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Community Medicine, Dept. of, MSSM, Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Library Items, 1969-2002
Summary
Creator: Community and Preventive Medicine, Dept. of, MSSM. Div. of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Title: Library Items
Dates: 1969-2002
Volume: 16 boxes; 74 inches
Preface
These records were received in several donations across many years. The bulk of the reports were acquired from the Department of Preventive Medicine in June 2015, with another large accretion in January 2017.
History of the Division, 1966-2012
The Environmental Science Laboratory was officially created at The Mount Sinai Hospital in 1963 with Irving J. Selikoff, MD as the founding Director, although Dr. Selikoff had been engaged in this work at Mount Sinai since 1961. In 1966, this Laboratory was moved to the Department of Community Medicine within the recently formed Mount Sinai School of Medicine and in 1967 became the basis for the Division of Environmental Medicine. Dr. Selikoff served as head of the Laboratory and then the Division from its inception until 1985. During this time the Division conducted a variety of research studies on environmental and occupational medicine and is best known for its pioneering clinical and epidemiologic studies of the health effects of exposures to asbestos, lead, and PCBs. In 1973 the Division was named a core center by the National Institute for Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and was re-named the Environmental Health Sciences Center. Around 1979, with funding from the National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH), Dr. Selikoff formed the New York-New Jersey Education and Research Center in Occupational Health & Safety, a multi-institutional education and research consortium in occupational safety and health that continues at Mount Sinai to the present and supports the residency program in occupational and environmental medicine.
In 1985, Dr. Kurt Deuschle, the Chairman of the Department of Community Medicine, and Dr. Selikoff recruited Philip Landrigan, MD to take over as Director of the Division. At Dr. Landrigan’s request, the name of the unit was changed to Environmental and Occupational Medicine to reflect more closely the work already underway in the Division and also to lay the foundation for securing New York State funding for a Clinical Center of Excellence in Occupational Medicine, now known as the Selikoff Clinic. This Center was the successor to the original clinical care center created by Selikoff in 1974. New York State awarded Mount Sinai a grant in 1987 that allowed the Clinic to expand to five day a week service and become a regional hub. The renamed Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Clinical Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine was dedicated in December 1987, with Drs. Stephen Levin and Robin Herbert appointed the Co-Directors. The Center also housed the Irving J. Selikoff Asbestos Archives and Research Center, which contained some of Dr. Selikoff’s research data and papers. (Many of these have since been transferred to the Mount Sinai Archives and are closed.)
Dr. Landrigan served as Director of the Division until being named Chairman of the Community Medicine department in 1990. Under Landrigan, who was trained in pediatrics as well as in occupational medicine, the Division concentrated on studying the links between environmental exposure to toxins and ill health among children. With Dr. Landrigan’s new position, Mary Wolff, PhD became the Director of the Division. Three years later, in 1993, a separate Division of Environmental Health Sciences was created under Dr. Wolff, and the original division was re-named Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Stephen Levin, MD was named head of the Occupational and Environmental Medicine Division, and also served as co-Director of the Selikoff Clinics. He served until his death in 2012, when Roberto Lucchini, MD was appointed chief of the Division.
In 1999 the Dept. of Community and Preventive Med established one of the first Pediatric Environmental Health Specialty Units (PEHSU), later funded by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. The mission is to provide clinical consultation and education to families, health care professionals, public health officials, and community organizations that have concerns regarding children's environmental health. A postdoctoral fellowship was also created in this area.
After the World Trade Center attacks on September 11, 2001, physicians from the Division took steps to create a program to care for and monitor those who may have been exposed to environmental toxins while working at the World Center site. The WTC Health Program was established by the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010 and is administered by the National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) within the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Zadroga Act provides free medical monitoring, treatment, mental health services, and benefits counseling for 9/11 responders and volunteers. Building on a long tradition of caring for injured and ill workers through the Selikoff Centers for Occupational Health, Mount Sinai is home to the largest WTC Health Program Clinical Center of Excellence (CCE) in the NY/NJ region. There is also a World Trade Center Health Program General Responder Cohort Data Center program within the Division.
Over the years, the staff of the Division has worked to provide training to others in occupational and environmental medicine. In 1976 a residency program was created with four slots. This program continues today and results in the awarding of a Masters in Public Health degree.
