Show n n DAILY HEALTH SERVICE 4 I FIND DANGER IN USE Of I 1 II j I RADIO ACTIVE MATERIAL I I T BY DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Editor Jo Journal of the American America Medical Association orid ond of Hy- Hy g gels ia the Health Magazine The Tho French government sjon son on o diseases has has' recently considered red particularly the dangers o of working with radium X Xray X- X ray and similar radIo active sub sub- stances It 1 Is already wen established 1 that such substances may be associated with severe severe changes changes' in Inthe the human bod body The first signs or of overexposure are ChAnges in the he blood including or of the large whIte cells cens and increase in the the small small white cells ceUs Later there may may be a permanent Increase Increase In- In crease In th the large white blood cells associated with enlargement nt o of the spleen the lymphatic gl glands rids and the bono bone marrow The red blood cells diminish In number and degenerate It Is also well established that overexposure to the rays ma may InJure injure in- in jure the pou-er pou of the human be being In to d ce F Finally the effects on the skin may Include inflammation tion burns and with repeated Irritations irritations the development o of malignant growths Thus it becomes important to 10 protect pro pro- the worker against tea exposure and overexposure overexposure to ra ra- substances The complete list or of substances es Includes radium radium e emanation n. polonIum him lum thorium raldo- raldo thorium thorium X and alid emanations or of thorium The effects are re produced In inthe the human bOdy either b bY absorptiOn n of the rays ras through the or orthe the emanations and through ac taking into the human body th the the- substances nees themselves For protection the French superior superior su- su commissIon on diseases recommends the Use ot of rubber rubber rub ber gloves and oC stor han ban dUng the material protection or of the worker from the the- theras thera's b lead rays s by plateS plateS' ot of adequate thickness and regular examinations or of all workers induCting induCt induCt- Ing examinations of the blood It is generally known that t ove- ove of the eyes to ultraviolet ra rays s sets setz up inflammations New Invent Inventions ons in science while o of b bin bin- fIt to mankind bring a hazards demand scientific scientific- res re- re s starch ar h for t t lr control |