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LEAD INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION LXX.'NOTOM AVCMUg YOM tT,M.T. lurch *J, 19$1 LEA" H73nr.-S AVD SlffTT i<-JiLT.rz:i ;:o. 67 Subjects v k z irsa cr nrrnisaT To Ueriers of the Lead Industries Associations Each cf ths three enelceurea herewith seecs of sufficient Interest to bring to the attention of our ambers with the following brief ocaaontaryi ir, Frank A. fatt7, head of the Industrial Kygl*1* De-artcent of the Reaaarch Laboratories Division of General Uotcra Corporation, Detroit, spoke oo the values to Industrf of Industrial hygiene programs at the last annual sott ing of the American Publlo Health Association. An abstract of Hr. Petty's reaerfcs, which appeared with the title Industrial Hygiene Dividends* In the February Is see of Safety lAdr.benance A Production, Is subsltted as the aoit concise and authoritative rusratlon of this subject yet seen. it-. 'iertert J. 7cber, i-td-uc trial hpgic.-.iJi cf the Americas 2raka Shoe Cse- rf7i rv.4 -. hole contribution to the ier.e Conference hold by cur Asoc latlor. tr. llarch, 15-3 will be recalled by our aesters, participated Importantly In the Katlcr.al Safety Congress in Chicago last October. A selection has beoa cade frea a aeries of interrogations to and responses by Ur, 7eber on that oc casion Just putlishod by the National Safety Council. Quit* belatedly, ard with an Imprint explaining the delay as 'caused by the Lordon printers' dispute,* the Cctofcor 19?0 Issue of the British Journal of Industrial !>dicl.vj has ccse across the water and 18 found to contain the review ^f the frocoodlngs of the Association1# 19L3 Lead Hygiene Conference published early last year partially reproduced herewith. Ir. rusnald E. lane Is professor of Industrial hygiene at the University of Uanchcater, England. A" j K ^ 7f * lianfrod Pcirditch Director of Health and Safety 0. """" -` ' i`wt agnwsff*--a**--am------ LIA10807 4 Industrial Kyrlans Dlvldanda Sound Industrial hygtens progrtn* /laid both financial and goodwill dividends to plant oanagmenta, frank k. Patty of General Motor* Reeearoh Laboratories told a neeting of tha African Public Health Association'* Industrial Ryjien* Section. In diatrial hygiene'* key allaIon, ha ergihaalted, la to protect plant aaployeei and ra-- due* occupational dlaaaaa to tha point of rarity, and th* effectivenea# of tnj induatrial hygiana depertneut depend* alao*t entirely on nenagnoect policy. i i Tint,* ha aald, tha Industrial hygiene dapartsant should bar* raady aceaaa to aoci policy fcrairg axecutivsa on tha cnnagcrlal a taff as vail aa to all plant Bananara, plant engineer*, personnel director*, physicians and safety engineer*,* Reporting on a aurray of lnduatrlal hyglar* coata, Mr. Patty aald thay varied tixm lesa than SO cert* to &7.S0 par employee par year. Such figures, ha scphaalsad could not ba ccrjl dared standard* bacauaa coat cf Industrial hygiene programs dapanda entirely on tha nature of tha Industry aaa ara hazardous and othara ara lafa. | * These figure* represent a vary aodeat run when ccapered to nodical coata of |d to CIO and safety costa of CA.SO to |66 par anployaa par year In tha (roup of Industrial surveyed,* ha aald, r ! Tha speaker admitted It would ba vary difficult to place tangible or cash value on tha advantagci of an Industrial hygiene prcjrea. Houevor, aooa of tha tore ob vious benefits of ruch a prograa he listed as followsl t 1. it provides facta about plant er.riromer.t and r oatenda tlons idtlch. If felloeed, will prevent occupational diseases or at least reduce than to a Blnlwiw, ?. It saves a substantial ancunt of noney that othsrwlsa would ba spent aa com pensation for occupational diseases. 3. It builds goodwill acong er.ployees and In a eecsrunlty by taking working envlromer.t safe and preventing pollution of tha air around an lnduatrlal plant, li. It denonstratas a company's personal Interest In health and welfare of aployees and liprcve* personnel relations when employees find aanageaant willing to Investigate and study coaplalnta. 5. It give* facts to key personnel for edacatlrg splaye* In safe work cathode on both routine and special production processes. 6, It offers ojipertunitica In derelcpnent of new industrial processes for study of pilot plant operations so control and safe wordrg proceduraa can ba Introduced whan a new procoas goes into full production. 7 It give* an industry with Its own hygiene servie# a chance to plan and coor dinate its production and hygiene progracs without depending on outside s-uircsa for help. Cutiide sources, such as consultants and official agincies, ha aald, ara sona tinas understaffed and overworked. 1 9. It esn servs as clinical dlacrvaUe aid fer plant physicians through re t sults of its anviromant atudlea and analytes of biological tpcolaane, IT* cost to industry for its own Industrial hyglsna lerrica la now Inal and fractional conpared to th* valuat received,* Kr. fatty concluded. ]S 288.01 Hp-t w * tv j w m. mui^iw.'wpnftn ^iywBff^>Mj|ws.ewyg^sPE w a.w.u*mww - -------- ` .... LIA10808 * Mr, Teber Answers 3oo Paslo Question* Qt Do 70Q bellevs 1a transferring man fren jcb to job to amid prolonged exposure to mm toxic substance? At Hot as a routIn* procedure. I bailer* that bad condition* should b* corrected to that It will r.ct be neceasary to make job transfer*. I teller* in transferring ma free* job to job a* a temporary measure until t haaard can be controlled. In a small plant, you can't transfer id.lied eas from job to job without wasting tal ent; for example, you would not usa a first-class adder a* a grinder In tha clear*. Inc room, Thus tlw *r.