Occupational Disease: The Silent Enemy (1967)

This document is not a research study. It is a public health pamphlet titled "Occupational Disease: The Silent Enemy." A badly scanned header suggests it came from the U.S. Public Health Service, and the copy carries a Johns-Manville Corporation library stamp. It described many workplace hazards, including chemicals, dusts and noise, and reported no original research. A picture caption stated that inhalation of asbestos fibers can cause lung damage. A badly damaged passage said insulation workers are subject to asbestosis and mentioned lung cancer from inhaling asbestos fibers. It also referred to recent studies by others of insulation workers in two States, whose figures cannot be read reliably here. The pamphlet gave workers questions to ask about their workplace. Near its opening, it said occupational disease can be overcome but would need a massive effort by government, industry, workers and the scientific professions. Much of the scanned text is illegible.

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From J-M's medical library

This copy comes from the Johns-Manville medical library. It was among the papers J-M kept in its medical library without an index entry.