SCIENTIFIC SESSION ON LABOR PROTECTION IN THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY. TOM 41, NO. 1 (1960)

The session was convened by the Academy of Medical Sciences of the USSR, M3 of the RSFSR and the All-Russian Hygienic Society and was held on 14-18 / IX-59 in the city of Gorky. 17 reports were heard and discussed at plenary sessions and 62 at sectional sessions. Full member of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences, prof. A. A. Letavet made a report “The tasks of occupational health in the light of the decisions of the XXI Congress of the CPSU”. The extensive development of mechanization and automation of production processes, the introduction of new advanced technology create favorable conditions for the further improvement of working conditions. The main sections of scientific research in the field of occupational health and occupational diseases in 1959-65. there should be: 1) occupational health in the chemical industry, industrial toxicology, occupational diseases in the chemical industry; 2) physical factors of the working environment, their effect on the body, prevention (the use of atomic energy for peaceful purposes, high and ultrahigh frequencies, ultrasound, the introduction of vibration and many other physical processes make it especially relevant to study the biological action of physical factors and the development of preventive measures).