Findings from tests for lead, arsenic, and porphyrins in the urine were negative.

CANCER RISK AMONG RUBBER WO Matti Hakama, lire Kilpikari Department of Public Health, University of Tampere, Tampere, ('inland Studies of the cancer risk timong rubber workers published sincc^4968 arc revJuy&j, tfa total material esummed lompnsed 80.000 workers and 4000 cuncerH^aths.

SAMPLE LOCATIONS PARAMETERS RANNEY WELL Ammonia Arsenic 0.002 Barium 0.1 Boron 0.7 Cadmium COD Chloride 345 ----------------rru Cyanide Iron 4.5 Lead 0.02 Manganese 1.3 Nitrate 'Oil -------- 3 Phenol 19 R.O.E. 300 Selenium 0.02 Sulfate 95 MW-2 0.1 0.9 210 200 0.02 13.4 0.2 0.3 6 1.1 920 6 MW-4 0.002 0.1 0.5 12 23 0.01 1.45 0.01 0.1 0.2 2 0.025 230 22 MW-5 0.2 0.2 16 20 11 0.04 0.7 0.1 3 0.013 200 15 NOTE: AIT results in mg/1, (ppm).

h Mg. of particulate material per cubic meter of air Three* no Id Lli;.lt 5 ppm 0.5 mg/h 5 ppm 0.1 mg/H 0.1 ppm 5 ppm 0.075 m", :iana I Page 4 Material Tetrafluoroethylene Tetramethyl lead Thioglycollle acid .

There were 14,666 deaths and this represents due to cancer of a death rate per the lung hundred thousand of 10.2 More than twelve per cent of all male cancer deaths and 3.2 per cent of all female cancer deaths can be charged to cancer of the lung 7.7 per cent of all cancer deaths 1947 gatio which leads to an accurate diagnosis of cancer of the lung I should estimate that bet- ter than 75 per cent of the patients now coming us with cancer of the lung have had a pre- cious clinical diagnosis of vinus pneumonia FIGURE I RESPIRATORY 60 SYSTEM CANCER DEATH DEATH RATES BY United oan States : 1933 and 1946 ue uneeee Tote AGE j This * . diagnosis has often been sub- x!

Its very newness, in this respect, suggests the need for searching discussion of the problem, which in turn may well lead to a method of diagnosis for this disease while it is yet in its beginning phase.

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FILE NAME Quigley QUIG DATE 1959 Dec 11 DOC QUIG002 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Internal Hazards Survey dud SPECIAL HAZARDS SURVEY OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE SURVEY PREPARED FOR QUIGLEY COMPANY INC OLD BRIDGE AND SAYREVILLE NEW JERSEY DECEMBER 11 1959 BY B.

r c3acrnf.yyta< derived tharafroo) xlaod ia the "Jailed w&atca euirsc43jt to feceofcer Jlt l&bf (2) A xixtire of dermatic cor a with other ores acH/or setup, provided tha .i.tantlty of lead or sine sold ty a spoiler to th* ^rverrsraft usditr the lca*tcia procrojc does act exceed ifca lead or also contained la oro of Merestto ort~n (laclidins csscaalrstea derived tbarefrsa) ttet have boon aiiwd staevietit to tocesfcer li5l* asH ao^iimd by tbs supplier# 9 Trte* steatite - ray b* -mciTT** la blocs or las?

Its very newness, in this respect, suggests the need for searching discussion of the problem, which in turn may well lead to a method of diagnosis for this disease while it is yet in its beginning phase.

Since it was known that some of the al loys used contained a small amount of lead to facili tate manufacture, we decided to submit these needles to the same test.

Jerome .Trichtor, Deputy -Commissioner of Health in Hew York City, in compliance with that city1 s Lead Labeling Law.

It has been rumored that the ASI 00000782 A -4- lav should be passed within this present session, and the well-known activity of the Minister of Health, Frau Kaethe Strobel leads us to think that this Is by no means improbable.

LABELS -- SAFETY DATA SHEETS. 3.2 Lead Dioxide.

alone with its shortness of breath may lead to a condition simulating asthma and a has no specific association with silicosis In silicotic patient with emphysema a coexisting bronchitis may exaggerate the emphysema and thus further the total disturbances On an organic basis exposure to silica will not be more harmful to an asthmatic person than to any other worker On a psychogenic basis the asth- a matic person is prone to react unfavorably to any dust and therefore on an emotion- * al basis may not get along well in the presence of silica dust The correspondent < is referred to the report of the Third Symposium on Silicosis at Saranac Lake = 1937 for a fuller discussion 221 23 21 2 1 221 A Distribution of Mineral Particles and Fibers in the Lung after Exposure to Asbestos Dust J.