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Health Hazards Correspondence, 1943-1945

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORISE, CER Vault, Room 129

Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified
and may be a Privacy Act System of Records;
ORISE is an access-restricted facility.

Volume: 0.06 cu. ft.

Accession or Other ID Number:10004-10006

 Condition:Fair
Container Number: SS-3-2

Medium: Paper

Scanning Suitability: Series contains
onionskin paper.

 Duplication: Unknown
Arrangement: Alphabetical by contractor

Originating Office: Medical Corps, Manhattan Engineer District

Finding Aids: Vault Inventory Database

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This series contains correspondence between the Manhattan Engineer District and Monsanto Chemical Company, University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, and Metal Hydrides, Inc., pertaining to employee monitoring. Subjects addressed in the correspondence include levels of employee exposure, blood test procedures and results, and amounts of dust in air samples. Some letters transmit air monitoring reports, which note sample number, location, and radioactivity levels in microcuries per liter; film badge readings, with employee badge or identification number, name, and results in total roentgens; and radium exposure data, including employee name or identification number, body dose of radium in micrograms, and percentage of tolerance.

Data Elements: 6, 8, 16, 62, 68, 77

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