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`ITS A SNAP" with BUHRKE'S new SCOTCH SNAP l higher then in the control was 12.4$ compared to 15% I group. The pneumonia rata for cancer deaths for the industrial the rontrol group woe, however, poop. taken only for 1947 while those The number of known cases of of the exposed population were perforation of the nasal septum is for a long period of time which the plant with no cases of tuog may reduce the significance of cancer was somewhat lower thaa this. that in the plant of the same com The one plant which had a low pany with cases of lung cancer' incidence of cancer of the resplra- but perforations did occur which lory system handled only bi is taken to indicate that irritatloa chromate, chromic arid and bask of the upper respiratory system chromium sulfate bat no mono- does not necessarily indicate the. chromate or chromite. Since the ability to produce cancer. ferrous chromite which is the raw material is a very insolulde ' Medical Care Plans material this suggests that the hftdical Cart Plant far ladattnd V*taken and Tktir RdoticmUp t cancer producing compound of Public Health Prtframt by Let Inh chromium may be the mono- nod Mihen I. Reeswr. The Americas chromate. Journal of Public flenhh 98:1245-1251 The average exposure prior to <SrpU IMP. nonet in these cases was Mid The srar and post-war years years. This compares to a mean have been marked by a great ex exposure of 15 years for 39 cases pansion of health and welfare collected from tle German litera plans, for industrial employees, ture. mostly hinging upon the provision Excluding the cases of lung of various types of group insur cancer the ratio of deaths from ance plan*. Since the industrial all other cancers for this industry workers are a large poop of the "Education by observation" a the theme of the program con ducted by the Carrier Corporaalien, Syracuse, N. Y,, for the redaction of waste and the pre vention of accidents. Exhibits on various aspects of these problems have been set op and have been found very effective. The exhibit shown in the accom panying illustration onphasues the high cost of broken tools. In the center of the room was the "grave" surrounded by discarded equipment. The lights were low in keeping with the exhibit and the demonstration was devoted to cor rection of bad shop practices.