Scope and Content
From its inception, the Division of Occupational and Environmental Medicine has concentrated on research, as well as providing patient care. The Division’s research has been funded through grants from private and federal sources, as well as by labor unions, which funded projects investigating the health of their workers. Many of the publications here are a result of those grants and contracts. The Library Items series consists primarily of reports created by Division staff on a variety of topics. These include annual reports of grant projects, reports on topics, draft papers, and presentations. These items were given a colored paper cover and were placed in the Division’s library for shared usage.
Arrangement: This collection is organized into two series: Annual Reports and Reports & Publications. Each series is arranged chronologically.
Restrictions
There are some restrictions in this collection. Please contact the Archives for additional information.
Subjects
- Environmental Medicine
- Landrigan, Philip J.
- Mount Sinai School of Medicine. Environmental Science Laboratory.
- Nicholson, William J.
- Occupational Medicine
- Research Report
- Selikoff, Irving J.
Container List
Series 1: Annual Reports
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Annual Report: Environmental Cancer Information Center, 1986, 11/7/1986 |
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Annual Report: Environmental Cancer Information Center, 7/1/1989-6/30/1990 |
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Annual Report: Environmental Cancer Information Center, 7/1/1990-6/30/1991 (2 copies) |
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Annual Report: Environmental Cancer Information Center, 7/1/1991-6/30/1992 (2 copies) |
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Annual Report: Environmental Sciences Center, Annual Progress Report to NIEHS, 6/30/1988 (2 copies) | |
| 6 | Annual Report: Environmental Sciences Center, Annual Progress Report to NIEHS, 5/1989 (2 copies) | |
| 2 | 1 | Annual Report: Environmental Sciences Center, Annual Progress Report to NIEHS, 5/1990 (2 copies) |
| 2 | Annual Report: Environmental Sciences Center, Annual Progress Report to NIEHS, 6/1991 | |
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Annual Report: Environmental Sciences Center, Annual Progress Report to NIEHS, 6/1992 (2 copies) |
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| 4 | Annual Report: Environmental Sciences Center, Annual Progress Report to NIEHS, 2/1993 (2 copies) | |
| 5 | Annual Report: Environmental Sciences Center, Annual Progress Report to NIEHS, 2/1994 (2 copies) | |
| 3 | 1 | Annual Report: Environmental Sciences Center, Annual Progress Report to NIEHS, 2/1995 (2 copies) |
| 2 | Annual Report: Environmental Sciences Center, Annual Progress Report to NIEHS, 2/1996 (2 copies) | |
| 3 | Annual Reports: Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center, 1987/88 (Final Report to NYS on Grant) | |
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Annual Reports: Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center, 1993-1994 (2 copies) |
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| 5 | Annual Reports: Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center, 1994-1995 (2 copies) | |
| 4 | 1 | Annual Reports: Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center, 1995-1996 (2 copies) |
| 2 | Annual Reports: Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Occupational Health Clinical Center, 1996-1997 (2 copies) | |
| 3 | Annual Reports: Mount Sinai-Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 1998-1999 | |
| 4 | Annual Reports: Center for the Study of Biological Effects of Environmental Agents, 7/1/1974 | |
| 5 | 1 | Annual Reports: Center for the Study of Biological Effects of Environmental Agents, 1975 and 1976 (c.1) |
| 2 | Annual Reports: Center for the Study of Biological Effects of Environmental Agents, 1975 and 1976 (c.2) | |
| 3 | Annual Reports: Center for the Study of Biological Effects of Environmental Agents, 1977-1979 (c.1) | |
| 6 | 1 | Annual Reports: Center for the Study of Biological Effects of Environmental Agents, 1977-1979 (c.2) |
| 2 | Annual Reports: Center for the Study of Biological Effects of Environmental Agents, 1980-1981 |
