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FILE NAME: General Refractories Company (GRC) DATE: 1931 DOC#: GRC011 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Reference - Effects of Asbestos Dust the Lungs and Dust Suppression in the Asbestos Industry 1931 Grefco Knowledge Ceramic Society Member: John R. Sprout Date: 1931 Source: Ceramic Abstracts compiled by The American Ceramic Society, Vol. 10. Articles Reviewed: Merewether, Price. 1930. Effects o f asbestos dust on the lungs and dust suppression in the asbestos industry, HM Stationary Office. "The dust formed in the treatment of asbestos produces effects which are generally similar to those arising from the silica-laden dust. The fibrous formations are not exactly the same and they appear to develop more rapidly...Asbestosis has also been added to silicosis as an occupational disease."