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CTSSION bp PAPERS BY PS. HAMLIK ASP MB. WEBER.. i Steele requsBted that discussion be withheld until both e papers had been presented since the medical and hygiene activities i so closely related. ft'liestlon: Does a high lead value in a urine sample mean that employee has lead lntoxioatlon? Answer; Dr. Hamlin replied that simply beoause a man has been id to have a high urinary lead excretion it does not necessarily mean isb'lead|poisoning. It is essential to distinguish between lead sorption1! and lead "intoxication. If lead absorption increases to the at where Jit can no longer be stored up in the tissues, the lead spills r into--.the blood stream and intoxication ensues. This would only occur the man is subjected'to high atmospheric concentrations of lead fume or t. The aim of the Medical Department is to prevent load absorption by ^pending adequate exhaust ventilation measures to remove fume and t at thejsouroe. Our whole program of control is based on "prevention" good housekeeping plays a very big part. Question; What is the policy of the Company with regard to [uests. received from local Tuberculosis Associations to conduct chest ay surveys in our plants? Anjswer; Dr. Hamlin stated that we have been faced with this mation in) quite a few locations in past years, He pointed out that t of thesp outside agencies had never taken the trouble to find out ther the Coe?any had a medical program of its own or whether it was ng anything about chest x-rays or not. It has therefore fallen to lot of the Medioal Department to answer these requests and,. incldonly, all siich proposals should bo referred to the Medioal Deaprtment reply. After they have been Informed that Brake Shoe has been doing h surveysjfor years and after they have learned of our program, most s admitted that we were away ahead of them and the matter has ended. While we are in sympathy with such efforts, we believe that present dot up has no need of outside service of this kind. There also several valid objections on our part. Usually these societies ise to giro us results of the surveys so that we would be unable to )orly follow employees' progress as we do now, We have also found 'ocaslon that employees who have submitted to such surveys outside plant haije been given inaccurate interpretations of Industrial chest litions which have caused unnecessary alarm on the part of workmen haze instigated unjustifiable claims for compensation, thereby oostthe Compajny considerable expense. We feel that we can seoure better .oration from employees with our own program and have a much better .ow-up Bysjtem, Question; What should be done about the employee whose ohest ys show "evidence of disease due to dust? May he continue at his lar Job or should he be moved to a different one? Answer; This, according to i)r. Hamlin, depends on the individual . Once tiie nodular pattern of slderosis is established in the x-ray, iI 1? ' SPNY 000166 i