Series 2: Reports and Publications
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Folder |
Contents |
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Presentation: Biological Effects of Asbestos—Summary; Presentation to NIH, 2/1/1973 |
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Report: Investigations of Health Hazards in the Painting Trades; Contract CDC 99-74-91, 12/5/1975 (2 copies) |
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Publication: Inhalation Hygiene Progress Reports [newsletter, bound], 1969-1976 (c.1) |
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Publications: Inhalation Hygiene Progress Reports [newsletter, bound], 1969-1976 (c.2) |
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Report: Health effects of lead in secondary smelter workers, Lilis & Fischbein, 1/31/1977 | |
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Memorandum: Asbestos-associated disease in U.S. shipyards; Memorandum to the NIEHS, 11/27/1977 | |
| 4 | Report: Clinical survey of chrysotile asbestos miners and millers in Baie Verte, Newfoundland – 1976; Report to the NIHS, 12/22/1977 | |
| 5 | Report: Chrysotile asbestos in air samples collected in Puerto Rico; Report to The Consumer Products Safety Commission, 3/16/1978 (2 copies) | |
| 6 | Report: Polybrominated Biphenyls: Neurological and Behavioral Effects; Report to NIEHS, May 26, 1978 by Valciukas (2 copies) | |
| 7 | Report: Control of Sprayed Asbestos Surfaces in School Buildings: A Feasibility Study, 6/15/1978; Report to NIEHS, Contract NO1-ES-7-2113, by Nicholson (2 copies) | |
| 8 | Presentation: Asbestosis among household contacts of asbestos factory workers, Anderson et al., 6/24/1978 | |
| 9 | Presentation: Symptoms and clinical abnormalities observed following ingestion of polybrominated biphenyl contaminated food products; Presented at NYAS, 6/25/1978 (2 copies) | |
| 10 | Report: Widening perspectives of lead toxicity: A review of health effects of lead exposure in adults; Report to the NIEHS, 9/14/1978 (2 copies) | |
| 11 | Laboratory Review Document: Dept. of Health, Ed & Welfare, FDA. Proposal to withdraw approval of new animal drug applications for diethylstilbestrol (DES), Docket No., 76N-0002, Initial Decision, 9/21/1978 | |
| 7B | 1 | Report: Documentation of a unique job: A critical report of 20 years of exposure, October 1962-April 1981 (With prior exposure 1930-1962 of dose-response relationship) by Janet S. Kaffenburgh. |
| 8 | 1 | Seminar: Phenoxy herbicides 2,4-D 2,4,5-T Silvex and related dioxins; Presented to IJS & staff by Dow Chemical Co. scientists, 12/20/1978 |
| 2 | Report: Renal function impairment in secondary lead smelter workers: Correlations with zinc protoporphyrin and blood lead levels; Report to the NIEHS, 5/9/1979 | |
| 3 | Report: The embedded figures test in epidemiological studies of environmental neurotoxic agents by Valciukas & Singer; Report to the NIEHS, 8/15/1979 (2 copies) | |
| 4 | Report: A Survey of the General Population of Michigan for Health Effects of Polybrominatedbiphenyl Exposure; Report to Michigan Dept. of Public Health, 9/30/1979, by Selikoff & Anderson (2 copies) | |
| 5 | Presentation: Chemical disease in humans: Problems in comparative toxicology, by IJS; Presented at the Ciba Symposium on Toxic Reactions to Environmental Chemicals, London, 10/25/1979 | |
| 6 | Report: Comments on a recent report by Robert R. Hoover, et al.: “Progress report to the Food and Drug Administration from the National Cancer Inst. concerning the National Bladder Cancer Study”; Report to the American Cancer Society from the Environmental Cancer Information Center of the environmental Sciences Laboratory, Hammond & Selikoff, 1/10/1980 | |
| 7 | Report: Mercury in the Hackensack Meadowlands; Report to Hon. Brendan Byrnes, Governor of NJ, 3/1980 | |
| 8 | Presentation: Cancer of the pancreas among asbestos insulation workers; Presented at the International Meeting on Pancreatic Cancer, Louisiana State University School of Medicine – New Orleans, 3/10/1980 (2 copies) | |
| 9 | Publication: Pathology of human malignant mesotheliomas, by Y Suzuki, 1980 | |
