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FILE NAME: Chemical Abstracts (CHAB) DATE: 1964 DOC#: CHAB046 OCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Abstract Originally Published in 1963 by Rubino $ with pneumoconiosis accompanied by emphysema or broncliitis. triphosphate was affected. The presence of nitroglycol increased Leonard D. Pagnotto the O affinity of hemoglobin and lowered blood catalase activity. Vanadium poisoning. G. V. James. Analyst 8H,&51-2(1960). , . L. K. Yee \ A typical case is reported of V poisoning of workers who were re A continuously recording instrument to measure air-borne ion moving incrustations from A1 tanks in which bauxite had been a concentration. Alfred L. Mendenhall, Jr., and David A. Fraser treated with alkali. The symptoms of the illness and the de (U.S. Public Health Serv., Cincinnati, Ohio). Am. Ind. Hyg. tection procedures are discussed. From CZ 1961(14), 4803. Assoc. J. 24(6), 555-62(1963). A vacuum tube electrometer Hans Gunthardt with concentric ion collectors was used to monitor ion concns. in Chronic benzene poisoning. Heinz Thiele (Deut. Zentral animal chambers and in a nuclear submarine. The electrometer inst. Arbeitsmedizin, Berlin-Lichtenberg). Pracovni Lekar__ can operate high impedance recorders. Win. MacL. Pierce 16(1), l-7(1964)(in Czech). Investigation of 107 workers ex Chemistry of public hazards due to poisonous gases. I. posed to CHe in a plant processing brown coal showed that Thefilter paper method for measuring sulfur dioxide, nitrogen women above 40 years of age are particularly susceptible as mani dioxide, and chloride in the atmosphere. Shozo Fukui (Kanag- fested by hypoplasia or aplasia of the bone marrow in 97% of awa Prefect. Public Health Lab., Yokohama, Japan). Bunseki severely intoxicated women in comparison with 43% cases in Kagaku 12(11), 1005-11(1963). Immerse a filter paper in 5% men in similar condition. Very severe cases were characterized b KiCOi, dry in an oven at 50, and expose to the atm. for 1 by a picture similar to megaloblastic anemia in the bone marrow month by fixing it with clips in a louvered box. Treat the paper and peripheral blood. In less severe poisonings with a normal (5 X 10 cm.) with 100 ml. of H-O, heat over boiling water for cell count in the bone marrow there was a disorder in the matur 15 min., allow to cool and filter. S oxides, N oxides, and Cl~ in ation of erythropoiesis and leukopoiesis. CeHe-caused hemo- the filtrate arc detd. by the BaCh method, the diazotization blastoses were found only in men. Myeloses and erythroblasto method, and the Hg chloranilate method, resp. This method is ses were fairly frequent; lymphadenoses were rare. CeHt poison not affected by the difference of the quality of reagent used, ing was characterized by the following features and early hetna- and is only slightly affected by changes in the atm. temp, and tol. signs: inhibited maturation and division of blood formation humidity. K. Kawamura (radiomimetic effect), facultative megaloblas^oid picture, vita _Significance of the determination of benzoic acid in urine for the min C deficiency without signs of scurvy, toxic damage of the diagnosis of acute toluene poisoning. Jana Pazderova and Jar- capillaries and excessive bleeding, hemoglobin levels below 80% . mira Srbova (Klinika Nemoci Povolani, Karlova Univ., Prague). in men and 75% in women, drop in polynuclear leukocytes be Pracovni Lekar. 16(1), 21-4(1964). Two cases of severe poison low 3000, pycnosis of their nuclei, hypersegmentation, prolifera ings are described. The noxious concns. (8-13 and 60-70 mg. tion of the no. of nuclear processes, changes in the neutrophil PhMe/1. air) were ealed. from the amts, of BzOH excreted in the plasma (basophilia, toxic granules), enlargement of the diam. of urine. Loss of consciousness was caused by 10-12 g. PhMe ab red blood cells, changes in the lymphocyte nuclei arid their size, sorbed in 30 min. L. J. Urbanek decreased capillary resistance, maturation disorders, mitoses, -- and morphol. changes in the sternal punctate. The same picture New steps to minimize the hazards of air pollution for public was produced exptl. in rabbits. Subcutaneous application of aGn.dMvoalcuKnetanrzyieag(Uen.Sci.esP;ubfolirc thHeeadlotchtoSrearnvd., hWisapsahtiinegntto.n, VDe.rCno.)n. Cfoyliscteainceidpr(eI)vepnrteevdenhtyepdoptlhaesiadeovfetlhoepmbeonnte omfarmroewga.lobSlaimstuoiltdaina. Am. J. Pub. Health Suppl. 