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uEi-Ja* C m m oc"p cT<o jg 5 S|2 03 JO c *o 0m <^ PS Safety professionals and industrial hygienists must work together Because the safety pro fessional carries on the day-to-day functions involving immediate decisions, he must know when and where to get help on industrial hy giene problems After the industrial hygiene engineer sur veys the plant, makes recommendations, and suggests certain control measures to be fol lowed, it is the safety professional's responsi bility to see that the control measures are being applied and followed The variety of substances and processes that present occupational health hazards steadily increases Recently developed raw matenals and methods of manufacture or new combinations of their older counterparts create new environmental stresses Improved tech niques for the prevention and control of exist ing hazards and stresses are also being de veloped The prevention and control of occupational health hazards are the responsibility of com pany management To assist those individuals charged with this responsibility, this chapter discusses the principles and practices of in dustrial hygiene It presents information on the recognition of hazards, their qualitative and quantitative evaluation, and engineering methods for eliminating or minimizing them OSHA and NIOSH Interest With the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, activity by govern mental groups in the field of industrial hygiene was accelerated For background, read Chap ter 2, "The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 " Initially the U S Department of Labor es tablished a list of target health hazards In dustries where exposures to the following matenals existed were subjected to detailed study of the degree of exposure and the con trol measures in effect Asbestos Cotton Dust Carbon Monoxide Lead Silica A summary is provided in Table 37-A As results of these studies are compiled, the 1031

- 'Skin Irritation In the form of chloracne, systematic intoxication^ leads to nauseaj vomiting, loss or weight , eciema and abdominal pal [EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES ~ " Remove from exposure.

It Is good to have confirmation that our laboratory data Is reliable In a case like this In which the leading experts In polysulfide technology were, for a while, apparently unaware of the deficiencies of ZP-680.

Doth from our laooratory data and from reports of other investigators lead us to believe with considerable confidence that PCBs do degrade in the environment.

10 Koppers Sales by Major End Markets Koooers products and services are sold to a broad cross section of leading industries.

It's a non-profit organization and has investigated lead and other gasoline additives, aerosols, asbestos and food additives, among others.

A number of - suggestions were made to plant personnel on possible ways to reduce the noise levels at several locations, using their own products and other materials such as lead-lined vinyl cloth.

In substance, the results lead us to believe that there is no reasonable expectation of exceeding the limit values imposed b y the regulations, when using either Crushed Super Visbestos -or the much cleaner New Granular Super Visbestos.

their findings -might lead to* a r better understanding of gastxo` intestinal cancer, the causes of which are xoc ksowB. ci^* err bad died-of cancer of the stomach,.

Brecksvijllie R & D Center, RESEMHTIBRftftY -4-r- D/8506 /l^yVQUP LETT6 OA.T6 TtJiS LETT6B Dec. 14, 1976 Passive Personnel Monitor Badges for Vinyl Chloride and Other Organic Vapors Gulf South Research Institute (GSR1) has developed a technology base which leads them to believe that they can demonstrate the feasibility of a vinyl chloride detector badge.

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MCA has made inquiry of European contacts as to the situation leading to the publication of this article, but at the present time we are not aware of any specific stimulus to its appearance last month.

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It has been the leading proponent In the battle against DDT.