*ar again is that unhaalthlul conditions mould ba eliminated. Ql Doas analysis cf urine smsplea afford s (ood Index of axposura to laad fumesT As Tat. rcau*a tbara 1* s cerralatlca between tha amount of laad In tha urine and tha srrsrlty of exposure. Thus a can become!, so to speak, his own air sampling device, and glraa a true plctura of exposure area on Intermittent tasks. A blood specimen Is s batter index but most man dislike to furrdsb blood specimens. A urine spoclren Is much easier to get. Qi "T'-at yardstick can tfo foundry usa to determine whether It 1s contrl-utlng macesSlTSljr to atmospharic pollution? At Presently I Vno of non*. Smog control ordlnancwa are in process of being chanced eo that tha srourt of pollution contributed by various Industrie* can ba batter Oevaluated, An existing rule now state* that no sore than ,li grain cf particulate mat ter par cubic foot of effluent may ba discharged fro* a stack, Hy allowing pollu tants to exhaust through aeveral stacks or to Irik out cf rrof louvres a foundry can trad* the rule er.d still cortrlbuts its ihsre to abac spheric cenistnir.aticn. Consid eration Is now being (Ivan to basing tha limit cf contamination on th# pounds of natal Deltad, Qi Is there t practical air claaner for cupolaaf At Kor.o that I know of that Is cheap. I believe wet scrubbers In series with alectrostatle precipitators will enabl# tha foundry to meat any ao( control ordi nance, but ruch Installation* In soma caae* cost s* much ** th* foundry Itself, Ql Hsv* you had ary ex perl#nee with tha us* of wetting scant* ** * naans of allsyinc dust? At Tat, By using water treated with Coepound-T w* war* able to reduce tha dust from a manual shake-out 9S par cent, "Totting agort* ere not a universal remedy, but they do hsv* ne.ny applications In foundries. "Tot water, for example, will penetrate a beaked cor* such faster than rd.ll ordlrsry water. Ql Till a suction fan ?$ feat above a trass furnace take tha poisonous gat away fraa th* furnace tender? Al T" and io, That question cannot be answered *10>ut more lrfoneatlon on tha comdltiers involved, Each job h.ri to ba studied and eihauet ystars rejst b# taller- nade for rach application. Usually local exhaust hoods are to ba prefarrad to gen eral emulation. t f i i t ^ 288.02 LIA1C809 lapiiewp. A British Authority Evaluates e L,I,A. Activity Proclaim;* cf tha Lead Hygiene Conference Corfirmii convened by Industry have of the Lead Ir.d'strics Association, 19u9, considerable educational nlu, They aro attended by thcsa with practical knowledge of Industrial cedlctne, together with leavening of offieUl and aoedaadd representatives. They ere not tha place to present now work, but rether provide an opportunity for tho discussion of seen cf tha older probltr-s such as, In this instance, the relation between toxicity cf lead compounds and thair aolubility) atlppla count* or fcesophille aggregation aa indicators of load absorption} tho placa of lead la urine deterainations in tha prevention of land poisoning. A study cf this rwpert provides an interesting contrast between tha practica of industrial hygiene in the United States and in this country, aro apt to overleek tha cheat advantages ** entey * * result of tha work of our early pioneers. U* art inclined to accept tha regulations applying to tho lead trades without appreciating thair val a. This la er-pnasited when we sea that in r.arjr States of tha 'J.3.A. there la no eonp'.lsery routine *x--l nation of lead worxere, and that the occupier is not obllced to provide ion simple prcriilona as washing ar.d feeding eeccruaedetlon. It Is trua that these preen ail o ns are carried out voluntarily by aost of tha lares and nore prof rase ire firms, tut tany of tha e nailer establishaents fall far behind In these tixple preventive measures. On tha other hand we can learn such freo tha wide application In tha Unitod States of tha nor* accurate laboratory Mthoda In use in tha control of lead exposure. It is refreshing to find Dr. Lanahan esphsslsing tha ralua of lead in urina estleatior-j, not as a diagnostic aeasure, but as a rears to prevent excessive lead ab sorption. Tha discussion on treatoent is of pro it interest} tha censors us of opinion agrwa with that of tho tore experienced mcrkci s in this country, that do-loading Is bad therapy and that the patient is better left V> get rid of his excess load by himself, papara wore given on tho use of BAL In load poisoning (the conelucion that it has no usa in industrial xediclno is that on* would anticipate), on the value cf porphyrin eatlxatiorj in tho control of industrial pl.nbiaa, and on lead-irwir Standards. Tha presence of experts on air pollution at this conlerenc* is an interesting fea ture, in that it drawj attention to an aspect of industrial hygiene often overlooked by those conesrned only with conditions inside the factory. The proceedings include e roport of a speech by an American industrialist. Her* the interest for us lies in tha fact that the United States is facing scare of the lir.i problems we hove had to face here} that lr.d is trial medicine la scr.ethlnc nor* than a luxury service, and that it has an important part to play in establishing good industrial relations, *Tha industrialist.........should exnnlna the philosophy ef hie dilly lifa and th.e things he does, to ate if ha is contributing acnetftlng toredue# the frtra and blttamcas which beast us.* | t 1 A. I. Lane ~<or N 288.03