In compensation ex perience, dermatitis has continued as the leading reportable disease.

In compensation ex perience, dermatitis has continued as the leading reportable disease.

The skin of the body is a protective covering, and as long as it remains in tact it does a good job except in the case of tetraethyl lead, which is used in blending gasoline and which is readily absorbed through the skin, having a tendency to create changes in the nerv ous system.

Metals L e a d : The distribution o f lead poisoning is quite extensive, The skin of the body is a protective covering, and as long as it remains in tact it does a good job except in the case of tetraethyl lead, which is used in blending gasoline and which is readily absorbed through the skin, having a tendency to create changes in the nerv ous system.

These are "Heoprene", the synthetic rubber developed by the duPont Company and "Thiokol" * It occurs to me that it might be well to investigate these substances for use in rubber protective equipment in connection with the handling of tetraethyl lead.

FILE NAME: Owens Illinois Library (OWL) DATE: 1930 DOC#: OWL007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Abstracts & Index from The Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology the journal of INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE EDITORS DAVID L.

Very tru ly yours SW:GCL Enclosure 0009970 \1 A REPORT OH USE and HANDLING o f TETRAETHYL LEAD tv . - ' DOW CHEMICAL COMPAUI, MIDLAND, MICHIGAN ****##- General -- THe purpose o f the follow ing I s to describe b r ie fly the present use and handling o f tetraeth yl lead by Dow Chemical Company a t Midland, Michigan, end to suggest certain recommendations for sore sa fely handling the m aterial.

The tests at the Army Medical School, using gasoline that contained 0.75 ml. of lead tetraethyl (TEL) per gallon, indicated that insignificant amounts of lead escaped into the room air during the operation of the stove.

case of tetraethyl lead, which is used in The wide diversity of causes, to gether with the varying susceptibility of different individuals, makes the problem of control difficult.

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

Thus, i t i s safe to assume that in the steaming operation at a refinery, at le a s t 10# o f the quantity o f tetraethyl lead present in the gaso lin e layer w ill remain a fte r completion of the steaming and that in a l l p robab ility the lead residue w ill exceed th is figure.

FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1936 OCT DOC#: UC011 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Conference Presentation - National Safety Conference - Occupational Diseases S a fety" C ouncil V/ EXPOSITIONSc ocrosEN n -jj.tm cmicaco UcCOnMIt* PLACE To Whom it May Concern - August 20, 1986 The attached photocopied materials are ai t-hentic reproductions of an original' ' i'jle copy of - .

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