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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF
DATE 1935 DOC IHF070 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letters RE The Industrial Dust Problem
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Admittedly i the problem industrial
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problem industrial industrial industries
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attention of large number research been
companies
companies and,
and is being done done
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done
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affected
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no one place where there available
how There
how the problem
available infor being
all
concerted phases phases present or
and concerted planning
the
future as to all the many
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1936the Ch Through Through
several Through
interested 16th
courtesy of the Mellon Institute industries there was held
intersted Symposium on the Industrial Dust
and Pittsburgh Pittsburgh on
problem Pittsburgh on
problem
with instructions
with
opinion
Permanent
Permanent could misting At that
&
instructions
misting
Temporary develop a
Organization
Committee
in
its
instructions
plan and report back establishment establishment
best be made toward the
of a its
organization of some kind for
industrial industrial
organization organization
a study of the industrial dust
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appeared to oe
first
first
try first
soms try might
necessary necessbarey what necessary alread
dore determined determined
of
of activity activity
be
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toward toward formulate
and
to find alread
should
for Permont a
appeared the Temporary Organization Organization
formation of of permanent
organization would to
general idea as to
should how it to
what would
what seemed seemed that will be
what has beecnosdtoneItthi e n problem many places where where things
many phases Therefore Therefore
problem before can be
should done organisation
Therefore seemed that program program
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organisation should be
program
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gather
attempt atempt attempt facts
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the existing
concerning
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recommendation
the future activities activities . a
The tost tost activities.
recommendation
discusing TTeemmpoproarryary { Temporary
Committee Committee of the opinion that
best prepared prepared to
Central Clearing
Pittsburgh probably probably Pitsburgh Pittsburgh foregoing Institute | House .
therefore therefore asked aaskec d ft or ICenntsrtalitduetfeinite proposal
foregoing the was | @long along 21st 1935 lineosutproposal proposal Mellon Mellon Temporary Odragatniezad- 4
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February 6th 1935 Briefly it was
25,000.00 Mellon
to the effect
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Institute will a gather
study and evaluate them and
recommendation
c submit
interested Institute will expect the co operation of
interested
the problem in the
yp
expandid monies can either be
accomplishment of its objective
refunded or can be used in
carry-
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1336 hundred persons persons attended the Symposium at Pittsburgh
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Temporary Organization Committee was
those those originally invited and
sent on
the report have since
to all those who
been sent to a
Associations and individual individual
considerable
companies
not ex2c5e,e0d002.050,000.00 wertehought would
the 25,000.00 the
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thought
to be
50.0 500.00 and
of the the Temporary Organization
underwritten underwritten
Committes that
pro rata by fifty or more Trade
companies the amount of each
it
subscription
should
fifty Thus exceed tions or
individual individual companies blem
whwoho which
would =
already have have money
would would be less as the
number of subscribers
would be be provided a nucleus of
who would be
could; then form themselves themselves intaoctaivepleyrmainnetnetrested in the pro-
have the assurance assurance of
organization
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a definite amount of available
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contributire
full
Temporary Organization Organization Committee has
fifty contributors has
planned as soon as the
contributire asking each
been assured - to call a meet-
of them to designate one one
of representation in the
individual
powertt formation of a permanent
7 permanent permanent
Organizton Organization Organization
Organization
formation formation of a Permanent
Comites will have completed comPperlmeatneednt iOtsrgadnuitziaetsion ~ the Temporary
select will
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committees and
program and
will determine its own
activitiespolwiicwliillles andit its
is logical to assume that the
be placed in the hands of
direction of
of directing
the lines of
those who are best capable
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commitments Committee Organization
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Temporary comitments
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of any kind have been made byby the
Committee as to the future policies
if and when
or program a
when one is formed except that it has
that contributions and and
may be elected
membership can become known or
by the individual contributor
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there should should all represent represnt all
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plan and recomendation
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large number centralof people have said that
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they believe that
central
clearing clearing house - or
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industry connection connection with the industrial dust
problem
Symposius has been held in Pittsburgh on January January 15th 1935 Temporay
recommendationOrganization TeTmemppoorraaryry
as un
to
permanent nad
Committee Committee was elected to prepare a organization '
has len
been prepared and submitted on February 6th
whom neprirfmaatmeinvte whom that those to
thiasnd formed
and
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organization shall be formed and how it
now shall be its program program is
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been its formation with
progress made by Hr
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President of this Company
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industry
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associations
will have
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of an detailed program
induct a preliminary
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into a permanent
of interested`
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survey of the dust field --
from
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out by this board
and following
The
of the
future benefits benefits to
