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from - RSD Cancer WN . 236-7383 Oate ; August 11, 1977 5^^ Tnduscrlal Health Foundation \ To : R&D Center' J. K. Hulm, Manager trhevrf rai Sciences Division The Industrial Health Foundation (I.H.F.) Is located at .... 5231 Center Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232 (phone - 687-2100). The work .carried out Includes consultation, measurement of .Industrial contaminants* .^v; .analysis -of.contaminants '{they Tent laboratory.space within Mellon Institute and staff It Themselves), and a small amount of an Tumi toxicology testing (using rabbits and mice). They carry out literature searches, set up medical surveys, help with location of suitable personnel, and randiTrt- training rnnrseg jfnr physieiani, mtsm .and 1-ndinrt-T-f aT hygin-tg-gTho-t-r Publications Department produces a monthly Industrial Healrh Digest and occasional bulletins. (Historically, the I.H.F. was started in 1935 by several corporations as a Fellowship within TfaTinn TnHrnfp. - ins purpose was to study occupational diseases, and the bulk of the work was directed towards silicosis. The scope of work expanded from this small base. When Mellon Institute merged with Carnegie Institute' of Technology In 1968, It divested Itself of all Fellowships. The I.H.F. then moved to its present site in Shadyside.) The 1977 budget for the I.H.F. is approximately $500,000. (All the above information was provided by Dr. Dan Braun of the I.H.F.) Vesdnghouse has a Corporate membership in the I.H.F. at $2,400 per annum. In addition, the Corporate ContributionsCommittee approved a grant of $15,000 to be paid over two years, 1977 and 1978. The purpose of this grant was to help place the I.H.F. on a more firm financial footing. (This Information was provided by R. W. Dittmer, Manager of Corporate Contributions, Gateway.)- The I.H.F. has no connection with the Mellon Institute testing facility at Bushy Run. Htoward E. Saunders Specialty Surface Coatings dk 111000342 J. K. Hulm WIN 236-7222 I j <01000^1