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PRESIDENT H BCHRENK PH T V. o B ureeu cl Mme? F i'.'s c 'jrq h . P e n r s y iv r...< PRESIDENT-ELECT . J. BLOOM FIELD .'Lj ;ion al !n?t;ute of H ealth Pethesda. M aryland PAST PRESIDENT PHILIP DRINKER H . r :d Ss.-h.-ci cl P u b lic H eaii R<\ 5e n M assa ch u setts SECRETARY KLV.AR O BA SSES V. . : J f F U S M ,]r. ,to V r.'.i'^r.y Fa.-! P !t \ .rcr Po."-i. y ' .r- j TREASURER I. B UTTLEFIELD A ' :eSnOcIa nBHP:<:.*L.iSrMhoeACvuenn,upeur.ci-, .o . AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE ASSOCIATION d ir e c t o r s MANFRED EC'.VDITCH M a s .a c r .js e tts D e p a rtm e n t of --a c e ? a n d In d u strie s W. A. COOK Zur.ch Insurance Com panies /. V/. FEHNEL M e': ycolbar. Lite In su ran ce C o in p irv G . C . HARROLD. PH. D. C hrysler C orporation LT. C O L O N E L T. F. H ATCH A. F. M e d ic a i R esearch. L a b o rato ry D. D. IRISH, PH. D. Dow C hem ical Com pany E. G . WEITER, PH . D. Em ployers M utual Liability Insurance C om pany ot W isconsin C. W . ML'EH LB ERGER. PH. D. W ich m ar. S tate D e p a rtm e n t of H ealth J. H. STERNER. M. D. Eastman Kodak C om pany M AJOR R, C STRATTON. C W . S. '..are cf Travelers in su ran ce Com pany J . J . Bloom field P h ilip D rinker Kehpe E. C. Bardes J . B. L i ttle f ie ld M. Bowdith J . W. F eh n el G. C. H arrold T. F. Hatch E . C. Mei t e r J . H. S te r n e r W. R. B ra d le y T . C. L. Heneon W. N. W ith e rid g e In accordance w ith in stru c tio n s received a t the Annual M eeting o f th e American I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene A sso c ia tio n , I ob ta in e d p e rm issio n from D octor Townsend to tra n s m it t o you a copy o f th e l e t t e r w hich D o cto r Townsend re c e iv e d from Mr W arren N. Watson d ated F ebruary 2L, l?lib , d e a lin g w ith la b e lin g o f hazardous chem icals* Sincerely yours, H. 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R e fer e n c es! 1.* i'R e.^ ilati-'n s fo r T ran sp ortation o f 3xplead vest and Other Dangerous Articles by Water, Rail, Freight, Express and Baggage Ssrvioas", 15 pagasj Superintenderrt of Bccusants, Goverraaent Printing O f f i c e , Washington, D* C P r i c e , UO c e n ts (S b ta* A&cnd&teuts s in c e -January ? , 19U1 a re a ra ila b la in aineograpfa f o r a , or a cos-plat p r in t i s a v a lla b ia f r o th e B ureau of E x p lo siv es, 30 Tewsy S tre e t* Jfss fo rk C ity 2 "Motor C a r rie r S a fe ty B egul& tious", S u p e rin ten d e n t o f Doou- aeenta, G b v sra a sn t P r i n t i n g G f f i c s , W ashington.. Ih C P rie s , IS csrrts - 3 " E x p lo s iv e s and O th er D angerous A r t i c l e s on B oard T assels* 1,'. . is s u e d by t h e D epartm ent o f C assero* Bu.; earn o f M arino ' I n s p e c tio n and l a v i g a l l o n , 3S3 pages 3 u p a rin t n d s r.t of , D ocum ents, G ev ercaen t ? r i r r in g O f f ic e . 