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FILE NAME Painters and Allied Trades PAINT
DATE 1974 Nov DOC PAINT036 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Article from Painters and Allied Trades Journal
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rosives such as phosphoric
phenols mixtures containing
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other mineral and organicacto
are paintmakers painters
paperhangers
These corrosive poisons poisonshav
a direct action at the point
contact and in some cases
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be introduced into the body
through inhalation open wound
and by absorptionthroughthe
Entering tthehe circulation
. poison is carried by the blood to the tissues and other organ in the body and attacks them
The most damaging effects
some poisons are found effects
points of excretionsuch as
kidney urethra bladder and
colon Some poisons show.no
This is going to be the decade of job safety
has said adding that he intends to keep it that way
effects immediately but depentdepent
upon their solubility method
introduction into thebody and and
General President S. Frank _ Now with this article
Raftery has said of our
comes another vital
Brotherhood's goals in the dimension members ,
_. ,. important area of
of our Brotherhood who live "
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occupational safety and
7. health
fs. To fulfillthat goal .
and die with the problem of job safety and know
of whence they speak The
to focus attention to this area Latex paints are unique
raw materials that go into
processing containoror
following article was
of thesesame harmful
- prepared byCarlos Miranda fumes that could enter
industry hood and
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system during the
we have seen the Brother ~ Angeles for the Western paintmixing |
: hood's determination in . Joint Council of Paint-
National the innovative program
makers and the
launched at our 23rd
Conference of Paintmakers : various types The active
General Convention to test our membership for the-
" job hazards through the
cooperation of NIOSH and
the Mount Sinai School of
Environmental Medicine
speaks It
for itself
familiar
Paintmakers is a familiar
term But toxicology may
prove baffling to some Never-
theless there is connection
between the two
;
Simply put toxicology is the
ingredients are phenylphenate
solution
the eyes and strong solution can be absorbed through
Thus far we have
science which relates to poisons
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enjoyed the utmost cooperation from management President Raftery
their effects and antidotes a close relationship to the paintmaking industry
Among those subject to
has
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