54( 1), 79-83( 1964). J. A. Kennedy eous application of cysteine and I, however, cancelled their Application of thin-layer chromatography to the analysis of favorable effect. Initial staphylococcal infections had also a ^ atmospheric pollutants and determination of benzo[a]pyrene. favorable effect. H. T. suggests that the so-called achrestic per Eugene Sawicki, T. W. Stanley, W. C. Elbert, and J. D. Pfaff nicious anemia of the Israels and Wilkinson type are actually (Robt. A. Taft Sanit. Eng. Center, Cincinnati, Ohio). Anal. chronic CH poisonings that have not been recognized as such Chem. 36(3), 497-502(1964). Rb values and fluorescent colors CA 34, 59301. _ L. J. Urbanek have been obtained through thin-layer chromatography of 20 Etiopathological and clinical aspects of talc pneumoconiosis._ polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons with the following adsorb G. F. Rubino, P. Maranzana, L. Pettinati, and G. Scansetti (Univ. Turin, Italy). Med. Lavoro 54(6-7), 490 00(1963). ents and developers: alumina with pentane:ether (19:1; vols.); cellulose acetate with EtOH:toluene:water (17:4:4; vols.); A study was made of 357 workers exposed to talc. A high inci and cellulose with dimethylformamide:water (1:1, vols.). Of dence of pneumoconiosis was found in talc miners and workers the 3 adsorbents alumina gave the best sepn. of fluorescent org. grinding talc which also contained cryst. silica, tremolite, and compds. from the org. fractions of airborne and air pollution serpentine. In a rubber plant where these fibrogenic agents were e source particulates. The pattern and fluorescent color of the absent from the talc, the no. of cases of pneumoconiosis was low. spots of a thin-layer chromatogram varies with the type of pollu Leonard D. Pagnotto tion. The cellulose acetate adsorbent system gave best results Pneumoconioses produced by blast-furnace dust. H. Drasche for the sepn. of the benzopyrene fraction obtained in column and W. Steinhausen. Beilr. Silikose-Forsch. No. 78, 19-50 chromatography. The cellulose adsorbent system gave the best (1963). Conditions leading to the production of the title dust rTehseultgsrefaotresttherasnegpen.ofoffitsh-evapluoelysnwucalseaorbtaarionmedatwicithhytdhrioscaardbsoonrbs. (I), I is and its high in ph Fe ys b . u and t the chem. SiCh cha cont rac ent teri is stic not s are grea d t. escrib The ed. The develop -- e n t . Two methods for the estn. of benzoia|pyrene following ment of different stages of pneumoconiosis in 15 workers exposed uthltirna-vlaiyoelertcahnraolmysaitsogatra3p8h2y ma#rei; dtehsecroibtheedr. inOvonlevemsesthpoecdtrionpvhoolvtoes- to the I for 10 years is considered in relation to the SiO and other constituents as well as the size of inhaled I particles. fluorimetric analysis in HjSO. E. V. Jones . W. C. Tobie , New method for determining sulfur dioxide in air, suitable for Analysis of the hypotensive effect during SH group inactiva- ^ series testing. Dezso Tapfer (Orvostud. Egyet., Budapest, tion. I. M. Trakhtenberg, I. V. Savits'kii, and F. P. Trinus. Hung.). Egeszsegludomany 7(4), 322-31(1963). The method Fiziol.Zh., Akad. Nauk Ukr. RSR 9(6), 748-53(1963). Prelimi was based on detg. the SO, after being oxidized to sulfate, by nary investigation among workers of a Hg plant with an initial back titration of added excess Ba ions. The detn. was not phase of mercurialism showed that Unithiol (I), was capable of disturbed by other materials with reducing properties. Only correcting hypotension. As I had no effect in normotensive per- -- HjS, possibly also in the air, had an influence on the results. sons it was concluded that it may act specifically on the SH groups GGJH of cellular enzymes blocked by Hg poisoning. In intact rabbits Health physics control in processing beryllium. F. B. Crosslcy receiving CoCI or CdClj intravenously (resp. 5 and 10 mg./kg.) (Imp. Chem. Ind. Ltd., Birmingham, Engl.). Inst. Metals, as well as in those subjected to chronic inhalation of Hg vapors, I Monograph Rept. Ser. No. 28, 665-76(1963). Details are given prevented hypotension and depression of the pressor response to of industrial hygiene at a com. Be plant. Environmental control epinephrine. The contractility of isolated aortic strips from rab- Q embraced stack, outdoor, samplings, deposit gages, effluent bits, lost upon addn. of Co, Cd, or Hg salts to the perfusion sampling (1 part Be: HP parts effluent), decontamination, and fluid, was recovered when the strips were pretreated with I. transport procedures. An appendix details the spcctrographic _ ___ N. Jasinczuk procedure used for routine filter-paper analysis. J. W. Taylor Hemolytic action in vitro of some powdered substances com monly employed in industry. A. Granata and D. Papalia (Univ. Derivaux, J., and Liegeois, F.: Toxicologic Yetcrinairc. Messina, Italy). Med. Lavoro 54(6-7), 519-23(1963). Finely- Paris: Vigot Freres. 1962, 332 pp. 40 F. divided asbestos, red lead, and CaSO produced hemolysis in 40 Hatch, Theodore F., and Gross, Paul; Pulmonary Deposition samples of heparinized blood within 6 days. The hemolytic ac and Retention of Inhaled Aerosols. New York: Academic tion was weak with kaolin and absent with silica, hematite, and Press. 1964. 192 pp. $5.95. CaCOj. Leonard D. Pagnotto Spengler, Guenter: Die Schwefeloxydc in Rauchgasen und in Nitroglycol poisoning in an explosives plant. II. H. Hasc- h der Atmosphacrc. Ein Problem der Luftreinhaltuug. Dssel gawa, M. Sato, H. Yoshikawa, H. Sakabe, M. Yamaguchi, and dorf: Ycrcins Deut. Ing. -Yerlag. 1964. 152 pp. IX.SO DM. K. Hotta. Bull. Natl. Inst. Ind. Health No. 8, 10-200 902); cf. ibid. No. 4 , 54-7(1900). Nitroglycol was readily converted into NOi- which can be used to compute the amt. of compd. absorbed into the blood of workers. At nitroglycol concns. of Purification of wash gases from aluminum electrolytic furnaces, with simultaneous recovery of fluorine. Mctallgescllschaft A. G. (by Curt Scheidel). Ger. 1,161,040 (Cl. C 22d), Jan. 9,