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C la s s B Poieons Ccarro s i ve L iq u id s C lass S Poisons (te a r gas) Wcn-inflsanEsbls Oases A ffa ri# F ir e wo rk s Poison Gas Explosive* (S aapls) InflA snable Cass E x p lo siv e s Inflasceable Solids and Oxidising Materials H a i l , trick 3rd water reg u la tio n s hamcnina with resp ect ' h a l o ! a;id container requiru-sertej ih-rwiae .:xa:er ::s would ba prohibitedn .to.ached hereto are the elavan la b e ls above referred to n Econome poi scss A g ric u ltu ra l in s e c tic id e s and fungi d d e s are under th e Ju risd ic t i o n o f th e / d e ra il I n s e c tic id e Act and 32 S ta te lams Toxic p r o d u c ts , such a s c a lc iu m ax s e n a te , w ith o u t e x c e p tio n c a r r y a r e d p o is o n l a b e l w ith s k u l l and c ro s s b o n e s, and word "POISQI" , and a ls o th e a n tid o te a T h is l a t t e r la b e l i s i n a d d i t i o n t o th e loCoC C la e s B P o is o n L a b e l, a a n d a to ry u n d er vhe ICow re g u la tio n s iEDICIHAL CHEMICALS The la b e lin g o f Medic in a l c h e s ic a ls f a l l s under th e F e d e ra l Food, Drug and Co a n tic A ct and th e S t a t e la w s , w hich h arm o n ise w ith t h e r e q u ir e ments o f t h e F e d e r a l A ct The re q u ire m e n ts cower com ponents, d o sag e and p r e c a u tio n s fa r u s e , With s p e c ia l la b e ls fo r n a rc o tic drugs? HDC31H0 I D pmEPiiiATXfasi The F ed eral C au stic P oison l o t s p e c ific a lly enum erates th e f o l low ing 12 chem icals H ydrochloric Acid S u lfu ric Acid H itrio Acid C arbolic A d d O xalic A d d S a lt of O xalie A d d A cetic Acid Hypochlorous l a i d Sodium Hy d roxi d e Potassium hydroxide Silver U t r a t e The la b e lin g requirem ent# fo r th e se tw elve chem icals in clu d e th e w ord POISO!*, naan o f p r o d u c t, a n t i d o t e , and s e l l a r o r makero Many s t a t e s have id e n tic a l o r s im ila r acts H ousehold i n s e c t i c i d e s and f u n g ic id e s a r e c o v ered toy th e F e d e r a l In se c tic id e Act o r most o f the S ta te in s e c tic id e acts Every s ta ts h as a pharmacy law and most s t a t e s have i n a d d itio n a p o iso n Ism In soms o a s e s , th e se a re combined in a s in g le so t Under th e s e a c ts , poisem la b e l s , w ith a n tid o te s , a re re q u ire d f o r an arbensdve l i s t o f p ro d u c ts, w hich v ary from state to state *** Supplem enting th e s ta tu to r y req u irem en ts, th e chem ical manufac tu re r has adopted sp ec ia l la b e ls fo r p a rtic u la r products end has prepared and d is trib u te d to u se rs s p e c ia l in fo rm atio n on h andling and usingo T h is coverage i s v ery ex ten siv e and comprehensive i Si 0 5 o 4 The UoCoto h a a is s u e d 30 m anuals i n re g a rd r,o th e h a n d lin g o f d if f e r e n t k in d s o f c o n ta in e rs f i l l e d w ith d if f e r e n t Kinds or groups o f hazardous cham icslso These are p rim a rily designed 'r tha ; r a t e d ! on o f th e consumer These in c lu d e s e v e ra l s p e c ia l la b e ls which ssrve to warn th e t r a n s p o r t a t i o n employee a s w e ll as th e consum er. A l i s t o f tha m anuals i s a tta c h e d h e re to , and a lso co p ies o f th e seven la b e ls thersundaro SURGEOH GEMERAI AGRSEMSBTS Agreem ents betw een th e a ir goon G eneral o f th e 0 . S. P u b lic H ealth S ervice and th e producers have been concluded on th e following; products* M ethanol* M ethyl A lc o h o l, o r Wood A lc o h o l Carbon T etrach lo rid e and/or S im ilar V o la tile C hlorinated L iquid H ydrocarbons Carbon B isulphide A niline d ll . In d u s tria l B ensol (Benssne) C