.sis ( /w.ut orlgluall;* tut not ectcct&U. A STUW CjV TiE EFFECTS OY SatCvTiE TO UCT Hi TrX LT.HHC AJID UILLHS 07 KTJO- PW1XITE. K.F. Lusua, U.F. Trlco end C.C. Cur;-untcr. Division of Industrial Hyglcno, Morth ^nn.llfVi it:.tw "o.nrvi *.i' Hcolti*. an^ikirth Cor..lina in-ustrlsi Cre- issioa, U'dlctln, 1 C*' pp. (K*.lru:ry 1939). r^r s*.lc h/ thu Halitj^h, II. C. l*rl*tv 'M runts. PyrophyllUo l- n n-itm**:l l.y.Jn**:. .nlinlnua ulll*:..tw cMnti.lftinr. nlminr., H'l. Jlllwu--uf -hith frru ?.j- to is Quarts. It is jjiloytrl In thu tmufretur* of runbor cooas, tnutlius, pnper, Pisp, :lnt, toilet ,irti*nrstlons, ant cerneie i.rv-iuut-. Eaposur^ of i-'orvoeu in ulninc oilllntt pruaccsas, imirh ro Inherently dusty on-;ui*> tlon-t, const!tutus a serious haaaru nnd Army ef thea develop a lung condition dosi^rwuod os pnoicxeonio:.lz. Thu pyrvphylllte dust causes a pulx-onm*? fLLn.sis .iilel. sjipcisru on the s-r-ay file ns cr.uztvc tuur* lire 3iiadn;;s Lli .tcrjlly wltu.iisS In tho subbplcsl region or ns grenular Cem- ltiua tliroin;!r.ut tho lungs. fLphysuaa la eoaun on4 rvdulntion mere. Tito psth slngy opikers lu bo p>;n-am>nt onS t^nia to pro^rts:*. Tuherculovls is n*t noee> snrlly o cocplKbtlnc fnvwir. Tho crrs:instl*ns rci<*rtud hero covsr 101 prvsent and fonsor waplnycos; 3fi> of thr.so v-*ltli 2 yenm *r ;.ro exposure shnned evtdenue f luiv; pAUiol-xiy T!iu Jullutin uIsa lucludoa out!n*ds for dust contr>l, niocrt-us rcpr#dticti.iiu: of 7*ny- itnS uicn.i--*.t.^i*n)Jis ;.iul rxtny pi.ml orvi uiuw ucencs. 304