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FILE NAME: Chemical Abstracts (CHAB) DATE: 1965 DOC#: CHAB049 OCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Abstract Originally Published in 1963 by Santorelli U I t J> 1 O ">< air leakage from the drier sfiould be prevented, and exhaust air the arterial pressure and cardiac rhythm are thought to be should be washed witli circulating aq. dil. alkali. sccomlaiy. John Howe Scott Yutaka Tsukano Occupational cutaneous reactions to epoxide and phenol The effect of aluminum factory waste gases on the content formaldehyde resins. Leslaw Grzegorczyk, Danuta Dole- of fluorides in soil and grass. Eugen Hluchan, Jan Mayer, gowska-Potoczna, and Stanislaw Kowal (Wojewodzka i'rzy- and Emil Abel (Inst. Hyg. Bratislava, Czech.). Pol'nophospo- '1 chodnia Med. Pracy, Rzeszow, Poland). Polski Tygod. Lekar. darslvo 10(4), 2.57-(>2( 1064). Fluorides were detd. by titration 17(50), 1942-4(1902). Occupational dermatoses, eczema, and with Th(N'Oj) after steam distn. from acid solas. The upper partial destructi. n of nails were observed in 28% of workers soil layers near the A! factory showed fluorides in eonens. up to exposed to epoxide and phenol-formaldehyde resins. Almost 91.0 mg. %. The grass samples contained fluorides up to a all workers examd. suffered itching and burning pains of hands. value of 118.7 mg. F /100 g. of dry matter. The content of F~ _- Jerzy Lange in soil and grass declined with distance from the works. The Effect of naturally radioactive elements of the uranium- contents of fluorides in dust reached 5.0 mg./lOO g. of fresh radium series on the hemopoietic system of uranium miners. grass. Petr Skrabanek Halina Dominas, Jattina Bnguslawska-Jaworska, and Wanda M. Determination of some air pollutants by ultraviolet spectro Dobryszycka (Zaklad Leczniczo-Zapobiegawczy, Kowary, Po photometry. M. D. Manila. Pr-diPno Dopuslimye Kontsen- land.) Polski Tygod. Lekar. 18(1(5), 5(51-3(19(53). The follow tratsii Atm. Zagryazn. 1963(7), 117 25. Naphthalene (I), ace- l) ing characteristic (lata were reported on examg. the hemopoietic tophenone (II), and isopropylbenzene (III) can be detd. in air system of several U miners (no. of patients examd., polynuclear after dissolving in HtOH by measuring at 220, 244, and 212 iiiai. leukocytes, lymphocytes, erythrocyte vol., hemoglobin A,, and About 0.1,0.25, and 1.0 ml. of I, II, and III can bedetd. Styrene clotting time in min. given): employed <(i years, 1.1, 49.1, (IV) in a mixt. with dinile can be detd. ill air after dissolving in 45.3, 111, 0.8, 1(5; employed 0-10 years, 10, 49.5, 45.0, 108, EtOH by measuring at 211.5 and 240 mji. About 0.25> IV/ml. _0.8, 17; employed >10 years, 20, 44.0, 50.0, 109, 0.1, 19.2; can be'detd. Ivo Hynie ~ controls, 8, 58.3%, 33.0%, 104, 1.0%, 10.1. Jerzy Lange Morbidity and mortality in man caused by pulpionary cancer Determination of basic properties of lead dusts. Janusz and its relation to the pollution of the atmosphere in the area of Girczys. Rudy Melale Niezelazne 8(11), 447-50(1903). D. aluminum plants. N. N. Litvinov (Inst. Gen. Public Hyg., and sedimentation analysis of dusts present in Pb factories are Moscow), M. S. Gol'dberg, and S. X. Kimina. Acta Unio described. The results gave some indications as to the effect Intern. Contra Cancrum 19(3-4), 742-5( 19(53)(in English). <; of protective masks. Z. Kurtyka The coucn. of benzo[n]pyrene in the air near 2 A1 plants was 20 Practical importance of the test of the resistance of the skin to times as high as city air. Respiratory tract morbidity and cancer the action of alkali. A. Czernielewski. Symp. Dermatol., incidence correlated with air pollution. Richard F. Riley Corpus Lectionum, Univ. Carolina, Prague 1900 1, 84-5(Pub. Asbestos exposure during naval vessel overhaul. William T. 1962)(in French). Among foundry workers who chowed a re Marr (Long Beach Naval Shipyard, Long Beach, Calii. Am. sistance to alkali on skin testing, 6 of 83 developed cutaneous Ind. Hyg. Assoc. J . 25(3), 204-8( 1904). Shipboard pipecovering - _ changes, whereas 22 of 47 that were sensitive to alkali developed and insulating during overhaul and repair is a hazardous trade. dermatosis. The resistance of the skin of individual subjects Chest x-rays can be misleading for controls as it takes 7 years varied when tested periodically. At times when they were sensi for asbestosis to develop. There is a difference of opinion on the tive to alkalies the skin gave pos. tests to other allergens. max. allowable concn. and the effects of loi: ' and short fibers. A. Dietz Workers exposed to dry insulation contg. asbestos should wear fl; Cement dermatitis. Ch. B. Caiman. Symp. Dermatol., respirators. Win. MacL. Pierce ' Corpus Lectionum, Univ. Carolina, Prague, 1900 1, 232-8(Pub. The effect of certain chemical compounds used in the food 19G2)(in English). Allergic sensitivity to cement is due to industry on the enzymic activity of the liver. A. Sporn and chromate. The ratio of Cr(III) to Cr(VI) and its raw materials Ileuna Dinu (Inst. Hyg., Bucharest). Acad. Rep. Popularc differs greatly. Much of the Cr(VT) may be derived from Cr(III) Romine, Sludii Ccrcelari Hochim. 