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FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT DATE 1939 July 18 DOC PAINT001 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NPVLA Internal Memo to Class A Members RE Toxic Materials . National Paint Parish and Lacquer Association OFFICERS PRESIDENT EANEST Y. TA106 Vam~-zaron CORP ATED ATED ATED 2201 NEW YORK AVE N.W. WASHINGTON D. C. VICE PRESIDENT L. SPLISKAGER CHIGAN TREASURES 1. NATLACE PIRIQUEM OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT RETARY RSVEL W. ELTON WAINOTH " ~ COLYSEL O MACDONALD Washington t July 18 1939 CLASS A MEMBERS CONFIDENTIAL Not for Publication REGIONAL PRESIDEPRESIDENTN S TS DCJAKDOW eae i ** 8. LT721 LT721 NEW V21t ** | 14 81 P BELLY LOUISVILLE ** BILTOR & PINE 5160 + -STEPOENTS SA PAN 120 DIVISIONAL FAGETOONY FAGETOONY OLESALE - & wramtr Cor CIT Toxic materials with their present problems require our conscientious consideration of the fundamental principles involved The National Paint Varnish and Lacquer Association is keenly interested in providing Class A members with as much information on this subject as is practicable at this time Tiis information being confidential is not intended for general publication - it is being sent only to the Class A group Please respect this confidence The vital factor concerning toxic materials is to intelligently safeguard the public People may feel safer in buying materials whose danger they know rather than meterials unknown to them We trust the several phases presented herein will be of some benefit to members in applying every precautionary Leasure in manufacturing in selling and in use where toxic materials are likely to or co enter a product Toxics and their effects is subject very broad in scope and can only briefly be treated in this message ; Children's toys equipment furniture etc. are not the only consideration Toxics + dony compounds used in prints or lacquers may have harmful effects if carelessly handled Toxic materials may enter vepors or gases through inhaled into the nose and the body through the lungs in the form of dust mist the skin or through the mouth and stomach actorial mouth can dissolve in the saliva and be swallowed Irritant materials way also have a direct action upon the skin and the mucous membranes of the nose mouth and threat It must be remembered that all people do not react in the same when to chemicals Some may be quite seriously affected by quantitiewsaywhich aerxeposed harmless to others Hence it follows that any one using print and allied prod- ucts should provide adequate ventilation and should observe ordinary sanitary measures such as the washing of the hands and face before eating and keeping the clothes clean Dirty work clothes including shous can be an important source of skin absorption Some of the ingredients of points mention because of their specific displace part of the air or cause or system and allied products might receive spocial effects rather than because they serely slight disconfort if taken into the stomach The skhe following pigments may be considered as toxic if they find stomach The mount tolerated by the body varies with the their way pigment into 5 Antimony Antimony exide Naples yellow or other untimely comp Antimony is supposed to be considerably less toxic than lead NCA 0 02901 2 there is much evidence to indicate that it Many cases of suspected untimony poisoning accompanying land is a have toxic arterial been traced to the Arsenic Compounds Paris green or other compounds containing arsenic . Godmium sulfides and selenides are toxic but belong to the Lsise?ed pigments Chr Chromates of all types are understood to be relatively toxic Chromium oxides are relatively toxic Connounas White lerd red lead litnorge lead chromates chrome Lene piguents yellow chrome green or other lead Mercury Cercury Red and ellow oxides of mercury or other products centaining - Liquids - alcohols alcohol Alcohols The toxicityof methyl is very well known in lacquers the other are relatively harmless As used Benjol. Tris is probably the most dangerous of all commercial solvents - but its use in our industry is probably restricted to certain paint and vo.mish removers ChlorinatedHydrocarbons Carbon tetrachloride trichlor ethylene tetrachlorethane ethylene diciuoride and similar chlorinated cli- phatic hydrocarbons are said to be very ngerous toxics Chlorunted rotic rotic hydrocrbons hydrocrbons ce seid to be ich toxic thu the coronal coronal yurocarbon itself but some chiorinated from tics are frequently the source of skin troubles Lacquer Solvents There is some evidence that the acetates butyl and amyl more or less toxic ^cotone mrd the other ketunes are relatively irrmless Host other solvunts used to lesser extent are either harmless in them- selves are used in such relatively small amounts or are so slowly | 'vaporatingthat they present no hazard Methyl Alcohol The use of this product should be avoided definitely poisonous It is Solvent Naphtha This is also relatively toxic as compared to benzol and probably less toxic than toluul and xylol Tuluol and Xylol In equal concentrations toxic than benzol but because the hazard is usually less they are these are less volatile said to be more actual NCA 0 02902 - Namufacturing Chemists Association Legal Principles 1. A manufacturer who puts out a dangerous article or substance without accompanyinigt with a warning as to its dangerous properties is crci- narily liable for any damage which results from such failure to warn 2. A manufacturer or dealer who erroneously labels for with the name of a harmless substance is liable may be caused thereby a dangerous drug any injury which Failure 3. Failure to comply with a statute .g with respect to labeling pisons usually held to be negligence por se or at least evidence of negligence 4. The name of the product alone may be sufficient warning if its mture is very widely known or its sale is restricted to those who are . pressed to know its nature but even in such cases the cuviscoility of a specific warning is indicated 5. Technical accuracy may not be sufficient protection barer if he uses words which may give the purchaser the his product is not what it actually is for the manufac- impression that 6. A nonwarranty of results is not a warning against pessible dangerous results 7. The consumer is entitled to rely on positive representations or directions appearing on the label unless he knows them to be incorrect 8. The manufacturer is ordinarily a use for which it is not intended reasonably have been whether a particular are apt to differ on foreseen It result should this point not liable if his product is put to and an injury results which could not is often difficult however to know have been foreseen and the courts 9. The manufacturer or one who holds himself out to be the must know the qualities of his product and he cannot escape on the ground that he did not know it to be dangerous manufacturer liability 10. The general rule that a manufacturer is privity of contract with him does not apply nently or inherently oungerous not liable to these when his product is not in immi- Conclusion ~ To grant that this is a very broad subject and doubt if a concis set of rules can be established Nevertheless it may be said that our members can meet their individual problems in safeguarding the public including ofadvantage course our own factory employees by their sincere effort in taking advantage of every possible precaution in the use of toxic materials in manufacturing selling and in use Such precautions plus constant repetition of intelligent instructions will it is believed secure the best results , 5 ETT YourYosurs truly ,. Fruide ** 0 02704 *