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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1959 Jan DOC#: NSC033 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NSC - National Safety News - Wire from Washington PLArtTlFF'S WIRE FR OM WAS H I NG TO By Harry N. Rasenfield Washington Counsel, National Safety Council it was teeism. j coqts ,ays .'be;..; can. be, v ip CASI );:cTiecfeiiil seb o oli; yfstatel: officials;;neht'fitpl; s h av e f irs and ;st will i r" 'rn-:; raid Auffa- osi for,,rii it dizzi-lf h ] icoidieiitfi -rSiSil fWr$ 'iivii u|pli3e| cl othcsfP; Hriiffhiil azeswasj rySaf m imglingj getting:m,| enough, i' ount f'ij istAGHi c l nef C a rd ') Ths prospective return of Con gress has been preceded by execut ve planning for legislative programs. National Conference on Air Pollution. Called by the Surgeon Gen iral of the U. S. Public Health Service, a National Conference on Air Pollution studied the problem of contaminated air. The Departmen; of Health, Education and Welfare estimated that air pollu tion costs industry and the public four billion dollars a year (others estimated 7Vz billion),' but that only one-third of a billion dollars was spent annually on prevention. A persistent theme throughout the conference was the danger of diseases from "dirty" air. The Surf eon General stated that "in vestigators are finding a definite association between community air oollution and high mortality rates due to cancer of the respira tory uract, including the lung, can cer of the stomach and esophagus, and arteriosclerotic heart dis ease " To wait for "absolute proof" of this relationship, said the Surgeor. General, "is to invite dis aster." Considerable attention was paid to tne responsibility and alleged delay of the automobile industry in developing a device' to control motor-exhaust pollution. The De part nent of Health, Education and Welfare revealed that about 1 out of every 14 gallons of fuel Put into the nation's motor vehi cles goes into the air as pollution. automobile industry stated ftat exhaust cleaners were being tested, but no prediction was made as to when a commercially teas ble cleaner would be per fected, Senator Kuchel warned the conference not to scoff at "a wave 0 suggestions that certain types 0 motor fuels be prohibited by N a th ta l Safely Nows, January, 19S? ordinance or regulation" or to ig nore the suggestions for federal standards governing the permis sible chemical content of auf.o ex hausts. Recommendations adopted by the conference included: 1. Extension of the Federal Air Pollution Control Act now scheduled to expire in I960, and an acceptance of state and interstate control meas ures, where the problem extends beyond local boundaries. This was accepted by the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. 2. A vigorous development by in dustry of exhaust-system control devices, a study by the auto in dustry of maintenance aspects of the auto exhaust--air pollution prob lem, and a continuation of govern ment research. The Public Health Service announced it was launching research studies on the auto-exhaust problem, and called on the auto in dustry to intensify its activities. 3. Reduction of air pollution from industrial, domestic, and municipal activities. 4. Need for increased medical and engineering research. The Depart ment of Health, Education and Wel fare announced a future conference to work out practical methods for stepped-up research activities. 5. Increased training facilities for air-pollution specialists. Highway Traffic. The Bureau of Public Roads announced that registrations would total 68.4 million autos, trucks, and buses by the end of 1958, This is 1.9 per cent higher than 1957, but the rise is at a slower rate. All states reported increases. The Commissioner of Public Roads noted th at the fatal acci dent rate on controlled-access highways is only one-third that of roads which do not have con trol of access. A quarterly report on the high way safety study being conducted under the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 indicates concern about highway-accident statistical accuracy due to- non-uniformity in definition and reporting. In a motor carrier accident in vestigation, the Interstate Com merce Commission warned car riers to use tire chains and to avoid use of excessively worn tires. Industrial Safety. The Atomic Energy Commission prescribed additional safeguards for.handling nuclear material of amounts siz able enough to cause radiation ac cidents. The AEC now requires adequate alarm system s and emergency plans to evacuate per sonnel. -- To page 124 THE MONTH IN WASHINGTON PHS finds link between community air pollution and high death rate from respiratory tract cancer; will research auto exhaust. 1960 conference to revise International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea, International Load Lines Convention. Report expresses concern about accuracy of highway-accident sta tistics resulting from non-uniform reporting, definition, * CAB w ill demand high-visibility paint for certain civilian aircraft, and plans restrictions on amateur missile firings. 17 Consultation Comer --Ftom page 58 leacLng from the hoods to one main duct at a distance of about 15 f f r o m the two hoods. 