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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1940 Mar 21 DOC NMA108
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - State Study Aids Health of 300,000
STATE
New
York
STUDY AIDS HEALTH
Times
1857 Current file Mar
OF 300,000
21
1940 ProQuest
Historical
Newspapers The New York
Times 1851-2003
1851-2003 1851-2003
STATE STUDY AIDS
HEALTH OF 300,000
Miss
Miller
Reports
on
3
Years
of
Fighting Silicosis
and
Other Dust
Diseases
SHE
URGES
LARGER
STAFF
While
Progress
Has
Been
Made
Many
Other
Industrial
Hazards
Exist
She
Says
The health of nearly 300,000 work-
ers
in
dangerous
trades
in
New
York
State
is
better
safeguarded
than
it
was
three
and
a
half
years
ago
as
a
result
of
the
industrial
hygiene program
instituted
by
the
State
Labor
Department
on
July
1
1936
Miss
Frieda
S.
Miller
State
Industrial
Commissioner
reported
yesterday to the Legislature
which
appropriated 50,000 a year for five
years
to
the
Labor
Department
to
fight
silicosis
and
other
dust
dis-
eases and combat industrial poisons
Three
and
a
half
years
of
experi-
ence
especially
on
the
- Delaware
aqueduct project have taught meth-
ods
of
preventing
though
not
of
curing
silicosis
in
rock
drilling
Miss Miller reported
Progress also
was
made
in
controlling
othe,,dust
othe,,
diseases
But
we
have
only
scratched
the
surface in detecting and controlling
other
occupational
hazards
she
warned
hazards
generated
with
the
speed
of
invention
with
the
same
mass
market
as
technological
change
itself
The
development
of
new industries new chemicals new
processes
brings
in
their
wake
a
daily
train
of
new poisons
and
new
uses
for
old
ones
Miss
Miller
concluded
wtih
the
hope
that
weigh the
the need
legislators
would
for
continuing and
increasing
the
technical
personnel
which
alone
can
guarantee
indus-
trial
health
in
the
world
of
tomor-
row
.
Physicians
of
the
Division
of
In-
dustrial
Hygiene
of
the
Labor
De-
partment the
ducted
37,850
report said
have
con-
medical
examinations
of
workers
and
made
17,229
chem-
ical
analyses
of
air
rock
and
human
tissues
Engineers
of
the
division
have
examined
4,808
plans
for
ventilating
systems
involving
23,446 machines and 39,317 workers
An
industrial
code
to
protect
workers
engaged
in
rock
drilling
already is
in
effect while
those
for
foundries
cutting
and
stone-
crushing
are
prepared
and
will
be
announced
soon
A widespread
edu-
cational
campaign
also
has
been
carried
on
among
employers
work-
ers
physicians
and
industrial
engi-
neers
The
rock
drilling code has
stood
up
under
a
searing
test
in
the
driving
of
the
mile
Delaware
aqueduct
through
the
heaviest
sil-
bearing rock there is
Six thou-
sand
workers
there
had
to
be
pro-
tected
not only against silicosis
falling
rock
but
against
fog
and and
poisonous
gases
The
biggest
job
of
industrial
hygiene
testing
ever
undertaken
in
the
United
States
was
done
by
the
Labor Department on the Delaware
water tunnel
the
report declared
A
continuous
stream
of
water
lays
silica
dust
as
the
ceeds
ventilating fans
laden
air
other
drilling pro-
suck out the
fans
expel
poisonous
gases
after
a
ing
and
water
streams
blasted
rock
Workers
are
dynamit-
over
the
kept
out
of
the
dynamited
heading
for
teen
minutes
to
three
hours
fif-
Proper
measures
can
unques-
tionably
prevent
silicosis
the
re-
port
asserted
adding
that
whether
funds
and
personnel
should
be
con-
tinued
for
the
work
becomes
a
question of public policy
.
Thousands of workers in foundries
and
other
plants
exposed
to
grain
dust
wood
dust
asbestos
brick
feldspar
fur
wool
pumice
rock
wool slate clay whiting hematite
salt
garnet
and
emery _
have
;
been
,
rayed
In
addition
1,452
workers
ex-
posed
to
dust
containing
mercury
aniline
and
wood
dyes
moth
repel-
lents
scouring
powder
grain
fer-
tilizers
and
plastics
have
been
ex-
amined
and
more than
3,000
special
tests
made
Proper
ventilation
has
protected
23,000
workers
since
July
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