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FILE NAME: Texaco (TEX) DATE: 1955 Sept DOC#: TEX020 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Abstract - Industrial Hygiene Digest Mortality from Lung Cancer J < T) rV \ Industrial Hygiene Digest INDUSTRIAL HEALTH NEW S .0 LITERATURE ABSTRACTS MEDICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGICAL. ..... ................................... LEGAL dacUioaa ndtrcadi ...... -........... SEPTEMBER, 1933 (VoL 19, No. 9) .-- j 3 j INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION MELLON INSTITUTE 4 4 0 0 F liT H AVENUE PITTSBURGH 13, PA . (,3 P*VO m O u 1 * U b H T llN l rO U N O A T lO N C Volume 17 FOUNDATION FACTS S e p te m b e r, 1955 F oundation F a c u i* a m onthly nv>t.)ottr iaautd to .n d u itfia l eon eem j holding m om henhip in Induatnal Hygione Foundation. Tito Foundation ' a nonprofit a tto tia tio n of induttrioa lo r tho o d v a n e tm e n t o< hoaithful working eo n d itio n t. No. 9 DR- WALMER PA RTICIPA TES IN CONFERENCE D r. C. R ichard W alm er, M anaging D ire c to r of the Foundation, presented a paper on "Who A re M entally and P hysically Handicapped f* ) W o rk ers?" a t a C onference on "In d u stry 's Stake in the Handicapped" .>* w* f on Septem ber 8. The co n feren ce w as p a rt of a c o u rse for m anagem ent offered at the M anagem ent C en ter, School of B usiness A dm inistration, M arquette U niversity. *' d ^ NE...W.......R...--E P R IN TS...A. VAIL....A. BLE Two r e p r in ts o n a b ro a d "T o x ic o lo g ic Study of C a lc iu m H a lo -.......... phosphate Phosphors and Antim ony Trioxide" a re available. The first, P a rt I, takes up Acute and C hronic Toxicity and Som e P harm acologic A sp e c ts; P a r t 11 is c o n c e rn e d w ith P u lm o n a ry S tu d ie s . T h e p a p e r s a r e based on investigations conducted in Industrial Hygiene Foundation's T oxicology L a b o ra to ry by P a u l G r o s s , M. D . ; J . H . U. B ro w n , P h . D. ; M arian L. W estrick, P h . D ., Raymond P. S rsic; Nancy L. B utler; and Theodore F . Hatch. The a rtic le s w ere published in the A. M .A . A rchives of Industrial H ealth, June 1955, vol. 11, pp. 473-478. R eprints of a p ap er on "B iologic T esting of New M aterials of Fine P article Size", presen ted by P aul G ross, M. D ., R esearch Pathologist fo r the Foundation a t the IH F 's 19th Annual M eeting, m ay be had on r e quest. 20TH ANNUAL MEETING OF I-H -F Subsequent pages of th is is su e of the D igest c a r r y d e ta ils on the p ro g ram fo r the com ing A nnual M eeting on N ovem ber 16-17 to be held a t M ellon In stitu te . We a r e p ro u d to bring to g eth er such a d istin g u ish ed group of sp ea k e rs to d is c u s s fo r you m ajo r in d u stria l h ealth problem s facing m anagem ent today. C om plete prelim in ary p ro g ram s w ill be m ailed to re p re se n ta tiv e s of m e m b e r com panies in O cto b er, and we hope th at each com pany w ill d esig n ate p e rso n n e l to attend the m an ag em en t s e s sio n and the technical conferences, which include M edical, Legal, E ngineering, and C hem ical-T oxicological sessio n s. Innovations this y ear a re the Joint M edi cal and C hem ical-T oxicological and the Joint E ngineering-L egal sessio n s. REM EM BER THE D A TES-- NOVEM BER 16-17, 1955 I-H -F 03119993 N P W $ T e * t H V Q iC N C F O U N D A T IO N 4 4 0 0 FIFTH AVCNUC J !T T 9 0 O * O M ( o ) . I Industrial Hygiene D igest Septem ber, 1955 [= 3 /V S- TABLE OF CONTENTS P ro g ra m of 20th Annual M eeting of I-H -F N ew s I t e m s .......................................... .. C om ing E v e n ts .......................................... .... . O c c u p a tio n a l D is e a s e S t a t i s t i c s ................... L e g a l D e v e lo p m e n ts .......................................... Books, Pam phlets, and N otices . . . . . I n d u s tr ia l M ed ical P r a c t i c e ............................ Skin D iseases and B urns .. . . . '. . . C hem ical H azards . . . . . . . . . . . I n d u s tr ia l D u s t s .................................................... P h y sical A spects of the E nvironm ent . . . R a d io a c tiv ity and X - R a d ia ti o n ........................ Environm ental M easurem ents . . . . . . C o m m u n ity A ir H y g ie n e ........................ M a n a g e m e n t A s p e c t s ...................................... . A c c id e n ts and P r e v e n t i o n .................................. I n d e x ..................................................................i . I 1 3 4 5 5 9 13 14 25 34 39 41 45 49 52 53 03119994 Industrial Hygiene D igest S ep tem b er, 1955 the common asp ects of tuberculosis w ere seen instead of the featu res ch aracteristic of silicotuberculosis. It is suggested that the term "tu b e rcu lo silico sis" be used for such patients. Active tu b ercu lo sis was found in eight patients w ith stage 3 silico sis, but m o st of the patients in that stage did not show signs of tuberculosis o r o th er in fection. The au th o rs conclude th at the tran sitio n fro m the n o d u lar to the m assiv e stage can take p lace without th superim position of in fection. -- Cond. from J. Am. M ed. A ssn. C , ............ 1H:13 M o rta lity fro m L u n g uCta p g ,tr ip A sb e sto s W o rk e rs. @ Ind. M ed. 12, 81-86 (A pr. 1955). . '' R. D oll. B rit. J, In n e c ro p s ie s of 105 p e rs o n s who had been em p lo y ed a t an a s b e s to s w o rk s , lung c a n c e r w as found in 18 in s ta n c e s . In 15 c a s e s a s b e s to s is w as a lso found. T h e se 15 w o rk e rs w e re em p lo y ed a t le a s t 3) nine y ears before 1923, when dust control regulations becam e effec tive. An additional 113 m en who had been exposed to a sb e s to s dust a fo r 20 y e a r s w e re follow ed up and th e ir m o rta lity w as c o m p a r e d w i t h ------that of the whole m ale population. T hirty-nine deaths o c c u rre d in the group w h ereas 1 5 .4 w ere expected. T he excess w as e n tire ly due to e x c e ss d eath s fro m lung c a n c e r (11 ag ain st 0 .8 ex p ected ) and fro m o th e r re s p ira to ry and c ard io v a sc u la r d is e a s e s (22 a g a in s t 7. 6 expected). A ll the c a se s of lung c an c e r w e re confirm ed h istologically and a ll w ere associated with asb esto sis. F ro m die d |ta it is concluded th at lung cancer is a specif^c^ha|frd of ' ^ p s|p ^ w q rk e rs and that the a v r ti* . risk am ong m en enppioyfjl io? 25 y ears or m ore has been o f the o rd e r o |J |n f L g ^ 4p ta t experienced by ik e g e n e p a i population* becom e p ro g ressiv ely le ss as the duration f em ploym ent under th > old dusty conditions has d e c re a se d .-- Cond. from a u th o r's su m m ary A P ri W. m R a . L.r y Lung Jam C es a ' n ce B r r i in t. South W ales C oal W orkers w ith J . Ind. M ed. 12^ 87-91 (A p r. Pneum oconiosis. 1955). P r i m a r y lung c a n c e r w a s found a t n e c ro p s y in 3. 3% o f 1, 827 South W ales c o a l m i n e r s an d in 5 . 4% o f 1,531 South W a le s n o n - m in e r s . In 12 c a s e s w ith m a s s iv e p n e u m o c o n io s is th e tu m o r w a s in th e m a s s , o r touching it, in five. In the o th er seven the tum or w as re m o te . Lung c a n c e r in South W ales m in e rs is s im ila r to that in n o n -m in e rs w ith r e sp ect to the ages at death, the d istrib u tio n of the h isto lo g ical v a ria n ts of the tum or, and the d istrib u tio n of m ta sta s s. The significance of th e se findings is d is c u s s e d . A tten tio n is draw n to the d iffic u lty of diagnosing lung can cer in the p re sen c e of m assiv e pneum oconiosis^ -- Author* s su m m a ry [ = 3 03120030 32. !HF W