The Analytical Chemistry of Industrial Poisons, Hazards, and Solvents

In thinking of industrial poisons and hazards, one customarily associates them with mining, petroleum, paint and varnish, explosives and other chemical industries. However, no industry is entirely free from hazard if proper precautions are not taken. For example, an explosion in a candy manufacturing plant recently claimed the lives of several employees. The hazards in the home also have increased with the greater use of such chemicals as organic solvents, fumigants, insecticides, rodenticides and refrigerants. The physician, particularly the industrial physician, is confronted with new problems and increasing responsibility as the nation's industry grows. The advent of the atomic pile and the already extensive use of radioactive compounds in tracer experiments have posed a new set of problems to the industrial hygienist. Dr. Jacobs' book will prove useful in the detection and solution of many of the industrial safety problems. It contains sections on sampling, estimation of dust and silica,