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FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1960 Sept DOC#: NSC222 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NSC - National Safety News - Occupational Health ____________ O C C U P A T I O N A L H E A L T H Abstracts of current literature on Occupational Hygiene, Medicine, and Nursing ? By J. T. SIEDLECKI Industrial Hygienist, NSC Roentgen Study O f Silicosis "Roentgen Study of Silicosis in Ceramic Workers Who Have Received McIntyre Aluminum Powder." By J. W. G.' Hannon, M.D., P. G. Bovard, M.D., and L. R. Osmond, M.D. Industrial Medicine and Surgery. Vl. 29, No. 6. June 1960. Pp. 2X6-289. T ltfej* HAS-been Considerable dis cussion among various investigators whether aluminum therapy is of any value in the prevention of silicosis in workmen exposed to high crtarr.ntrations of silica dust and Whether aluminum therapy does prevent the usual progression of es tablished silicosis. The authors in this paper report a study of a program started in 1944-in a plant that manufactured ceramic sanitary bathroom fixtures and where the average dust expo sures were seven million particles per cubic foot with a quartz con tent of 25 to 30 per cent. At the inhalation of McIntyre Alumi num Powder was harmful in any manner to workmen who took this type of additive pro phylaxis in the prevention of silicosis." |Asbestosis, Carcinoma Of the Lung | "Asbestosis and Carcinoma of the Lung." By J. Anderson, M.D.. and F. A. Campagna, - M.D. Archives of Environmental Health. Vol. I, No. 1. July 1960. Pp. 27-3:. T he authors report on a case of asbestosis associated with, carci noma of the lung. The literature is also reviewed, and it is indicated that this is the 24th reported case with complete autopsy findings. ' Many investigators previously have felt that asbestosis predisposes to lung carcinoma. Hueper of the National Cancer Institute reported that 127 cases of asbestosis carcino,'ma of the lung are on record. The ^jeginning'Of this- study many of the 32 workers involved had long exposure to silica and showed radio logical evidence of silicosis. Alumi num therapy treatments consisted of six-minute inhalations once a week. authors in this paper have indicated that, in their case, the patient had been a heavy smoker until five years before his final illness. They also indicate that two other investigators commented on smok ing and their patients had been The authors point out that plant management had put in engineering -control measures to minimize the hazard of airborne silica dust, but in spite of these controls, new silicotics were being developed each -year. For this reason plant manage ment decided to inaugurate a pro gram of aluminum therapy and heavy smokers. They suggest that any further cases of asbestosis with or without tumors he reported with careful attention to other factors, such as smoking. It is only when all the facts are available that an evaluation can he made of the lationship between asbestosis lung carcinoma. prophylaxis. The authors conclude: "l . i l h e inhalation of McIntyre Aluminum Powder can help protect workers front silicosis for 15-plus sears. "2. The use oi Mclntsre Aluminum Powder uill present or decrease the rate of scveritx of the usual progression of ceramic silicosis "3. There was no evidence that the Providing Suitable In-Plant Environment A Pi-actiuiil Mc:S ; I' lr-.I.;'. S u i t a b l e jn-Plar.t Pro er.t." By i. Kot-ur.son . Industrial \1- r and So Vo! 29. No * J'J-c : - IT : 15 2 T tir \ r Th o p . in s:... !c- o n e i,,t have a basic under .ndrrv.: of hr ax a worker reacts to his environment before different methods of heating and ventilating can be evaluated to obtain a satisfactory environment in a plant. He discusses the A.S.H.V.E. Comfort Chart for still air and effective temperature chart. Unfor tunately, these charts are not too well illustrated in this journal. How ever, they aan be found in the Manual on Ventilation published by the American Conference of Gov ernmental Industrial Hygienists. With these charts, one can deter mine whether or not plant condi tions are within a temperature zone considered comfortable. The author also describes why many heating systems fail to provide satisfactory environmental condi tions in industrial plants. The author discusses with illustrations how to control the environmental condi tions in a plant having operations such as heat-treating operations in volving considerable quantities of radiant energy. He stresses that satisfactory in stallations must be based on the reactien of the individual to his environment rather than supplying the heat loss based on a calculated B.T.U. loss from the building. Arsenic: Chronic Human Intoxication "Arsenic: Chronic Human Intoxication." B. D. Dtnman. M.D., D.Sc.. Journal <<' Occupational Medicine. Volume 2. Pp K1"- 141. March 196n. s' T h e a u t h o r reviews manifesta tions of chronic arsenic intoxication in humans, giving the diagnosis, therapy, and prognosis. He indicates that occupational exposure to arsenic and its compounds has rarclx produced acute and systemic intox ication among exposed workers Acute cases of arsenic intoxication ... / o /luce >! Safety in Hoisting Saves Costly Injuries At Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota small fissures in the sculptured faces of Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt are being sealed with granite dust and white lead. Though the granite sculp ture is estimated to last for thousands of years, this preventive mainte nance will keep the surfaces smooth and slow the natural erosion process. $ The insert show's how workmen are suspended on Union Wire Rope. Tuffy is an old hand at new ideas Whether it's better equipment for drilling deeper oil wells, or doing a "preventive maintenance" job like the one shown above, new needs for slings and wire rope are constantly coming along. Tuffy meets these needs with products perfectly "tailored" to the job at hand. 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