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FILE NAME: General Motors (GM) DATE: 1949 Aug DOC#: GM016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Foundation Facts H J U IN U A I lUIN "i FACTS , 'lo -*- / : -----------------------__ by A0 August, 19U9 Foundation F a c t* I* a m onthly now t-lottar laauad to Industrial eoncorni holding momberohlp In 'Industrial Hyoltna Foundation. Th* Foundation la a non-pront aaaoclatlon of Induitrlei for tho advancement of healthful working conditions. No. 8 M.E. Coyle of General Motora to Keynote Annual Meeting Conferences to Include one on Air and Stream Pollution M.E. Coyle, Executive Vice-President of General Motors Corp., will deliver m o t e address opening the llfth annual meeting of Industrial Hygiene Foundation Lon Institute, Pittsburgh, on November 1 7 . Mr. Coyle will speak on subjects id interest to industrial management, as corporate activities and their in1 on the National economy. Besides the main meeting for management representatives, four professional m c e s will be held here on November 16--- (l) Medical, (2) Chemical & ToxicoL, (3) Engineering and (4) Legal. These round-table sessions are being id by the respective professional committees in the Foundation and the agenda e announced soon. November 18, the day after the main meeting, will be devoted to a coni on the Air and Water of Industrial Communities, with emphasis on air polluThe membership voted 3 to 1 in favor of such a conference which in effect will jntinuation of the main meeting. The agenda will cover subjects of interest to inagement and technical representatives. The Medical Conference on November l6 , the main meeting on November 17 e "air and water" conference on November l8 will all be held in the main rium at Mellon Institute. The other conferences (November l6 ) will all be ither at the Institute or nearby at' sites to be announced. Hotel reservations should be made now. Both the Hotels Webster Hall and ey, near Mellon institute, premise full cooperation, as do the downtown hotels e Pittsburgh Convention Burea\'. More details later...... I-H-F in American Can Company's Annual Report The !+7th annual report of the American Can Company, a Foundation member, ns the following: "With the assistance of Industrial Hygiene Foundation of America, which is d in the Mellon Institute in Pittsburgh, a Burvey wa3 conducted of the Company's 1 program for employees. The purpose of this, survey was to determine ways where- Company's already comprehensive medical program can be made more effective." (Editor's Note: The Foundation is now engaged in four other such studies dealing with medical administration, cost and procedure.) iY O I C N K F O U N D A T I O N -- November l C , t ,, 18 - 4 4 0 0 FIFTH AVF.bUE P I T T S U U R C H (1 3 ). P A idufl t r ia l Hygiene Digest - 1? August, 19^9 However, great care should he taken to exclude the tuberculous In eelect^jTing persons to receive aluminum therapy, ( k ) It Is not believed that a scientifically controlled experiment In Industry is feasible for the evaluation of aluminum for the prophylaxis of silicosis. Ibis follows from the uncontrollable variables inherent in the industrial situation and other factors which have been discussed. For these reasons, it appears improbable that any research agency would consider it advisable to under- i take such a project except under special conditions already discussed, and ' which may not be attainable. (5) The. McIntyre Research Foundation, as presently organized, is not equipped to solve the aluminum prophylaxis problem in relation to silicosis. Tbe steps considered necessary to accom plish this objective are outlined. (6) Research should be continued with laboratory animals vith the bbject of finding a more adequate basis for application to man. Such study is now Included in the program of the Saranac Laboratory of the Trudeau Foundation. -- Authors' Summary 66 Effects 'of Electricity on the Human B o d y . W . B V Kouvenhoven. Ind. Med. 16, 269 (July, M 9 ) . * The author discusses briefly the various effects of electricity on the body, including variations with the amount of current. The current values of interest are: (l) threshold of feeling, about 1 milliampere; (2) let-go current, above which it is difficult to let go of a wire, about 9 milliamperes for men, 6 for women; (5) current producing ventri cular fibrillation, 0.1 ampere; (U) current producing a block in the ner vous system, one ampere or more; and (5) the counter shock current. The last three result in death if prolonged; otherwise artificial respirationmay save the victim. These effects refer to alternating current.of com mercial frequency. Direct current is much less harmful. The only effect of high-frequency currents is heating. '67 Asbestosis and Canter of the Lung. Editorial. J.A.M.A. iSo; 1219-1220 (Aug. 1?, 19^9). Records of English, American and German physicians and The Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories in England for 19^7 show that the occurrence of cancer of 'the lung is related to pulmonary asbestosis. This relation is expo r t e d by the following observations: (l) The incidence rate of cancer of the lungs in asbestosiB patients is 10 to 1? times as high as among the general population.(2) The male-female ratio is more * nearly equal than it is for the general population, which indicates that an environmental and evidently occupational carcinogon tended to equalize the incidence rate of cancer of the lungs for both sexes. Recent cxporlmental observations support this interpretation of clinical evidence. 60 Changes in the Lungs Produced by Natural Graphite. H.E. Harding and G.b T O liver.. B rit. J . Ind. M e d . 6, 91-99 (April, 19^9). A brief description *io given of the industrial uoeo of natural graph!t> which is a crystalline carbon mixed with up to 10% of free silica and with, other minerals. The greatest dust risk occurs in the grinding of natural graphite, for which evidence, is presented, to show that this cun land to