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Industrial Hygiene Digest INDUSTRIAL HEALTH NEWS LITERATURE ABSTRACTS MEDICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGICAL LEGAL ** decisions snd trends JUNE, 1932 (VoL 16, No. 6) INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION % FOUNDATION FACTSLHTOIKNK Foundation Fact* it a monthly newsletter Issued to industrial concerns holding membership in Industrial Hygiene Foundation. The Foundation is a nonprofit association of industries for the advancement of healthful working conditions. -ynlunie: 14 June, 1952 No. 6 DR. WEIDLEIN HONORED Dr. Edward R. Weidlein, President of Mellon Institute, was the recipient V an honorary doctor of science degree from the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy ' jjid Science at the annual commencement on June 9. The degres_jKas_Cftnferred upon pr, Weidlein Min appreciation of his life-long services in scin^ii^j.e^Bearfch imple- rented to industry. . ^MEDICAL TALKS BY STAFF MEMBER JjL 1 1952 .LIBRARY Dr. C. Richard Walmer, Managing Director, partifeigatfe.d-ln-4faanel dis cussion on medical and health services for the small industrial plant at the annual meeting of the Ohio State Medical Association, held in Cleveland, Ohio, on May 21. Dr, H. H. Schrenk, Research Director, gave an address entitled "A .Scientist Views the Problem of Air Pollution'1 at the second National Air Pollution Symposium held in Pasadena, Calif., May 5 and 6. Mr. W. C. L..Hemeon, Engineering 'Director, presented^ paper on air pollution at the New England Health Institute held ^jtthe University of Connecticut at Storrs, Conn., on June 19. - . PRESIDENT1S CONFERENCE ON INDUSTRIAL SAFETY Mr. Harry K. Anderson, Vice President of General Motors Corporation, ind a member, of the Board of Trustees of the Foundation, made a talk on ^Safety Is Good Business" at the President's Conference on Industrial Safety held in Washington, June 2-4. Staff members in attendance at the Conference were Drs.. C. R. Walmer. wind H. H. Schrenk. '0 . . ADDITIONS TO YOXn^KTION'B -STAFF T" . - . Dr. John F. Osterritter has joined the staff of the Foundation as assistant to the Medical Director for the next two years while working for his doctorate in industrial medicine at the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh. Dr, Osterritter graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in : 1950 and received his Master's Degree in Public Health last month. Mr. Harold Ide,' who received his B.S. from the University of Pittsburgh, has been added to the staff as a research assistant and will work in the field of air pollution. William Crawford, graduate of Thiel College, will be with us as a summer assistant and will also work on air pollution. Michael Cerreta, who was on military leave and served with the Marine Corps in Korea, has recently returned to the Foundation as a laboratory assistant. I-H- F TRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION 4400 FIFTH AVENUE PITTSBURGH (). PA. Industrial Hygiene Digest - 26 June, 1952 capacity, lung volume, ventilation efticiency, arterial blood studies, progressive work on a treadmill, response to pure oxygen, metabolism, and circulation time, in addition to the usual complete physical examinatio Examination, Practice, and Experience Regarding Compensation and Certification. R. S. M. Fisher. .Read before Fourth Conference of McIntyre Research Foundation on Silicosis. 3 pp. (Jan. 1952). Certification for employment in mines has been required in Quebec since July, 1950. The examination and issuance of certificates is under the authority of the Workmen's Compensation Commission. The author discusses some difficulties connected with preparing certificates, especially where the procedure is in conflict with that used before certi fication was compulsory. Mine Ventilation and Dust Control in Quebec Mines. M. Lachance. Read before Fourth Conference of McIntyre Research Foundation on Silicosis. 3 pp. (Jan. 1952). The author presents notes on dust hazards in underground work ings, crushing rooms, cyanide and flotation mills, asbestos mills, and assay offices, based on 500 dust samples, many taken under experimental conditions. The results emphasize the importance of ventilation and show that wet methods are generally effective. In crushing rooms water sprays are not completely effective, and dust collecting equipment should be used. Pulmonary Talcosis with Involvement of the Stomach and Heart. Report of a Case. W. E. Jaques and K. Benirschke. Arch. Ind. Hyg. & Occ. Me 5, 451-463 (May 1952). 'case of'talc pneumoconiosis is presented in which unique patho logic findings were demonstrated. There were extensive pulmonary fibrosi and granulomatosis in which talc crystals were positively identified. Cardia and gaslric lesions were present and were interpreted to represent a direct reaction to talc or an altered capacity to react on the part of the host. A review of the available literature is presented. -- Author's Summary Asbestosis. A. J. Lanza. Read before Fourth Conference of McIntyre Research Foundation on Silicosis. 2 pp (Jan. 1952). The action of asbestosis on the body is briefly reviewed. It is pointed out that asbestosis is regarded much more seriously in Great Britain than in Canada or the United States; the British believe it is worse than silicosis and often leads to cancer, while in America cancer resulting from asbestosis is practically non-existent.