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Excerpts from the National Safety Council textbook Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, edited by Olishifski and McElroy: the cover and title page, pages from the chapter on pneumoconiosis-producing dusts, the lung anatomy, hazards, monitoring and respirator chapter, and toxicology and glossary pages. The excerpts describe silicosis and asbestosis, the measurement of dust, and respiratory protection, and state that inhaled asbestos fibers produce fibrous lung tissue and that lung cancer may be induced by asbestos. unreviewed
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- Author
- Julian B. Olishifski, P.E. (Editor); Frank E. McElroy, P.E. (Editor); Fred Cook, M.S. (Author of the chapter 'Pneumoconiosis-Producing Dusts')
- Published by
- National Safety Council, Chicago
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-4183
- Number
- Bates UCC 022487 to UCC 022502
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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Julian B. Olishifski, P.E., Frank E. McElroy, P.E.. "Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene."
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What the document holds
- Pages 1-2: Cover and title page, Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, National Safety Council
- Pages 3-5: Chapter 3, Pneumoconiosis-Producing Dusts (Fred Cook): pneumoconiosis, silicosis, free silica table, dust measurement
- Pages 6-8: Silicate dusts, asbestosis and anthracosilicosis; table of selected industrial mineral dusts (pages 7-8 OCR garbled, upside down)
- Pages 9-11: Chapter 17, Lungs: defense mechanisms, lung hazards, contaminant effects (asbestos fiber example), aerosol deposition, monitoring
- Pages 12-14: Respirators: emergency and nonemergency types, employee training, maintenance
- Page 15: Toxicology chapter pages on arsine and asbestos (asbestos entry noted as chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite)
- Pages 16-17: Glossary entries including asbestos and asbestosis
People and organizations
From Julian B. Olishifski, P.E. (Editor); Frank E. McElroy, P.E. (Editor); Fred Cook, M.S. (Author of the chapter 'Pneumoconiosis-Producing Dusts').
- National Safety Council (its organization)
Related pages
Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Industrial Hygiene · Pneumoconiosis · What is asbestosis.
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This is document UC-4183 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 17 pages. Production numbers UCC 022487 to UCC 022502.
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Julian B. Olishifski, P.E. (Editor), Frank E. McElroy, P.E. (Editor), Fred Cook, M.S. (Author of the chapter 'Pneumoconiosis-Producing Dusts'). “Fundamentals of Industrial Hygiene, National Safety Council (excerpts on pneumoconiosis, asbestosis and respirators).” Union Carbide documents, UC-4183, Bates UCC 022487 to UCC 022502. National Safety Council, Chicago. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-4183.
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