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FILE NAME: Owens Illinois (OWILL) DATE: 1949 Aug DOC#: OWILL067 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Foundation Facts - M.E. Coyle of General Motors to Keynote Annual Meeting Conferences to Include one on Air and Stream Pollution JF O U N U A IIU N f FACTS____ Fuiir.Ji.u..:i r .icts is a m onthly n e w s-le tte r issued to ricliistri.il co n cern s holding m em b ersh ip In Industrial H ygiene F oundation. Trie F oundation is a non-profit association of industries for th e advancem ent of healthful w orking conditions. A ugust, 19^9 No. 8 M.E. Coyle o f G eneral Motors t o Keynote Annual M eeting Conferences to In clu d e one on A ir and Stream P o llu tio n M.E. C oyle, E xecutive V ic e -P re sid e n t o f G eneral Motors C o rp ., w i l l d e l i v e r n o te address opening the ll+th annual m eeting of I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene Foundation .on I n s t i t u t e , P itts b u r g h , on November 1 7 . Mr. Coyle w i l l speak on s u b je c ts id i n t e r e s t t o i n d u s t r i a l management, as c o rp o ra te a c t i v i t i e s and t h e i r in on th e N atio n al economy. B esides the main m eeting fo r management r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s , fo u r p ro fe s s io n a l nces w i l l be h e ld h ere on November 16----- ( l ) M edical, (2) Chemical & ToxicoL, (5 ) E n g in eerin g and (L) L eg a l. These ro u n d -ta b le s e s s io n s a re being id by th e r e s p e c tiv e p ro f e s s io n a l com m ittees jn th e F oundation and th e agenda t announced soon. November 18, th e day a f t e r th e main m eeting, w i l l be devoted t o a conj on th e A ir and Water o f I n d u s t r i a l Communities, w ith em phasis on a i r p o llu The membership v o ted 3 t o 1 in fa v o r o f such a conference which in e f f e c t w i l l s n tin u a tio n o f th e main m eeting. The agenda w i l l cover s u b je c ts o f i n t e r e s t t o nagement and te c h n ic a l r e p r e s e n ta tiv e s . The M edical C onference on November 16, th e main m eeting on November 17 " a i r and w ater" conference on November 18 w i l l a l l be h e ld in th e main ium a t M ellon I n s t i t u t e . The o th e r con feren ces (November l6 ) w i l l a l l be ith e r a t the In s titu te or nearby a t s ite s to be announced. H o te l r e s e rv a tio n s should be made now. Both th e H o tels W ebster H a ll and ?y, n e a r M ellon i n s t i t u t e , p '^m5se f u l l c o o p e ra tio n , as do th e downtown h o te ls ; P ittsb u rg h Convention Burea-'. More d e t a i l s l a t e r ............. I-H -F in American Can Company's Annual R eport The l*7th an n u a l r e p o r t o f th e American Can Company, a F oundation member, ns th e fo llo w in g : "With th e a s s is ta n c e o f I n d u s tr ia l Hygiene Foundation o f America, wnich is i in th e M ellon I n s t i t u t e in P itts b u r g h , a survey was conducted o f th e Company's 1 program fo r em ployees. The purpose o f t h i s su rv ey was t o determ ine ways where Company's a lre a d y com prehensive m edical program can be made more e f f e c t i v e . " (E d ito r's Note: The F oundation is now engaged in fo u r o th e r such s tu d ie s dealing with medical ad m in istratio n , cost and procedure.) ---- November lC, 17, l 8 ..... V G 'I N E FO U N D A TIO N A4 0 0 FIFTH AVENUE PITT...VJROM (**j) A  Hygiene D igest - 15 A ugust, 19^9 However, g rs a t care should "be tak en t o exclude th e tu b ercu lo u s in s e l e c t ing persons to re ceiv e aluminum th era p y . (4) I t