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(SELECTED PAGES) COMMUNITY MEDICINE NEWSLETTER Winter 1970-71 Published quarterly by and for the . Department of Community Medicine Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the $ City University of New York Volume 1, Number 3. fr CAPCO KIN 0000592 PATERSON PROGRAM GETS $4,000,000 A grant of $5,000r was made December 11 by the Aaron and Rachel Meyer Foundation for the publication and distribtuion of the report of the i survey of health facilities and ne<*ds in Paterson, N.J., conducted by' Dr. Brown and Mr. Winston under Dr. Deuschle's supervision. The report recommended the development of five neighborhood health stations in the "model neighborhood" and a health center to provide primary health care to residents of that area. It formed the basis for developing the health services component of Paterson Model Cities Application which was recently awarded a $4,000,000 grant - about $600,000 of it for development of community health services. Additional federal- funding will be required to implement this program fully. John Bell, director of Model Cities, and Dr. Yager, who is health officer of Paterson, are coordinating their departments' efforts toward bringing these recommendations to full realization. A research program in Paterson on the effects of asbestosis is now being conducted by the Division of Environmental Health under Dr. Selikoff's direction. Dr. Yager is participating. 17 CAPCO KIN 0000593 WORLD'S FIRST COURSE IN . OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH The Division of Environmental Medicine, which gave the world's first course in asbestosis last June, will give another never-been-done-before course April 19-23. This .course, which is on Occupational Health Hazards, is designed to meet the requirements of union representatives concerned with the growing problems of occupational disease. Dr. Selikoff and Dr. Heimann will direct it. Participation will he limited to 75 selected students. Monday sessions will include: Welcoming Address Dr. James Historical Review Dr. Heimann Medical Screening Procedures (As Used in Industry) Introductory Statement, Blood Tests, Liver and Kidney Tests, Breathing Tests,Skin Tests Dr. Selikoff; Dr. D. Gutfreund; Dr. Churg; Dr. A.S. Teirstein; Dr. A.W. Glick At Lunch Mayor John Lindsay will speak on "The City's Responsibility for the Health of Workmen." Physical Examinations Dr. Selikoff Statistics in Occupational Health Dr. Hammond Accidental Traumatic Injury Industrial Accident Statistics, Preventive Techniques for.Industrial Accidents, Mr. J. Gordon; Mr. D. Padden Eye Protection and Vision Conservation in Industry .Dr. W. David 23 t- It CAPCO KIN 0000594 Tuesday sessions will include: Occupational Skin Disease Common Occupational-Skin Diseases, Dr. S. Peck; Preventive Techniques, Dr. P.A. Possick Major Health Hazards --1 Physical Radiation, i Dr. Nicholson; Temperature, Humidity, Fatigue, Work Stress, Drs. Cunningham and Dacso Air Pressure Problems, Noise and Hearing, Dr. Gonda Dr. S. Rosen Major Health Hazards -- Chemical (Solvents) Toxicity of Paraffinic Compounds, Dr^JKajr; Toxicity of Aromatic Compounds, Dr. Heimann Major Health Hazards -- Metals General Principles Dr. Heimann; More Toxic Metals - I (Mercury, Cadmium), Dr, L.J. Goldwater; More Toxic Metals - II (Beryllium, Lead, Arsenic), Dr. H. Hardy Wednesday sessions will include: Major. Health Hazards -- Gases The Toxic Gases, Dr. J. Goldsmith; Principles of Control Mr. Holaday Major Health Hazards -- Dusts The Nature of the Dusts, Dr. Langer; The Pneumoconioses, Dr. Selikof-f; More About Respirators, Dr. Holaday CAPCO KIN 0000595 The Labor Medical DSptHFtment Viewpoint Dr. H. Abrams Health Hazards at the Bargaining Table (Fanel Discussion) Moderator --- Dr. Selikoff Panelists: Mr. Ahern Mr. Bommtarito Mr. Hutchinson Mr. Leonard Mr. Mazzocchi Mr. Perkel * Friday Sessions will lncludd Recent Trends in Occupational Health Legislation in U.S. Mr. G. Taylor' Workmen's Compensation in the U.S, (A Panel Discussion) Moderator -- Mr. A. Walinsky Current Status and Trends, Mr. G. Sellers; Workmen's Compensation and Occupational Disease Compensation Law for the Pneumoconioses Changing Concepts of Compensation Law as Evidenced by the Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis Legislation Dr. Ladimer; Dr. C.B. Rabin; Dr. L. Kerr 26 'I ' 1 J' CAPCO KIN 0000597 4dP-.. THE U.S. NAVY JOINS BATTLE WITH SHIPYARD DUST The U.S. Navy is shortly to introduce a set of procedures to reduce insulation dust exposure - especially asbestos dust - to workers in naval . shipyards. These procedures were outlined by Commander'Samuel Barboo, U.S.N., at a meeting held October 15 in Mount Sinai's Environmental Sciences Labora tory. He is Head of the Industrial Environmental Control Branch of the Navy's Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. He traced the Navy's quickened interest in the problem to a conference held with Dr. Selikoff two years ago that reviewed health hazards of shipyard insulation workers. Problems of shipyard insulation dust being discussed at Mount Sinai School of .Medicine. Commander Barboo, U.S.N., is at head of table. Dr. Selikoff L. Also at the October meeting were Commander George Lawton, M.C., U.S.N., Director, Industrial Environmental Health Division, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Mr. John O'Neill, Consultant, .Bureau of Labor Standards, U.S. Depart ment of Labor, and representatives of the commercial shipbuilding industry, the insulation manufacturing industry, and Mount Sinai's Insulation Industry CAPCO KIN 0000598 HygieneResearch Program. Commander Barboo descri.bed the proposed Navy procedures for insulation application and rip-out. Mr. Carl Mangold of the Industrial Hygiene Section of Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington, derailed some of the procedures that are now standard at that yard. Disposable overalls, costing approximately $1 per pair are used as a routine matter. A downdraft cutting box for hand sawing has been found to be particularly effective and is well received by the workers. Extensive use of portable vacuum cleaners has reduced most of the unnecessary dust ex posure in confined areas. Mr. O'Neill said that a set of regulations applicable to the ship building and ship repair industry and also the construction industry is . under consideration by the Department of Labor. At the end of the meeting a committee was appointed to draft a uni fied approach to the problems of shipboard insulation work. It includes representatives of the Navy, the Department of Labor, the Asbestos Workers Union, the commercial shipbuilding industry, the in sulation manufacturers, the insulation contractors, and Mount Sinai's IIHRP. -v 28 .-.'I CAPCO KIN 0000599