Congressman Williams Introduces .5,% Lead Bill Coogroaeman Uurranc* 0.

., President of SPI and the lead-off witness for the industry group, said, "The companies represented here today are sincerely concerned with providing all appropriate and necessary safeguards.

Northrup says since annual ph> Meals began in IhTt, two cm(doves have had abnormal liver leadings Northrup savs tests showed Uth cases were not di- reedy related to vmyl chloride exposure He refused to talk .ilxiul either of the ea-.es, saving lie was not going to get into "per sonal medical histories " He said company policy is that when tests show any abnormality is not related to vmvl chloride exposure, the ease is turned over to the employe's private physi cian If the physician is willing to certify a worker can return to the chemical processing plant.

See, e.g,, Rise in Birth Defects Laid to lob Hazards, New York Times, March 14, 1976, at 1, col. 4; lob Hazards Termed Threat to the Unborn, Washington Star, June 17, 1976, at 1, col. 1; Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Proposed Standard far Exposure to Lead, 42 Fed.

Work area lead dust concentrations went as high as 2 mS/^.

This Issue Contains Abstract Numbers 101/79 -- 199/79 News eee eee TT Coming Events 6 et Legal Developments erst Books and Pamphlets 2 Industrial Medicine + Skin Diseases And Burns os es Chemical Hazards ee tt ee tt Industrial Dusts and Inhalants " ss Lo Physical Hazards oe ee Mangemnt er Environmental Problems - - ra Occupational Health Management Safety Accident Prevention - Analytical Methods Miscellaneous - ss err et ta tt tet 2 ee er 6 Index TT tt Loe er tt Addresses of Journals Abstracted 6 eee FEATURES Related Cancer Industrial Bronchitis ' Function Testing and the Prevention of Pulmonary Diseuse Pulmonary Potential Hearing Compensation Cost by Race and Sex of Patch Test Reactions in Allergie Histologic Aspects Contact Dermatitis and Water Loading on Urinary The Effects of Water Restriction Acid and Coproporphyr~- Excretion of Lead Aminolevulinic a Nickel Smelting Island Cancer in New Caledonia Lung After Crocidolite Exposure During Gas Mask Manufacture Manufacture Mesothelioma Abst At Abst Abst 129/79 135/79 137/79 140/79 Abst Abst Abst Industrial Hygiene Digest February 1979 INDUSTRIAL DUSTS AND INHALANTS 166/79 Asbestos Cement Dust Inhalation by Ilamsters Environ Res 17 367-389 December 1978.

Related Cancer Industrial Bronchitis Function Testing and the Prevention of Pulmonary Disease Pulmonary Potential Hearing Compensation Cost by Race and ex of Patch Test Reactions in Allergic Histologic Aspects Contact Dermatitis and Water Loading on Urinary The Effects of Water Restriction Acid and Coproporphyr~-n Excretion of Lead Aminolevulinic Lung Cancer in New Caledonia Mesothelioma After Crocidolite a Nickel Exposure Smelting Island During Gas Mask Manufacture a - -~ -- 5 6 8 17 18 24 27 28 29 31 32 34 36 Abst Abst Abst Abst 129/79 135/79 137/79 140/79 Abst 144/79 Abst Abst Abst 148/79 152/79 167/79 Industrial Hygiene Digest February 1979 INDUSTRIAL DUSTS AND INHALANTS 166/79 Asbestos Cement Dust Inhalation by Hamsters A.

I think Monsanto should take the lead here so that the labels, drums, containers, etc. we have gone to in U.K. and U.S. should become the Industry standards. 7.

The lead industry's environmental *i .

their findings -might lead *to*t theCff enderstaadisg of glare* uiauMim2tr aga.group npcj nimsgaUyiexposed to .etorto*.{ only -IliT should-Isva.

. - Lead Industries Association, Inc; ' M Mtdwon Avngi f*r VorH.

Also some of the data from my lead burden studies may be useful here.

X RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES r PHENOLS r SYNTHETIC DETERGENTS X FLUORIDES P CHLORIDES r PHOSPHATES X ARSENIC X BARIUM X CADMIUM X CHROMIUM X COPPER X CYANIDE r IRON X LEAD X MANGANESE X MAGNESIUM , X X P X X X X r X X X X X X X X NITRATES SELENIUM SULFATES ZINC MERCURY BORON MOLYBDENUM ALUMINUM BERYLLIUM SILVER NICKEL COBALT VANADIUM STRONTIUM SEPARABLE'OILS FLOATING SOLIDS ikr C* B.

Companies like Genera) Electric hintoiwi fpCBl a leading environmental have persisted in using PCBs in transformers scientistwarned Saturday

Also some of the data from my lead burden studies may be useful here.