is not b elieved th a t a s c ie n tific a lly controlled experiment in industry is fe asib le for the ev a lu a tio n o f aluminum fo r th e prophylaxis o f s i l i c o s i s . This follow s from the u n co n tro llab le v a ria b le s inh eren t in th e in d u s tr ia l s itu a tio n and o th er fa c to rs which have been d iscu ssed . For th ese reaso n s, i t appears improbable th a t any re searc h agency would consider i t advisable to under take such a p ro je c t except under sp e c ia l conditions alread y d iscu ssed , and which may n o t be a t t a i n a b l e . (5) The M cIntyre R esearch Foundation, as p re s e n tly org an ized , is not equipped t o solve th e aluminum prophylaxis problem in r e la t io n to s i l i c o s i s . The ste p s considered n ecessary to acconi' p lis h th is objective are o u tlin ed . (6) Research should be continued with la b o ra to ry anim als w ith th e o b je c t o f fin d in g a more adequate b a s is fo r a p p lic a tio n to man. Such study is now included in th e program o f the Saranac Laboratory of the Trudeau Foundation. -- A uthors' Summary 56 E ffe c ts o f E l e c t r i c i t y on th e Human Body. W.B. Kouwenhoven. In d . Med. lb , 269 (J u ly , 19^9). The au th o r d isc u sse s b r i e f l y th e v arious e f f e c ts o f e l e c t r i c i t y on th e body, in clu d in g v a r ia tio n s w ith th e amount o f c u r re n t. The cu rre n t values of in te re st are: (l) threshold of feelin g , about 1 milliampere, (2) le t-g o c u rre n t, above which i t is d i f f i c u l t to l e t go of a w ire, about 9 m illiam pres fo r men, 6 fo r women; (3) c u rre n t producing v e n tr i c u la r f i b r i l l a t i o n , 0 .1 ampere; (U) c u rre n t producing a blo ck in th e n e r vous system , one ampere o r more; and (5) th e co u n ter shock c u r re n t. The la s t three re s u lt in death i f prolonged; otherwise a r ti f i c ia l resp iratio n may nave th e v ic tim . These e f f e c ts r e f e r t o a lte r n a tin g c u rre n t o f com m ercial frequency. D ire c t c u rre n t is much le s s harm ful. The only e f f e c t of high-frequency currents is heating. 67 A sbestos is and Cancer o f th e Lung. E d i t o r i a l . J.A.M .A. 140, 1219-1220 (Aug. 13, 19^9). Records o f E n g lish , American and German p h y sician s and The Annual R eport o f th e C h ief In sp e c to r o f F a c to rie s in England fo r 19^7 show* th a t th e occurrence o f cancer o f the lung is re la te d to pulmonary a sb e sto sis. This r e l a t i o n is supported by th e follow ing o b se rv a tio n s: ( l ) The incidence r a t e o f cancer o f th e lungs in a s b e s to s is p a tie n ts is 10 t o 15 tim es as h ig h as among th e g e n e ra l p o p u la tio n .(2) The m ale-fem ale r a t i o is more n e a rly equal than i t is fo r th e g en e ral p o p u latio n , which in d icates th a t an environm ental and ev id en tly occupational carcinogen tended to equalize the incidence ra te of cancer of the lungs for both sexes. Recent experi mental observations support th is in terp re tatio n of c lin ic a l evidence. >68 Changes in th e Lungs Produced by N a tu ra l G ra p h ite . H.E. Harding and G.B. O liv e r. B r i t . J . In d . Med. 6, 91"99 (A p ril, 19^9 )> A b rie f description is given of the in d u stria l uses of n atu ral graphite, which is a c r y s ta llin e carbon mixed w ith up to 10# of fre e s i l i c a and with o th er m in era ls. The g r e a te s t d u st r i s k occurs in th e g rin d in g o f n a tu r a l g ra p h ite , fo r which evidence is p resen ted to show t h a t t h i s can lead to