| 10 | Publication?: Health effects of exposure to lead among cable splicers – A comparative stud of biological indicators for low-level exposure to lead, A. Fischbein et al., circa 1980 | |
| 11 | Report: Health Status of Workers 7-15 Years After First Employment in an Asbestos Insulation Factory, with Measured Exposures; Results of a Survey in 1979; Report to NIEHS by Holstein & Selikoff, 12/10/1980 (c.1) | |
| 9 | 1 | Report: Health Status of Workers 7-15 Years After First Employment in an Asbestos Insulation Factory, with Measured Exposures; Results of a Survey in 1979; Report to NIEHS by Holstein & Selikoff, 12/10/1980 (c.2) |
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Report: Effects of Environmental Contaminants on the Health of the People of the St. Regis Reserve, Submitted to the Minister of Health and Welfare, Canada, 12/30/1980 by Selikoff, Hammond, Lilis, & Nicholson (2 copies) [Restricted] |
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| 3 | Report: Lung cancer prevalence among shipyard workers; Report to NIEHS, 1/15/1981 | |
| 4 | Report: Dose-response relationships for asbestos and inorganic fibers, William J. Nicholson, 2/15/1981 | |
| 5 | Report: Carcinogenicity of formaldehyde: Final Report; Report to American Cancer Society by the Environmental Cancer Information Unit, 2/25/1981 (2 copies) | |
| 6 | Presentation: Constraints in estimating occupational contribution to current cancer mortality in the United States, IJS; Presented at the Banbury Conference on Occupational Cancer, Cold Spring Harbor, 3/29-4/2/1981 | |
| 7 | Report: Nerve conduction velocity studies of workers exposed to phenoxy herbicides, Singer et al.; Report to NIEHS, 5/15/1981 | |
| 10 | 1 | Paper: Carcinogenic and fibrogenic effects of zeolites: Preliminary observations, by Y Suzuki, 5/28/1981 |
| 2 | Research protocol: Survey of nickel miners and smelters in New Caledonia, 5/28/1981 | |
| 3 | Report: Assessment of Lead Health Hazards in an Autobody Shop of an Automobile Assembly Plant, Report to NIEHS, 6/1/1981, by Lilis et al. (2 copies) | |
| 4 | Report: The dose and time dependence of occupational cancer by WJ Nicholson; Report to NIEHS, 7/1/1981 | |
| 5 | Report: Cancer from occupational asbestos exposure: Projections 1980-2000, Report to US Dept. of Labor, Nicholson, Perkel, IJS, Seidman, 7/1/1981 | |
| 6 | Report: The Mortality experience of New York City Newspaper pressmen, 1950-1976; Report to NIOSH, 8/14/1981 (2 copies) | |
| 7 | Report: Lead exposure reduction is use of stabilizers in PVC manufacture: effects of a new encapsulated stabilizer; Report to NIEHS, 9/1/1981 (2 copies) | |
| 8 | Publication: Pesticides by Marion Moses – DRAFT – 1982. | |
| 9 | Report: Environmental health and safety in hazardous chemical waste disposal: plan for an at-sea incineration facility, [March 1982] | |
| 10 | Presentation: Multiple factor interaction in environmental disease: Potential for risk modification and risk reversal; Presented at the Symposium on Assessment and Perception of Health Risk, Royal Society of Canada and the Science Council of Canada, Toronto, 10/18/1982 (2 copies) | |
| 11 | Lectures: Occupational hazards of vinyl chloride and styrene by WJ Nicholson; Presented at a course in Helsinki, Finland, 11/22-27/1982 | |
| 11 | 1 | Report: Health Hazards among Copper Smelter Workers, Report to NIEHS, 11/30/1982 (2 copies) |
| 2 | Laboratory Report: Nicholson, William J.: Comments on “Projections of Asbestos-Related disease, 1980-2000” by A. M. Walker, 1/30/1983 | |
| 3 | Report: Environmental Contaminants and the Health of the People of the St. Regis Reserve: vol. I: Fluoride – Medical Survey Findings, Submitted to the Hon. Monique Bégin, Minister of Health and Welfare, Canada, [c1983] | |
| 4 | Report: Appendices: The Natural history of AIDS in homosexual men by IJS, 7/10/1983 (2 copies) | |
| 12 | 1 | Report: Appendices: Risk of AIDS in correctional officers in prisons by IJS, 7/10/1983 |
| 2 | Publication: Occupational lead exposure: effects on saccadic ye movements by Glickman et al., [1983?] (2 copies) | |
| 3 | Report: Early manifestations of clinical and radiological abnormalities along asbestos insulation workers by IJS, 11/10/1983 (2 copies) | |
| 4 | Report: Mortality Experience of 1,918 Employees of the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Conn., 1967-1978; by Nicholson and Selikoff, 1/27/1984 (2 copies) | |
