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FILE NAME: Owens Illinois (OWILL) DATE: 1956 June 12 DOC#: OWILL056 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Intra Company Letter Exchange between OWILL and Edison Building RE Article about Inhaled Hydrous Calcium Dust bet Kr. V. J . SUwart Mr. E. C. Sbum&n Dr. C. F . Shook-'" O wens-Illinois CENTRAL OFFICES Q TOLEDO 1, OHIO 0 c *{r June 12, 1?;:, Kr. Ira I . Broach1 Edison Building . Toledo, Ohio ` Dear kr. Brought* Attached is a reprint of an article anti tied , ^Effect of Inhaled Cor.joercial Hydrous Calciu* Silicate Duet on Aninal Heroes,* AK-A Arc? . Indus. Health, 12, 3 ^ 0 6 3 , l?i>5, wide) you asked for on the phone this wor.ii . The Saranac experiments shoved conAlus! vtly tie re was no l i l i coris hasard to Kaylc- dart# T ils is Important because s iliw flour and diatQneceou.& art!, art two of the basic ingredients. In the finished product, however then is no longer a^ free s ilica (the sand and diato^&ceous earth beirv odinoc to for silicates)--an- hence there is no danger of ailico sis. The animals bore this out. The email amount of asbestos that is used as a raw material in Ktylo is relatively uncharged in the finished product. Saranac found that the eninals, i f exposed for a prolonged period f tine to high concentrations of JLaylc dust, oould develop a mild asbertosis reaction. The reaction was milder than what would result fror. breathing dost of the coranercial product 65X Hag. Asbestos workers end applicators are ex posed to higher concentrations of asbestos dust during their normal work than would result iron handling Eaylo. In addition to the animal experiwents, a cooprohensive preventive wedi0&1 progra. has been in affect at Berlin, the present tiylo plant, aixi formerly at SayreviUe.* aver ince these platns were fir s t art in opera tion. Complete annual physical examinations have been given to everyone worldnc in these factories, nee year, Including eh*it I-rays. The Litter were read by local roentgenologists, and in addition ware sent routinely to special!its at the Trudeau Foundation, who are recognised authorities in dust diseases. This program is s t i l l in e ffe c t. Bo lung changes of any kind that eculd be attributed to an occupational exposure hare base detected. Similarly, the ease rates for first-a id treatment of minor respiratory ailments heva oarer been above noreal,* Bor have tick absence rates for disabling respiretory Illness been above average, Bope this gives you the weU r ie l you want. Sincerely yours, V. G. Saaard - Industrial Relations W.vision I! _____________________________ Dr# <.# r Schwortc Jc r lin ~ cc: Mr# I# > heel; 9 J'frV C# H* Inporttoll - Perils >b# 0# V, Pfetfar Berlin Ju ly 1C, 19% Deer lionry t hurries! epoloyieB for pot Jd n r W plant date ore accurate. I t was carol&S7os or ny p ert, but 1 thought surely you would be in town the ertire week. Ac usual, I worked up fror: Lrldfetcr: end h it ywrr p lsrt or the third dsy* inspection revealed everything ovinf noothly end I have no recanendotians to CEko, r With kindest records end best visiles, I ar. Sincerely' yours, liCT siTCAi pio/TioKs a r m in ; r . fhook, K.P. rl ted ical Director