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FILE NAME: General Refractories Company (GRC) DATE: 1937 DOC#: GRC013 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Publication References Documenting GRC Knowledge 1937 Grefco Knowledge Ceramic Society Member: Russell P. Heuer, James Plummer Raugh Date: 1937 Source: Ceramic Abstracts compiled by The American Ceramic Society, Vol. 16. Articles Reviewed: Philip Drinker. 1936. Causation and pneumoconioses. Jour. Ind. Hyg. & Toxicol. "Silicosis and asbestosis are definite diseases." W.I. Clark. 1936. Clinical aspects, diagnosis, and treatment o fpneumoconiosis. Jour. Ind. Hyg. & Toxicol. "The treatment of pneumoconiosis is preventive and symptomatic. The course o f ... asbestosis is slow but eventually leads to incapacity due either to the disease itself or a complication.. .The number of workers exposed to harmful mineral dusts in mining and in industry in the U.S. has been estimated as 500,000." M. Bauer. 1936. Third ordinance increasing compensation of occupational disease in Germany. 1936. Reichsarbeitsblatt. No. 36: "Several industries are added to the list of compensable disease, including all ceramic industry..., sandblasting, and operations for cleaning castings and molds. Asbestosis in the asbestos trade...become compensable."