'We are going to install a water spray in the perchloric acid hood. We have checked several sources as to whether such an installation is safe, and have not received a satisfactory answer. Can you give us any information, as to whether such an installation would be safe? Answer. Explosive anhydrous perchloric acid may be formed, where perchloric acid solutions corre in contact with a dehydrat ing agent or where dust or organic residues come in contact with the vapor of boiling perchlc ric acid solutions. For t h i s reason, where perchloric acid is used extensively, the exhaust sys tem should be designed with short vertical ducts, which can be readi ly washed or taken down and with as h w horizontal runs and elbows as possible. Even with a water spray instal.ed in the hood, there should be a separate exhaust system dis charging to a safe location. With out a separate exhaust system, it would be possible to get in tr ouble by forgetting to tu rn on the water spray, when working with the perchloric acid. There is also a possibility that the water spray or curtain is not going to catch all of the vapors. After a time there is bound to be corrosion, which would require the replacing of all of your duct work, resulting in downtime for hoods other than the perchloric hoods. There is the. danger that per chloric acid vapors may condense in the duct work and explode from impact or friction, such as could happen when the ducts are being repaired. Daily washing with water will prevent such resi dues, and the exhaust system should be designed w i t h this factor in mind. It is desirable to have the hood maintain its own air supply and not depend on air supplied by the general laboratory ventilation sys tem. It is also recommended that the hood be completely enclosed. 181b RENCH SHOWERS ( 1>i\j V" H>,,-j ryjt'M < RID THE BODY OF CAUSTICS and CHEMICALS in sta n tly! Thoroughly! A c c id e n t s w ith caustic chemicals s t rike w ith shocking swiftness--and H iw s Drench Showers are instant ly ready to deliver relief just as fast! A solid downpour washes away de structive m aterials--saving seconds until medical aid arrives, possibly averting serious injury and exces sive com pensation claims. H a w s D tench Showers can help you! W rite fc r details and illustrated literature. MODEL 8935 --Drench show er augm ented by H vws eye-wash fountain. complete safety sta tio n --always ready ! PRINKING FAUCET CO. (Since 1909) 1443 FOURTH STREET - BERKELEY 10, CA LIFO RN IA Circle Item No. 86--Reeder Service Card 134 New Device Muffles Blast Furnace Noise The age-old problem of silenc ing the tremendous noise created 1 by snort valves on blast furnaces | in steel plants is believed io he solved by a new installation at Kaiser Steel Corporation, Fon- Jjj tana, Calif. The noise control device, a |g snort valve silencer, was installed at Kaiser as a test project this J| year, and its effectiveness has now? been established. Designed and; fabricated by the Sound Control j Department of Koppers Company, 1 Inc., Baltimore, Md., the devicej weighs about 8,000 lbs. and is 24l| ft. long by 6 ft. wide. Encased in a 14-gauge steelj shell, the sound absorber column! uses the soundstream principle! The column is filled with sputa metallic wool held in place by a| face sheet of glass fiber, which is covered by a perforated galva|| nized sheet face plate. The entire^ assembly is suspended from the| outlet flange of the snort valve| and can be used at temperatures] of more than 500 F. In the case of Kaiser Steel's| blast furnace operation, the .snort! valve silencer d r a m a tie a lly reJf duced the noise to acceptable! levels. Middle age; When you want to| see how long your car will last instead of how fast it will go. W ire from W ashington --From page 17 Stringent safeguards for work| ers in nuclear power plants were urged at the second United Na-] tions Conference on the Peacef Uses of Atomic Energy conductedjj in Switzerland. A group of international ex | perts, working under Intema-1 tional Labor Office sponsorship,] completed an international classic fication applicable to pneumo-rj coniosis, a disease which attack^ workers who breathe excessiveg dust in the course of their work The Bureau of Mines m ad^ final its proposed revision of reg|| ulations prescribing procedures] Nafrona/ Satefy N ew s, January, 1 "[feting and approving lighting ,, [pment for illuminating un- |wground workings. ^.Aviation Safety. The new Fed- IS!ft*l A vistion A d m in is tr a to r SSL ah' safety experts against in making flying `JH co*hP*acerl -Y 0 ' safer. Pbt fhe Ci-'il Aeronautics Board -- TM r its intention to amend Civil Air [Regulations to re- S L i r e the use of high-visibility ^ J J n t on about 25 per cent of the m w fa ces cf afl civilian airplanes, purpose is to reduce coili- by making aircraft more Sspefespicuous. *#;: The C /B also announced its ""'tention ;o amend regulations to ijtect airplanes from potential .s from the amateur launch ing- or firing of rockets and mis- C jlf e . Prc posed changes would ^iiotbid firing a rocket or missile "Lljran altitude of more than 500 ft. afSrom the surface, except with ap~ g jp v a l of Administrator of Civil gfteronaut: cs, and forbids firing JBirom witliin or into any- control xone that will place the missile 'Is'within file miles of any airport. Marine S afety . T he C oast ^G uard's p ro p o se d s ta n d a rd s , pilules, and regulations to imple ment the Federal Boating Act of 11958 were the subject of a public '`"'"rheaving before the Merchant Marine Council. These items were ton the ag mda: system of number- ting and s;atistical information ap plicable to undocumented vessels, [Boating i ccidents involving---and ["-'boarding of -- undocumented vessels. .[jThe Cc ast Guard also amended Its regulations to permit life-sav- wg equipment to dispense with buoyant leine floats for life lines, grpvhere such lines are inherently buoyant. Preparatory work has already been init.ated, leading to the con vening o: a conference in 1960 for the revkion of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea 1948) and the Interna tional Load Lines Convention (1930). Committees have been set UP to develop the position of the United States relative to con struction , life-saving appliances, radio, safety of navigation, and nuclear power. All interested Parties were invited to submit their views and recommendations. 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