project holdsmany rosy possibilitiespossibilities
benefits
investigators investigators and field workers additioan ddition
which self which is of course , footing the bill -- are tremendous
which i
colecting Committee
eventual colecting and there
Sherwood much
gained setting promptly promptly
Consechently intersted permanent advisory advin I
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collecting
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success of the
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by setting up the required for them to come in
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Institute
January 21 1935
tidoeanr Committee which in
important
established
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accordance f
In | acordance
was
with your request as Chairman Chairman of the Organizaformed at the conference on on dust problems held
Pittsburghonon January 15 we are
protams involved and the
protamas m established (
enclosing a plan
chart
giving you our ideas regarding the type of organization that should be
for the study of dust problems and
the estoragobarnligizastnhieodznactiaornfrorgaonrirzaitgioaniniezatdion could be
appointed to
institutiosnupoprortionrgagnization and if ization to to get i in
this work were to be centralized in Mellon
out as a part our air hygiene research
Institute Institute it The director
handle
Investigation
the Investigation
organization which the
would would also be the head of industrieswould set up
the In this
be carried out in confidential manner as to
could know supporting the research and no no one would
what Industries or
the fund This would enable the organ-
contributing later so that if
on It
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soundly could arranged be this
the that this gives you the information which you wish I
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necessary
be representing that there
some organization
industries for the
assurance of only
continuity continuity and financial support
Such assurance
by some body that had authority to speak for
could could be given
dustries
companies it
and might be callad The
a sufficient number number of inIndustriel
to seems inadvisable effect such
Dust
Institute
Institute Institute
If
may be sound
sound industries
it is
suggested that
separate organization a group of individuals be
for for reasons chosen chosen
that
or companies Advisory Board
companies such a group to be called called Board for thethe Study of
for example
from Industries
companiescompanies individual
Dust Problems Affected industries industries and
and dicosmpbanuierssceotuhled contracts and
mcoonnitreisbute to this Board Board which in turn turn could make
agency to ftohreptions legitimate The other primary
tral
of thtehe Institute or Board
administer convenience
administer the activities
for convenience convenience the research research agency
advise with it as
ways Obviously
program of work and aid it in other obvious
must
have a
broad
agency must outlook
be
independent
of
any
specific
contacts with all
a sympathetic understandingunderstanding
understanding specificspecific
industry
cooperatingcooperating agencies understandingall groups industries
ent
of
the
and it must physicians
have
the theconfidence
might
cooperate
to
institutinistoituntiosns
advantage
II The work of the research
Of
importance
4 oY
[ publisheandd in primary importance far ands.importance the initial stage is the collection of available data
possible unpublished unpublished
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it is
that will assumed the recognized
specialists and engineering
considered be considered
as
as
be weillvbaleuaptoesdsiabnlde corrtelaoted correlated and in this phase of the work
in
secure the advice and and cooperation of
the fields of of medicine law chemistry physics
Evalauuatthioornitatsivhe ould include the weedingweeding out of date that cannot
It will then be the industries
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industries npmatnadennner .
ccomprehensivoe mprehensive protection
propgrraomgram
designed designed
designed
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provide provide
protection heeprotection protection a,
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preparing list of
specialists j to have determined
results
might therefore have
feasible to
position to
not work such a program it would be necessary to compile a
determined
fields who are engaged in a study of dust dust
any among them who may not be
problems
properly qualified qualified and whose
be entirely acceptable to attempt asas far as
investigational work correlated and
synchronized to be in
make
make ile study special problems
grants to qualified individuals individuals or agencies agencies
biphases
of problems
CAROLL CAROL
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ExhibiNto effects of dusts of various kinds
combination for this a classification dusts is necessary
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both
and
from medical legal standpoints is the preparation industrial COULES ::
both the hygiene by
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medical side is also plant
dusts and fumes
a.
of insofar as it is
developing sampling apparatus b A study of
devices
developing
standards
simple portable
, and alsaondtosampling methods with the idea of further attempt to provide plant officials
standard as thse tandard
which while neither as
with
equipment will enable them to keepdealicate nor as accurate
conditions plant
conditions
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to know when the
regular check on
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conditvioens
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danger line is approached
existing methods and
mentdsesidgnedesigned ttoo minimize
cooperation dust and
in
the
development
of
improve-
tive measures
minimize
measures for workmen
fumes in in the plant as well as protec-
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Dissemination
through
Dissemination a. Dissemination
throughthrough
proper channels of authoritative information
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Maintaining as 3
agentes
cooperatinaggentes
closely as possible with independent agencies agencies and
prograomf such
engaged in studies of phases of the problem
and
of
research Y
experimentation as may be indicated problem a
assistance synopsis f Study and synopsis tion and
of ienxitshteing pertinent legislation including compensa-
preparation of safety codes and fair laws
place The
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to start
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which must precede
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in the collection and
formulation of
evaluation of available
the longer program
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of
of operating any the parent organization or Board
data
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research agency collecting and
It is estimated that for the initial work of
available data and
evaluating abstracts
for disselination
surveying the
preparing authoritative
field
of constructive
and formulating a
ao constructive
work not less than 25,000 should
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for w this
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