Sources of Help act in an advisory capacity and to discuss problems, draft regulations, or render help in emergencies The office also maintains an Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) which analyses and provides abstracts of relevant articles appearing m offi cial publications and journals throughout the world (See bibliography of "Industrial hygiene and medicine" periodicals later m this chapter) The office is also assisted by temporary'com mittees of experts, which have discussed safety m coal mines, the prevention and sup pression of dust in mining, tunneling, and quarrying safety and health in dock work, protection of workers against ionizing radia tion, industrial medical services, pneumo coniosis and other matters relating to occupa tional safety and health Meetings of experts and symposia have been held on such sub jects as the medical inspection of labor, electrical accidents, the international classifi cation of radiographs of pneumoconiosis, and radiological health and safety in mining and milling of unclean materials The United States has several members on the panels and has been represented on all the temporary expert committees and special conferences The main tasks of the ILO in the field of oc cupational safety and health are International instruments These include conventions and recommendations, and also model safety codes and codes of prac tice A new Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety is now being prepared, to suc ceed Occupation and Health, which was published m 1930 m English and French This is designed to provide guidance to a wide range ofpeople concerned with health, safety, and welfare at work The assistance of a committee of experts has been sought Although problems will be reviewed from an international angle, special account will be taken of the needs of developing coun tries The compilation of technical studies The publication of medical and technical studies Direct assistance to governments, by furnish ing experts, drafting regulations, supplying information, etc Collaboration with other international organi zations, the World Health Organization, and the International Organization for Standardization Assistance to national safety and health organ izations, research centers, employers' as sociations, trade unions, etc, in different countries In general, keeping in touch with the safety and health movement throughout the world and assisting the movement by all the means m its power The International Labor Organization has adopted international safety and health recom mendations or conventions on the following subjects, among others Labour Inspection (1919, J923, 1926, 1937, 1939, 1947) Night Work of Young Persons (1919, 1946, 1948) Minimum Age of Employment (1919, 1920, 1921, 1932, 1936, 1937, 1959, 1965) Employment ofWomen Before and AfterChildbirth (1919, 1952) Night Work ofWomen (1919, 1934) Prohibition of the Use of White Phosphorus in the Manufacture of Matches (1919) Prevention ofAnthrax (1919, 1921) Lead Poisoning (1919) Medical Examination ofYoung Persons (1921,1946, 1959, 1965) Use of White Lead m Painting (1921) Compensation for Occupational Diseases (1925, 1934) Health and Welfare of Seafarers (1926, 1936,1946, 1949, 1958, 1959, 1966) Marking of the Weight on Heavy Packages Trans ported by Vessels (1929) Prevention of Accidents (1929) Power-dnoen Machinery (1929) Protection of Dockers Against Accidents (1929, 1932, 1956) Employment of Women Underground in Mines (1935) Safety in the Building Industry (1937) Protection of Health of Workers in Places of Em ployment (1935) Radiation Protection (1960) Occupational Health Services (1959) Guarding of Machinery (1963) Hygiene (Commerce and Offices) (1964) The ILO also publishes material of broader scope Among recent titles are included Manual of Radiation Protection (Parts 1 to V), Guide to the Prevention and Suppression of Dust in Mining, Tunnelling, and Quarrying, 366

. * S3 - Commonwealth Paint. ..7.lV;`j'ft4 Anenate of Lead.

. --2-- DUP150089408 GROUP 1 Alum Manufacture Congo Eater Manufacture High Silica Barytas as Source of Black Ash liquid SO2 Manufacture Solvent Recovery - Newburgh Solvent Recovery - Tetxa Ethyl Lead Strontium Nitrate Process Revision Study of Paulshore as separate unit Zinc Liquor Purification White Lead - Continuous Reel QRPOP 2 Alumina Hydrate Manufacture Base Varnish Dry Colors (Yellows) Ester Gum Oxidation of Ammonia ProuB 3 Cryptox Core Oil Butyl Alcohol Southern Electro-Chemical Company's Suit Glycerine by Fermentation Llthopone Patent Situation Pratt Process Sodium Cyanide Slow-burning Pyroxylin Plasties Synthetic Ammonia Sulphuric Acid Committee General Sulphuric Add Studies Calvert Process Tribremanilia GROUP 4 Basie Alum Basio Oil Study Ethyl Celluleec Gold Seal Llthopone Improvement Fliatflex Green Beal Llthopone Deterioration of Fabrikoid Improvement of Automobile Finish Prsolar Bill softeners for Pyroxylin Rubber fop Varnish Spar Vanish Nitrocellulose in Varnishes Sew Explosives Vise and Audit Work It has been our habit, year by year, to point out that In those cases where an effort has been made te estimate the actual value of the work of the Chemical Department in tens of dollars saved or earned, the central Chemical Department disclaims any de sire -to claim all the credit for these savings.

I t i s now s o m e th in g o v e r to n years and as in v e s tig a tio n has preceded i t has been in c re a s in g ly a p p aren t b o th by th e n a tu re of the typo o f e x p erim e n tatio n dona and as a consequence of the tim e w hich elapsed th a t th e h a n d lin g o f lead ed g a so lin e and the use of lead ed g a so lin e in autom obiles is n o t d a n g e ro u s i n a n y w ay .

Lead Metals The distribution of lead poisoning is quite extensive. .

It has been estlma .ed --- (though probably not authoritatively) that 90% of all men laid off by tbe National Lead Company and the St/ Joseph Lead Company have ^ law suits against the two Companies.

It has been estlma .ed --- (though probably not authoritatively) that 90% of all men laid off by tbe National Lead Company and the St/ Joseph Lead Company have ^ law suits against the two Companies.

., has given publicity to outstanding authorities on such subjects as "Compound ing Materials Used in the Rubber Industry," "Static Electricity," "Vulcanizing," "Fire part of everyone in the industry, ..in 1931 it stood tenth in frequency and ninth in severity among twenty-eight leading indus and Dust Hazards in the Rubber Industry," "Digesters," "Hazards of Reclaiming" "Oc cupational Skin Diseases," etc.

., has given publicity to outstanding authorities on such subjects as "Compound ing Materials Used in the Rubber Industry," "Static Electricity," "Vulcanizing," "Fire part of everyone in the industry, ..in 1931 it stood tenth in frequency and ninth in severity among twenty-eight leading indus and Dust Hazards in the Rubber Industry," "Digesters," "Hazards of Reclaiming" "Oc cupational Skin Diseases," etc.

Joseph Lead Co. and the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and Chairman of the Foundation's 0 ^oard, participated in a discussion at the Mid-Century Conference on Resources br the Future held in Washington, D.

Joseph Lead Co. and the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and Chairman of the Foundation's 0 ^oard, participated in a discussion at the Mid-Century Conference on Resources br the Future held in Washington, D.

Joseph Lead Co. and the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, and Chairman of the Foundation's 0 ^oard, participated in a discussion at the Mid-Century Conference on Resources br the Future held in Washington, D.

jal&tag and a to r 1x15 loaded gasoline, -he f i r s t o f th e s e eases resu lted In our issuing in stru c tio n s fo r the avoidance of lead exposure in t h is occupation.

Joseph Lead Company SaueTeiaen Cements Company .

We recently learned of several cases of lead p : soning among painters engaged in coating stri * tural steel with red lead paint Three theories of how these cases occurred w F. advanced The paint was partly sprayed and pa = ly brushed Water was supplied the painters in F: open pail and it was found that this was freque y ly well flavored with red lead paint from the spr