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-tht* fyrjl j-j-.trai Ky|te Pt>*n AutJtt. lUi orltersj fslloued by construction. 4*2; aed rnkr.-Jimrui. f.l. T(iUn tbt , ^iviiUr.< tki iv flutmiid /Tb>r. 1.4 7pni';r I.CC-C prfeua|a 7;bUiU&| ia2 k\]\t4 industries to H.4 report* per 1,900 workers ir. rubb*r and msicrLaneou* plaint 710* ' ducts*. Manufaeijriti is the only md.itry dmtu ftr whisk em^o/meti eisif&asst fey set aro Available. Ut occupational 41mi rot* for tr.is u mudietansi u'MititUi h|htrtku (or ia. Ir. CilUerrJii 24,000 ratr. ud 2!*? tl age |l!b4) dll laatAi'j* but In I ?*& only * very nwmbir {JCs war* jiully clititlitd 0* dit* to tlonol dlmM* Author** mmifUfr mi Pestlcld* Handbook. Utk Cditlot. 0. H. fretr. 331pp. 'fiiti not (iTisl. OBTAINABLE FFCM: C&Uegs Science Publishers, F.O. 3* 746, State College, Perns, PMCfcSs guthhajci'sa.St-; PtpsrUind Si.50. TUi latest aad compiatal? rtv.itd edition of th* Pimcidi Kindtosk liitithi WMiy ?'v ttfl*`Tolort. Nh Jm But* Department 9! Health, Bureau of /*dwle and* Occupational Heajil!,' Qctv* I , pAtioool H|bU^B';U b ^*. 5,*6>pp,( (Dot* not {;>')< CBTaIK^Bj^TR^*If, J. Siam Da-* * pinmtBt a ili)tk Bum; el adal: and Occupational Health, Trenton H. N.J. Prig* net riven. Toluol is regarded as a toc chemical, and date rimtotal health effect* cu occur from inhalation oi excessive quantities si :ke vapor, prolonged skin contact with it* liquid, and liquid contamination oi tks *ye. Moreover, the industrial (rod* tr.i 4v/12J> toluol contain ' significant quiotUlii (up to 15ri| al btouai, which is much more ionic. TUi may rooult to ** much a* Sfl% bentene is to* vapor cancafttrailea. In experiment*. animal# *re exposed to virylAI eotiintntlo&i oi pur* toluene vapor for period* over 7 week*. No thong** In th* blood picture or in gonorol teolih war* found. findings with onifr.Al* must b* o*d for bumad bring* with r***rv*. but ib*y **m to indicate tb* vaIu* of substituting toluol for b*nmx* ao a oolvAotf subject loth* observation* regarding toerpiurltieA and the inherent toxicity of toluol* Man Aborb approximately 54'i oi th* toluol Inhaled. 1% being excreted by the lung* during tb* d***tur*tloo period. The Amount retAined by tbo orgosiam la Almost entirely convertd to beosoic Odd (60100f>) And in moil eases eliminated within 24 hour*. Th* Urg**t part oC th* hentoic Aoid d*rived from toluol iaexcreted a* blppurio Add; only 10-29% ie to Association with glycurooic Add. It doe* not raise th* Amount of phenols or crosole in excretiooa 4a bon* sen* doe*. If more than 1 grama bentoie acid la excreted to ibe urine within 24 hour*, poaure to toluol is evident. A table presents the systemic effect* of toluol. t04 Health Statistics from the_V_.S National Health Survey. Series BNa, II. Duration-of Limit** ITon oi Activity Due to Chror.le Conditions. United StateT. July 19f9Juno 1940. U. S. Departmeet oi Health7Education, ar.d Welfare, Public Health Sim7V PHS Publication No. $64*BSl. 16 pp. (Jan. 1962). OBTAINABLE FROM; Superintend**! oi Documents* U.S. Government Prlntim Office, Waskwiton 25. D.C. PiUCEi 10 cents. Approximately 11.6 million persons ir. the United Stats*, exclusive of thus* In insti tutions, have chronic activity limitation sfieeiing iheir major activity, J,*,, th* ability to work, keep house* or go to school. This animate, based on data collected to household interviews Conducted during July 1954-June 1460 by the U.S. National Health Survey, National Censer for Health Statistics, includes persons who are unable to carry on the customary major activity of persons of their age and eex group, or have some degree of limitation in amount or kind 0/ major activity. About 42%, or 5. 7 million of these persona, have had their present degree of limitation for year* or mere while approximately 5 million, JT%, have been limited from 1 to 4 ysars, utd 2 million, loft, have had their present limitation ftfr lest than a year. Por th* a remaining 5*%, information about the duration of limitation was not available. Of thoee persons who*e status Immediately prior to limitation was reported, $5$ weft working at th* time of. becoming disabled to their present dgree and 45% were not working.* The latter percentage includes children, houeewiye*. persons who w*r* retired prior, to the time th* .lifttitafion began, `and persona whc.*hsd-nev*r been able to brorki * ' . ' . 1 4 12