7(1), 23-34(19(54). The ef by oxidn. during manuf. In lab. expts. cement slurries with no fect of RuOAc methylnaphthylketone, ionone, lit gallatc and ~" chromate before heating, showed appreciable amts, after heating salicylic acid in oral doses of 10 mg. every 2nd day, on the liver to 1400 in a Pt crucible. The potentially dermatitic properties enzymes of rats was investigated. After 8 weeks of treatment, of cement are alky., hygroscopic property, the particulate matter, an increase of the aldolase, little change of the succinic dehydro and chromate allergy. Cement dermatitis does not readily genase, and decrease of aspartic and alanine aminotransferase clear up when the patient changes his work. When the patient activities was shown. BTJQ has had dermatitis and recovered, he docs not necessarily relapse Metabolic significance of some toxic solvents. E. Browning when he returns to the same work. These points suggest that Ann. Occupational Hyg. 3(4), 231-4(5(19(51). Some important allergy to chromate is not u e major factor in cement derma industrial solvents are described with special reference to the titis. L. Bakunowicz influence of their metabolic products upon body enzyme systems Professional dermatoses and sexavalent chromium. L. I. and the processes of detoxication. Solvents discussed in this Fandeev and S. Z. Borodina. Sympt. Dermatol., Corpus review are benzene, toluene, xylene and related alkyl benzenes, -Lectionum, Univ. Carolina, Prague, 1900 1, 254-G0(Pub. 1902) chlorinated benzenes, chlorinated hydrocarbons, ales., glycols (in Russian and English). 32.4% of the workers of electro and glycol ethers, chlorinated ales., and CSs. Trichloroethanol, plating plants, who were exposed to CrOj, CrO- , and C,2Oi~~, the chief metabolite of trichloroethylene, is now regarded as a as well as alk. solns., suffered from allergic dermatoses and better criterion of exposure than trichloroacetic acid. eczemas. CrOa was proved to be an etiological factor by eom- John M. Bryant press skin tests (0.5% K-CrjO;) which were pos. in 54.8%. of the Methane diisocyanate: a respiratory hazard? E. O. Longley ` exposed workers, but only in 10%. of the rest. G. Winkelsberg (Dept, of Public Health, Sydney). Arch. Environ. Health The frequency of subclinical allergy to chromates in profession 8((i), 898(19(54). Of 12 employees in a railway workshop 7 de ally exposed, compared to unexposed persons. H. Folesky veloped asthmatic breathing, 11 had retrosternal soreness, 12 Symp. Dermatol., Corpus Lectionum, Univ. Carolina, Prague, experienced chest constriction, 10 had cough persisting for 7-10 1900 1, 201-G(Pub. 1902)(in German). Persons who were pro- days, 2 had pain behind the eyes, 1 was depressed for 24 hrs., 2 ._fessional!y exposed to chromates (505 cement and concrete had headache, 2 had nasal discharge, and 1 had insomnia after workers, 105 offset printers, and 25 galvanizers) and 110 con exposure to mist of methane diisocyanate (I) generated during trols were tested with the compress skin test (the exposed with application of rigid foam insulation. The applicators wore 0.08-0.5% K^CrjO, solns., the controls with up to 3.2% Cr?- protective clothing and respirators, but the affected workmen Oi~~). A mean of 16.1%. pos. reactions was found in the ex were in other parts of the shop. Symptoms disappeared after 10 posed group, and only 1.8% in the controls. All reactions days. Raymond Zehnpfennig (; visible after removing the compress were counted pos. Clinical and physiopathological aspects of asbestosis. Emilio G. Winkelsberg Sartorelli (Ihiiv. Milan). Heitr. Silikose-Forsch., Sondcrband Occupational skin injury during the preparation of vitamin B*. 5, 505 14(19(53Kill German). The pathol. aspects of asbestosis K. Kadlec and L. Hanslian. Symp. Dermatol., Corpus Lec are reviewed in relation to the phys. structure and chem. cmnpn. tionum, Univ. Carolina, Prague, 1900 1, 302-13(Pub. 1902)(in of asbestos. New data are given on 74 patients witli asbestosis, _ German). Patch tests were carried out on 15 occupational including changes in the O and COa levels of the blood. Impair 'eczema diseased workers from a vitamin B (I) factory. Out of ment in lung ventilation and diffusing capacity often produce all the raw materials and intermediaries used for the prepn. of I markedly diminished working efficiency. 51 references. only a 0.3%, ale. soln. or oily suspension of 2-mcthyl-3-nitro-4- ' W .C .Tobic mcthoxymethyl-5-cyano-0-chloropyridine (II) gave pos. patch Functional condition of the parenchymatous organs of workers tests. Exptl. eczemas were provoked by 1% II or II-Ag+. All in the Kapron industry. A. A. Bashirov (Inst. Ind. Hyg., j! the other compels, used in I processing as well as II in alk. soln. Kiev). Cigiena i Sait it. 29(4), 42-<i( 19(54). Workers in a plant gave no exptl. eczema. It is concluded that occupational where they were exposed to the vapors of caprolactam and of eczema in I factories is due to II. The use of alk. protective tlinile manifest the effects of the resultant liver damage by de ointments is recommended. BTJG creased ability to synthesize hippuric acid, increased urobilin Prophylaxis of occupational dermatosis in the chemical in excretion, and decreased prothrombin concns. The effects on dustry. J. Lutowiecki. Symp. Dermatol., Corpus Lectionum,