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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH REFORTEA .osi.il of passage of llie Occupational Safely . ,, , i.-..:..i Ael and the Sl.ilc Safely Act. . ,c:.c, 10 Labor Department Secretary James D. , lAl'i Executive Director Stephen Stoughton ,e. icvc. ...iy assistance the laibor Deparlmcnt might be abiC to , . ovule. Sio. g .ton listed two purposes for the safety program. The Ins, will be to brief top management on safety and .tc.ilti. .i kittens for construction and the implications of me V; regarding fines. The theme will be to make tile Ci>:.'.r..clor aware of necessary costs that will be incurred ,cause of .standards in effect These facts will be conveyed , in on git '. i io conference method, using all reference and ,, s.u,;cc r iiia available. The second purpose of the piograni is to inform, through ;.,e wotitMiop method, field supervisors, superintendents, io.cii.ei, of the recognition, avoidance, and prevention un.sate conditions and on the regulations applicable to Ins no,., env.ronmcnt. 11,.- o.og.am is planned to educate and inform both c,i..i,agc;,.ec,; and labor. It is projected for two years to iowi ...c enure state of Indiana. The CIAPA represents .'i,uu>i isi.Mi.' Cutilrectors. AO0iL'> AS OTilTCO !S TOO IMPORTANT TO ECONOMY TO 5.- STOPPED, RESEARCH COUNCIL REPORTS ..sees ,,s too impoil.iili in the nation's technology .. ..i ec.......ny toi its essential use to be stopped, a icport .. uen o; ,oe National Academy ot Sciences says. .>e ic, o., wjs prcpaicd for the Environmental Pro...vi,ey by a special pane! on asbestos and the *'o...... . on Biologic Effects of Atmosphciic pollutants Iv.oion of Medical Sciences, National Research ki..m... . desciibeu various occupational diseases assov. .. i.e.ivy inhalation of asbestos fiber and eon- deud i c ,,,,estioa of hazard to the general public from . .e ;i.,) .mounts of fiber that have been demonstrated to . \o. ,n .... lent air. ocg..rb;rci fibrosis of the lung, the report states that "occup.ii..i;we!ntcd asbestosis can be effectively controlled "'.ti, .0.' ,'ivnc fiber concentrations much higher" than any ,ue gcncii.i public may be exposed to. Cancer Concern t "..ccuiing cancer, the report cited evidence til." lung .""'I ..lied with asbestos exposure will develop only . .muig ,b rsc workers with heavy' and prolonged exposure, a ' ....... ........ '.nound among the general public. iV.c.Mw;;e,,o:ua, a raic cancer of the lining of the lung and .i,'di.;m,..d c..vily, occasionally has been found among ...p!v i.v,;.= ir. proximity to uncontrolled asbestos plants ii. mu vs I lowevcf, the report comments that "there is no i viOin.i. persons in the general population - without - p-ta i . . household, or neighbor hood exposures a..y uie.ocd lisk of neoplasm." ' warns against cxliapohling "from (lie nun I.' c.sg..:,.aicc of those who arc diieclly and indiicc.ly isuhscd .-.sbcsios in their employment to the gcncial public who have bad moderate or slight expos,me from ambient air." TI re report notes the difficulty n making such pinjcctions due to the lack of ichablc data and suggests that tlicic be more epidemiological simbes. especially of populations in lower exposure ranges. The report concludes "there is no evidence that I lie small number of fibers found m most members of the general population affect health or longevity" It recommends, however, that "major souiccs of man made asbestos emission into the atmosphere be denned and controlled." The report concluded that such controls are feasible. Research STUDY CONDUCTED ON CAUSES OF DEATH FOR 3,203 SAN FRANCISCO LONGSHOREMEN Tluec bundled and fifty deaths fiom coionary iie.nt disease veic identified among 3.2o3 longshdiemeu m .m 18-year follow-up after mulliphasic screening examinations. The findings were icporlcrl by Dr. Ralph S. I'alTcnhargei. Ji., Dr. Allied S. Ginui. Mary l-.li/.uheth Lauglilm and Rebecca A. Black in an article, "Characteristics m m-i. shoicmeu Related to Fatal Coronaiy Heart Disease am. Stroke," in the July issue of "The Ameiican Joini,.ii m Public I leallh." The reseaiciicis identified 93 men who died front sir.-x, among the 3,263 longshoremen, aged 35-64 years at ,iu time of initial examination in 1951. Caigo handlers sustained coiuiiary dcalii latex i .w quin ter lowci mail men with less active jobs, expending' fewer caloncs per woik day. Diffeienecs m uimi.,u> tnortabty were greatest at younger ages and dceie.seu sicadiiy to disappearance at oldct ages. Donning the population into high-arid low-nsk groups delineated four other characteristics associated wi.u m,onniy mortality: pre-existing heart disease, systolic biuod pressuic above mean levels, ciguicltc smoking of one ot more packs per day, and weight-fui-height above ir.car. levels. Risk of cotonary mortality accompanying cacti rli.iraclcnstic was gicalci for less active individuals ihan tin cargo handlers. Men with less active jobs sustained stroke death later, sinulai to those of cargo handles in I he IS-ycar followup. Three oilier characteristics identified groups at high-rixi. of stroke mortality: pre-existing heart disease, systolic blood pressure above mean levels, and abnormal giueose me.,,holism. Data suggest that physical activity influences tnc ivtyocaidium or ils function more than the atiicrnsclcrut.c process. Industry MINERAL INDUSTRY SURVEYS REVEAL RETROGRESSION IN INJURY FREQUENCY Injniy-ficqucncy and severity rales for I'>7.'; ,n mincial-i xtiaclive and ptot.essinj1, iiidustnrf. ................. . ami V pvwvul icspeclivvly (mnt 19.',9 dam '.ntn.,' - prelum.i.uy assessment -of company reports ny die !;< -a . of Mines. - Occupational Safely 6, Heollh Re|J,drfor CAPCO JEN 0018593