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* }- FOUNDATION FACTS July. 1943 ' rn--OUT- ^MU l| **<mr UuU K (MMitrial nrn* in Ia4*tr(al HyaUn* T> ruaati*a i a t(maia4 rtMarcti .ina ,rU t,*rttct lh hH* < I ioury. *0 7. H. B. Heller Dr. 2. 3. iieller, formerly managing director of Industrid Hygiene Foun dation and a world authority on air pollution end smoke prevention, died in a. Pittsburgh hospital on Sunday evening, June 27. He was 65 years old. Burl el res made at Altoona, Pa., on July 1. Formerly Dean of the School of Mines at the University of Pittsburgh, Or. Heller had hoadod Mellon Institute1 s air pollution investigation since 1923. He bscene managing director of Industrial Hygiene Foundation when the organization was formed in 1935 and directed the Foundation until last September when failing health forced him to relinquish active management. Ho had continued as a Consultant. Eib direction accounted in a large measure to the upbuilding of tho Foundation during its foiaativo years. Through his work at Mellon Institute for two decades. Dr. Mailer became known internationally as a specialist on air pollution. Also, through those efforts, Pittsburgh adopted an anti-smoke ordinance which became a model for other cities throughout tho country. Ho headed Pittsburgh1 s Bureau of Smoke Regulation frea 1920 to 1938. As an Indication of his contribution to eir hygiene, end at a time when tho field was little known. Dr. Mailer published some 30 articles and was senior author of a dozen other articles writton with associates. Those were omdusive of the scores of papers which he presented before distinguished groups through the years, including such organisations as the How York Academy of Medicine, the Franklin Institute, the American Chemical Society, the American Public Health Asso ciation and tho National Safety Council. Bom in Altoona, Dr. Uellar first wont to work for tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company as a dork. In 1900 he beesmo dork end lator socrotary of the faculty of the Department of Medicine at tho Univarsity cf Pennsylvania. After attending tho Univorsity end tho Michigan College of Minos ho joined the University cf Pittsburgh faculty as on instructor in 1910. He baccnc Daan cf the School of Mines in 1914 and hold that position until 1923 whoa ho ccmc to Mellon Institute. HVIIIt Nf ''OUM'aTtON 4400 nrTM avknuc C0418fc IHTTfOU'lOH industrial Hyricne Hi cost - a 73 Safety Kcpium* for Use of Chlorinated KaphthLlanes rnd Lipher.vls in Induotrv. CrcenLart,. 9.Y. ctate ept. of Labor, Ind. Dull., 22, 4':4-40C i October,i'J43). Chlorinoted r.r.phtlieienej ana diphenyls are valuable industrial products, espe cially In the rjcnufucturc uf electric condensers, insulation of tire and cable, end similar industries. They arc nr.de in this country by utoet 5 cunp;jiies Mid ere sold under varying trade names. They are in general highly toxic and east be used with extreme care, iiany cases of cerroatitis and a nunber of deaths from liver damage have occurred. Industrial hygienists shculd sake every effort to soo that exposures arc controlled, insofar us humanly possible. Thu emphasis should be on a niximun of maictenacc and engineering control, rather than on limiting atmospheric concentrations. Toxic exposures may be mere readily con trolled wharo the cold or solvent method of imprecating cubic than rher-. the hot process is used. All the ovidcnco in the known esses of liver disease point to exposure to vapors or fumes as thw'cuuso; there 13 no dear evidence of systolic poisoning from skin absorption. Among the recosraendntions arc: (1J too cold or solvent method of impregnation should be used; (2) general hygienic measures should be followed; (3) foremen should be apprised of the toxicity of the mater ial end instructed in safe handling practice, and the. information should bo pass ed onto tko son; (4) preemployucnt and periodic physical examinations should be given with c3peci.il attention to skin and liver conditions; (5) control measures should bo cheeked with tha lnsurcnco carrier, tho State industrial hygione agency and a competent consultant. 7 Some Dangerous Industrial Vapors. Anonymous. Chem. Age, 49, 387-5 (October 16, 1943). From Industrial Accident Prevention Bull., (iiorch-ilay, 1943). Two cescs of poisoning nro given, which emphasize the necessity cf observing warnings one precautions that have boon published. The first happened to workers who wore cleaning c degreasing tank, and ms duo tc lack of lifo belt and breath ing apparatus. Tho second ms caused by faulty installation of the flue from the burners in a trichlorethylono degreasing plant. Tho flue terminated about 10 foot from the floor instead of passing through the roof. Hone of tho cases vas fatal, but one men spent 10 days in the hospital. The greater toxicity of coal-tar naphtha as compared with petroleum naphtha is pointed out. A naxiaim concentration for the solvent variety is' suggested, but the author maintains that such figures should bo taken with extrema caution. He advises ns a safe ganoml rule that "where any organic solvent is used the general ventilation should be supplemented by localized exhaust os near as possible to the point of origin of the vapors." Either tyre of naphtha may ccuse dermatitis, end should be kept from contact with tho 3kln. The article concerning ethylene chloride has boon abstracted from the original source. T7 Creosote Burns. A.B. Jones. J.Ind.Evg. &Tox., 25, 412-420 (November, 1943). Creosoto-bumsibzm an important industrial hazard in the erecting of troodon structures end very often seriously intorfero with production. The dipping of sills in creosote solution and the sawing of crcosotod ltnber should be dono by colorod or dark-skinned workers. A thick coat of vasoline forms the best preven tive. Thorough washing of tho face and application of Faille-solution proved a very satisfactory may for treating cruosotc-burns. 76 Examination of. Sorters in an Asbestos Factory. A. Bshuc. Arch.f.Gecrbcpath. u.Ccwcrbaliyg., 11, 433-432 (November 1C, 1942). This is a r.cord of clinical and radiological observations made in an asbestos factory during the years 1936-1937 und tho year 1940. Tho factory handled raw asbestos snd manufactured a variety of asbestos products. It employed up to 500 workers. Of 132 persons examined, 29% showed radiological evidence of csbestosis Correlating these findings with exposure, it is stated that there were in workers '-.1th less than throe years of exposure zff. of eases, ia these v-ith 2-5 years of B=<2S5 ' r v. * i . . J(3TT"3 n liuvJLjJ Vi^Ca/ ii u^uHuJi I'I. I LjuJ ia ?7\ rt: *. Sliteiatule Gbsftacts MEDICAL ENGINEERING LEGAL decisions and trends Atclushial HcaliUhcws uv% INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE. FOUNDATION 400 FUTH AVENUS PITTSBURGH, PA. 004185