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fci ki 0o 0=3 September, 1966 Volume XXX N u. 9 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE DIGEST Literature and News NEWS ITEMS ~] Industrial Hygiene Foundation 4400 Filth Avenue Pittsburgh, Pa. 15213 81 9 Information System on Toxic Chemicals. The Manufacturing Chemists' Association (MCA) wants to help the Government set up its info mation system on toxic chemicals. In a letter to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW), General G.H. Decker (U.S.A. -Ret. ) president of the Manufacturing Chemist Association, asks for a meeting with HEW representatives to discuss MCA's role in developit the computer-based file of information on the toxic effect of chemicals on people that was re cently proposed by President Johnson. General Decker points out that MCA has detailed toxi cological information on more than 100 chemicals and is working closely with the National Academy of Sciences in developing the Food Chemicals Codex. -- Chem. Eng. News 44, 33 (July 11, 1966 820 American Association of Poison Control Centers. The Ninth Annual Meeting of the American Association of Poison Control Centers will be held October 24, 1966 at the Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois. The morning will be devoted to bu ness sessions and the afternoon to presentation of papers on research, clinical and public hea aspects of acute poisoning. Inquiries should be sent to Matilda S. Mclntire, M.D. , Secretary, The American Association of Poison Control Centers, 44th and Dewey Avenue, Omaha. Nebra: 68105. -- Am. Ind. Hyg. Assn. J. 27., A-4 (May-June, 196 821 American Public Health Association. On October 31-November 2, 1966 the Occupational Health Section of the American Public Heal Association will present a varied program of papers relating to occupational health during the annual meeting in San Francisco, California. Information on program and arrangements may be secured from Victoria M. Trasko, Division of Occupational Health, Public Health Service, Washington, D. C. 20201. -- Am. Ind. Hyg. Assn. J. 27, A-4 (May-June, 1966 822 Hygienic Guide Series. The following additional Hygienic Guide Series are now available: Pentaborane-9, and Mercur and Its Inorganic Compounds. They are given in the May-June AIHA Journal page 307-313 a can be obtained from the American Industrial Hygiene Association, 14125 Prevost, Detroit, Michigan 48227, at 50 cents each. -- Am. Ind. Hyg. Assn. J. 27, 307-313 (May-June, 196 Oct. 3- 5 Oct. 3- 7 Oct. 9-14 Oct. 10 Oct. 10-12 Oct. 10-13 Oct. 10-13 Oct. 13-14 Oct. 17-18 Oct. 17-19 Oct. 17-22 Oct. 18-19 Oct. 20-22 COMING EVENTS American Oil Chemists' Society, Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa. Conference on Trace Characterization, Chemical and Physical, National Bure of Standards Institute for Materials Research, Gaithersburg, Md. Electrochemical Society, Fall Meeting, Philadelphia, Pa. Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Midwest Regional Meeting. Chicago, III American Society for Testing and Materials, 5th Annual Meeting on the Practi of Gas Chromatography, Atlantic City, N. J. Association of Official Analytical Chemists, 80th Annual Meeting, Washington, Clay Minerals Society, 3rd Meeting and 15th North American Clay Minerals Conference, Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pa. ilth Annual Symposium on Advances in Tracer Methodology, Boston, Mass. American Coke and Coal Chemicals Institute, Annual Meeting, White Sulphur Springs, West Va. National Academy of Sciences, Autumn Meeting, Durham, N. C. American Council of Independent Laboratories, Annual Meeting, Detroit, Mich Industrial Hygiene Foundation, 31st Annual Meeting, Chatham Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. Drug, Chemical and Allied Trades Association, 76th Annual Meeting, Hollywoc Florida 03122230 1.