The second type of reaction ;s caused by toxic dusts like lead, cadmium, and radium, A third type of malady follows the inhalation of irndy divided meiailie fume particles such as zinc oxide, and is known as metal fume lever.

*I*"*P SKIN CONDITIONS RESULTING FROM EXPOSURE TO CERTAIN CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS* May R.

May, 1930 INDUSTRIAL AND ENGINEERING CHEMISTRY 427 Sources of Industrial Information Chambers of Commerce: Most southern cities have an active Industrial Development Depart ment in their local Chamber of Commerce.

.- Z/Z/m MGB Cm MCH Claim a r r i o r , Alabama The above named p a r ty has ailed a t o u r o f f ic e and s ta te d to th e w r ite r th a t he was s u ffe rin g fro p a r t i a l p a r a ly s is in h is l e f t arm which had been o au sed , a h e h ad been in fo rm ed by h is d o c to rs, from lead p o iso n in g because he had drunk w ater fro a w ell on h i s p r o p e r ty w hich had been p o l l u t e d w ith Crown G a s o lin e , which a s you know c o n ta in s T e tr a e th y l Lead F lu id * T h is c a l l was mads s h o r tly b e fo re C hristm as and X i ,m e d ia te ly went to W a rr io r , 'Alabama and w ith o u r a g e n t .

T heir use is generally extended to those operations wlicrc all other m ethods liavc failed o r supplementary to them, as in storage battery repair where the exposure to smalt amounts of lead breathed is known to be detrim ental to liealth.

*a tpradeet for lead eone*utr*ti;a* u.

per With a few exceptions the period of disability re- sulting from skin diseases is short as compared with some of the other industrial diseases ; the total number of days lost for the 648 claims totalling 8,254 days For the cases of dematitis the total number of lost was 7,673 for a total of days 561 claims making an average of 13.6 dhidhm im In skin diseases it should be noted commenting that upon during the past death Under the classification of industrial poisons 174 claims were filed with a total of 61,226 days lost In this group lead poisoning is as usual the most promi- nent cause of disability During the year there 138 claims filed for lead were poisoning with 6 fatalities or death claims Investigation of the files however shows that none of these death claims has allowed as as yet been compensable by the Commission Four have been definitely disallowed due to the fact that in each instance was found to be due to some con- dition other than lead poisoning and in the other the proof has not been cases completed sufficiently for the claims to be presented for decision Exclusive of the six death claims it is found that the average period of disability in the cases of lead poisoning filed was days per claim 35 phosphorous Other claims filed for industrial poisonings are as follows brass or zinc

., 1018-1019 Eagle-Picher Lead Co., 1021 Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Co., 1022-1023 Johns-Manville. 1030-1031 Ruberoid Co., The. 1032-1033 Arthur Harris & Co., 1048 McQuay, Incorporated, 876 National Pipe Bending Co., 988 Niagara Blower Company, 878 B.

., 1033 841 McQuay, Incorporated, 834 Young Radiator Company, 961 Burners) BURNERS, Gas {See Gas Burners) BURNERS, Oil {See Oil Burners) CEMENT, Asbestos Eagle-Picher Lead Company, The, 1002 Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Niagara Blower Company, 832-833 B.

It seems to me to be nothing more than a private opinion on the advisability from an economical stand point of prohibiting the import of Tetraethyl Lead into Switzerland.

Some with ivory and white, spending l/j of time about at these, white, lead-containing.paints.

Also a copy of the leads and letters sent to our customers was sent out to the Polycel specialists for follow up.

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Lew is: I have taken up the m atter of c le a n in g tanks and o b ta in in g samples from tanks used fo r s to rin g leaded g a so lin e in the f i e l d w ith the various sa le s engineers of companies op eratin g in th is t e r r i t o r y .

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