h lo rin ated H spbthalenes, C hlorinated Biphenyls and C h lo rin ated D ip h e n y l CodLdes A ttached h e re to i s a com plete s e t c f th e agreem ents and the la b e ls thereunder HHUBBUKD HA7ABD0U3 PRODUCTS The problem o f a d d itio n ! la b e lin g re so lv e s i t s e l f in th e d e te r a d n a tio n o f c h e m ic a l p r o d u c ts o f a h a z a rd o u s c h a r a c te r n o t now la b e l e d u n d e r (1 ) F e d e ra l and S t a t e le w s , ( 2 ) ag reem en ts w ith th e U S . P u b lic H e a lth S e r vice^ and (3 ) by th e m anufacturer or s e lle r I t i s su g g ested t h a t coasd .ttee members subm it to you a s Chairman a l i s t o f unlabeled products o f a hazardous ch aracters T his l i s t m ight in clude p ro d u cts on which a p re cau tio n ary w arning fo r adequate v e n tila tio n i s re q u ire d , o r a warning to avoid skin co n tact o r in h a la tio n of fu ses or d u s t. E x p erien ce h a s ticwn th a t sim p le , c le a r w arnings a re more e f f e c t iv e th a n lo n g p a ra g ra p h s * Many p ro d u c ts a lr e a d y c a r r y two l a b e l s , a s e x p la in e d i n t h i s memorandum, and i t may be q u e stio n e d w h eth er an e x c e ssiv e number o f l a b e l s o r e x c e s s iv e u s e o f t h e w ord "F0IS0M* w ould b e e f f e c t i v e , o r i n f a o t have th e re v e rse e ffe ct P lan t f a c i l i t i ss fo r adequate v e n tila tio n , e tc , are o f prim ary im portance in th e p ro te c tio n o f th e user Two e x am p les, p e rh a p s u n u s u a l i n c h a r a c t e r , i l l u s t r a t e some a s - . p a c ts o f ,t h e l a b e l problem s A cco rd in g t o new spaper r e p o r t s on p o is o n in g s , drinking o f kerosene o i l ranks high in the c au se 'o f ch ild deaths and \ p o iso n in g s in s p ite o f i t s stro n g odor and fla v o r a l a t h i s caoe the s o lu tio n ap p ears to in v o lv e p a r e n ta l r e s p o n s ib il ity to keep the z tiZ d ssray fro th e k e ro s e n e o i l can*: On th e o th e r h a n d , t i n c t u r e o f io d in e ru c k s h ig h i n poison-" in g s th ro u g h m istaken id e n tity * t i n c t u r e o f io d in e "without ex cep tio n c a r r ie s a r e d w a rn in g l a b e l n a rk e d "POISCS* w ith s k u l l and c ro s s bor.es* I t h a s a stro n g w arning odor, a deep c o lo r, and a burning -taste, and i s always so ld in s a il b o t t l e s which should p re v e n t i t s being ris ta k e s , fo r a beverage. I t i s d i f f i c u l t t o see why io d in e p o is o n in g c a s e s a r e 30 coaaaon d e s p it e w arn in g l a b e l s ^ o d o r, c o lo r and t a s t e , and one m is t co n clu d e t h a t t h e r e i s ne com p le te answer to prevention o f accidents due to carelessness* T here i s no q u e s tio n , how ever, t h a t adequate la b e lin g p la y s a vital and im p o rta n t p a r t a s a s a f e ty d e v ic e and t h a t th e u se o f p re c a u tio n a ry la b e ls and lite r a tu r e should be extended fo r hazardous products* l a co n clu sio n , I w ant to o f f e r our f u l l e s t co o p eratio n on th e adoption o f la b e ls and p recau tio n ary inform ation fo r products suggested by your ecM &ttee. Very tr u ly y o u rs, (S ig n e d ) W arren w* W atson S e c re ta ry IKVriUB $ *P) 0 3 J 0 (j