| 5 | Testimony: Statement on proposed asbestos standard by IJS to OSHA, 7/2/1984 | |
| 6 | Report: Recommendations for a Medical Surveillance Program for the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Response Team, 7/11/1984 by Holstein (2 copies) | |
| 7 | Report: Water quality and human health: report on a feasibility study by Hammond & Levin; Submitted to the US EPA, 3/1985 | |
| 13 | 1 | Report: Medical surveillance for prevention and control of disease among asbestos-exposed groups by IJS; Prepared for NJ Education Assn., 4/1/1985 (2 copies) |
| 2 | Report: Airborne Asbestos Health Assessment Update, 6/1986 (2 copies) | |
| 3 | Report: Health survey of Metropolitan Transit Authority workers exposed to inorganic mercury, Gerr et al., 10/28/1986 | |
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Report: Occupational Diseases in New York State: Proposal for a Statewide Network of Occupational Disease Diagnosis and Prevention Centers, 2/1987 (2 copies) |
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Report: Airborne Levels of Mineral Fibres in the Non-Occupational Environment, n.d. [>1987] by Nicholson A scanned copy of this item is available in the Mount Sinai Digital Repository at http://dspace.mssm.edu/handle/123456789/31112. |
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| 6 | Report: Occupational Disease in the State of New Hampshire, 1/1988 (2 copies) | |
| 7 | Report: (DRAFT) Clinical survey of construction sheet metal works in the United States and Canada 1986-1987 by IJS; Report to the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Assn., 3/14/1988 | |
| 8 | Testimony: Philip Landrigan testimony before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, US Senate, 4/18/1988 | |
| 9 | Testimony: Philip Landrigan testimony before the National Cancer Advisory Board Public Participation Hearing, April 19, 1988 | |
| 10 | REPORT: Intolerable risk: Pesticides in our children’s food; Report by the Natural Resources Defense Council, 2/27/1989 | |
| 14 | 1 | Report: Report on primary care in East Harlem: A local strategy; Report by the East Harlem Community Health Committee, prepared at the request of the Health Systems Agency of NYC, February 1989 |
| 2 | Report: Meadowlands sports complex cancer investigation epidemiological component; Prepared for the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority, Kraut et al., 6/22/1989 (2 copies) | |
| 3 | Report: Occupational Disease in New Jersey, 12/1989 (2 copies) | |
| 4 | Report: Radiological abnormalities and asbestos exposure among custodians of the New York City Board of Education by IJS and Levin; Report to the NYC Board of Education, 3/30/1990 (2 copies) | |
| 5 | Report: Clinical survey of steamfitters: Report to the Steamfitters Welfare Fund Local 475 by Levin and IJS, 4/1990 (2 copies) | |
| 6 | Report: Studies on Lead Exposed Occupational Groups, 1967-1989, 1/1991 by Lilis (2 copies) | |
| 7 | Bibliography: Lung Cancer and Asbestos, by IJ Selikoff with comments, 2/1/1991 | |
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Bibliography: Selected Asbestos Articles, by IJ Selikoff with comments, 2/1/1991 |
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| 15 | 1 | Report: Protocol for the evaluation of upper extremity musculoskeletal disorders by Herbert, Marino, Gerr, Levin, May 1991 |
| 2 | Report: Asbestos Exposure and Stomach Cancer: A Review of the Data by William Nicholson, rev. 9/23/1992 | |
| 3 | Report: Estimation of human exposure to Heptachlor epoxide in Hawaii: A report to the Hawaii Heptachlor Research and Education Foundation by Dean Baker, 6/1993. | |
| 4 | Report: Occupational cancer in New York City firefighters by Landrigan et al., [1994] | |
| 5 | Report: Overcoming barriers to workplace safety and health for low-wage immigrant women in Queens, New York: A needs assessment, April 2002 Robin Herbert, Project Leader | |
| 6 | Report: Superando las barreras a la seguridad y salud ocupacional de las mujeres inmigrantes con bajos salarios en Queens, Nueva York: Una evaluaciόn de necesidades, April 2002 Robin Herbert Project Leader |
Finding Aid created 7/2015 by Barbara Niss
Edited 5/2016, 4/2017 BN