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They develop chronic bron:> w:\li shortness of breath, cough, etc. onic bronchitis can result from inhala- of irritating dusts, fumes and gases: example; phosphorus chloride and other tile chloride compounds, acid fumes, 'gene, nitrous gases, aldehydes, solvents other chemicals. ne of the leading toxicologists in the :`ry, Dr.

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Hepatic used in the manufacture of plastics; Poly angiosarcomas and liver lesions have been merization of this monomer leads to polyvinyl reproduced in experimental animals chroni chloride, the most widely used synthetic cally exposed to vinyl chloride (Torkelson plastic (Berk er al., 1976).

* Because of Its long history, the medical literature on asbestosis is extensive and both prevention and treatment are well understood* Recently, however, there have been published, in medical Journals and the lay press as well, suggestions that ' lung cancer may be associated with exposure to asbestos* The implications of these suggestions are naturally of great concern to the asbestos industry* The industry is concerned with the health of its own employees -- asbestos miners and fabricating workers* -a- In addition, there is concern also for workers In elastomer Industries -- insulators and construction workers who might use asbestos* Finally, the suggestion involve the health of the general public, however slight may be their exposure and however remote may be the possibility that such exposure might lead to disease.

ust}p,C1 a poisoning caused by rice oil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls MASANORI KURATSUNE, M.D., TAKESUMl YD5KIMURA, M.D., JUNICHI MATSUZAKA, M.D., and ATSUKO YAMAGUCHf, M.D.

Design & Drafting Data being gathered for electrical protective device study which will lead to reconanendations to improve reliability of overload protective devices in Important feeders.

FILE NAME: Westinghouse Pennsylvania Archives (WHPA) DATE: 1962-1969 DOC#: WHPA010 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: WH Ceramic Documents Westinghouse Ceramic No asbestos specific info 1969 Field Report 1968 summary of inspection 1968 Field Report with Operation/Hazard/Control Measure matrix 1967 summary of inspection for exposure to silica dust 1967 dust studies and lab report 1967 field report with Operation/Hazard/Control Measure matrix 1964 nursing consultation 1962 Operation/Hazard/Control Measure matrix t II 4M Si N V l C l _ _ Ceramic Insulators I t f r,t 4 T I V I T V COWO tffALTM or PENNSYLVANIA OfPABTMtNT Of HEALTH OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH FIELD ACTIVITY REPORT TOTAL COUNTY in o . coor.

Whittaker this filling of the tubes with amorphous material would lead to an appearance of emptiness under the electron microscope due to the contrasting effect between the walls of the fiber and the filling material.

Concerning the present cause o f d is a b ility * Dr* Horton Hin&hav, Jr* atotea ao fo llo v a i "The degree o f a sb asto sU evident on X-ray hare would riot be expected to Lead to heart diueane, and &180 the type of heart d isease produced by lung disease i s quite d iffe r e n t from tHieaai* which ls d i to coronary occlusiony Which t h is patxent apparently has had.

To give you a p ra c tic a l exam ple, the escap e of one-tw o g allo n s p e r day could lead to sam ples in a stre a m beside the pi*-* showing 10-50 ppb on a n a ly sis.

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