FILE NAME State of the Art Literature SAL DATE 1938 DOC SAL029 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Abstracts from The Journal of Industrial Hygiene & Toxicology LITERATURE OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE SUPPLEMENTARY TO THE JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND TOXICOLOGY VOLUME 20 JANUARY DECEMBER 1938 me ome PUBLISHED BY e THE WILLIAMS & WILKINS COMPANY Baltimore Md 184 JOURNAL OF INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE AND TOXICOLOGY vol 20 no8 Anaesthetized cats were given intratracheal insuffiations of fine bismuth car- bonate biamuth subnitrate and lead glass powders by means of a powder blower inserted through a bronchoscope Fluoro- scopy and roentgenograms demonstrated that in the dry state these opaque minera awere not carried into the terminal air spaces but remained adherent to the walls of bronchi lined with ciliated epithe lium The process of removal could be readily followed The column of dust on the mucosal surface moved upward with spiral motion Neutral bismuth carbonate was usually completely eliminated in 1 to 4 days the acid subnitrate was excreted slightly more rapidly and the lead glass had disappeared in from 7 hrs to 2 days The reaction of the mineral did not affect the rate of elimination a result at variance with those of other observers If the particles were suspended in fluid either saline or thin syrup they were carried into the terminal alveoli from which they were alowly excreted by the bronchial route over periods of weeks No evidence of drainage to lymph nodes could be discovered The authors suggest that inhalation of dust in the dry state might be less dangerous than if ja were moist The presence of sufficient amounts of water might permit the mineral particles to penetrate beyond the protective ciliary epithelium and allow gradual accumulation in the lungs U.Gardner U.Gardner number of cancers found is a very high one Of these 8 cases the site of the cancer in cases was the lower lobes in five there was a squamous epithelioma Three of the victims were less than 43 yrs old in all work with asbestos had begun 15-21 yra before After all the author seeme quite right in seeing causal relation be- tween asbestosis and lung cancer Teleky .

FILE NAME: Owens Illinois (OWILL) DATE: 1935 Jan 15 DOC#: OWILL059 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Conference Presentation - Silicosis Trogram-> SYMPOSIUM ON DUST PROBLEMS Tuesday, January 15, 1935 The University Club, 1x3 University Place, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania R E C E I V E D TIM E MAY. 16. 1 ; 45PM Chairman, W il l ia m P.

FILE NAME: General Electric (GE) DATE: 1933 Feb 3 DOC#: GE155 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Mr.

FILE NAME: General Electric (GE) DATE: 1933 Jan 26 DOC#: GE153 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: NSC Letter to Executive Committee, NSC Requesting Draft Copies of Safe Practices-Silicosis Pamphlet not be Released Publicly Ufrom material in Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library, P.O.

FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1930 Sept-Oct DOC#: NSC053 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Transactions of the NSC - 19th Annual Safety Congress - Vol 1 I 93 TRANSACTIONS OF THE N ational Safety C ou n cil NINETEENTH AN N U AL SAFETY CONGRESS VOLUME I Pittsburgh September --October 3, 1930 William Penn and Fort Pitt Hotels Copyright, JQjf, Mattonai Safety Council N ational Safety Council 20 N orth Wacker Drive, Chicago HONORARY MEMBERS A ssociation ok I ron and S teel E lectric R obert W.

FILE NAME: National Safety Council (NSC) DATE: 1935 Aug 12 DOC#: NSC342 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Mr.

FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1938 Jan DOC#: NMA097 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Journal Article - What to Do About Dust?

FILE NAME: Early Asbestos Damage Suits (EADS) DATE: 1935 DOC#: EADS028 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Power of Attorney Ufe P o w e r u f A ttu a t* g N o. 7333.

FILE NAME: Sherwin Williams (SW) DATE: 1939 July DOC#: SW014 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: National Paint, Varnish & Lacquer Assoc Confidential Internal Report Sent to Class A Members RE Toxic Materials ^Vaiuntal ^fnhtt, jtlnniisl} m i h 'JEarxjiicr Asso ci at io n INCOWPOWATKP otnettt MitiMn-umn t.tim.wui.

FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: September 29, 1937 DOC#: USG016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1937 letter to JA Scharwath from USG regarding alleged asbestos suit.

FILE NAME: Westinghouse (WH) DATE: 1936 DOC#: WH502 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to WH RE Results of Animal Experiments with Dusts - Goes with WH501 * Ar

FILE NAME: M etropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1932 Mar 8 DOC#: ML167 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: M inutes - Meeting of Reps of Mining Companies and Others QJ?

FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1934 DOC#: ML064 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Dr.

i December 10, 1934* Or* A* J* Lanza, Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., 1 Badison Avenue, Hew Xork City* Be* Preliminary Study of Asbestos TXist Effects Dear Dr.

American Society of Heating and Ventilating Engineers Guide, 1932 Velocity Head or Pressure: The head or pressure required to create the velocity of flow, that is, the head or pressure required to accelerate the mass from a state of rest to the velocity at the point measured.