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Bartolozzi O. Report of nine year of prophylactic treatment with calcium versenate in a storage battery plant. Medicina del Lavoro. 1964; 55:315-316 (Apr.). (2668) [In a storage-battery plant employing 400 workers the hygienic conditions during a period of 5 yr prior to prophylactic treatment with CaEDTA were compared with those during 9 yr after introduction of such treatment, as well as with those of a new battery plant of ~150 workers, which was almost completely automated, with good sanitary facilities. For various reasons, prophylactic treatment was not practiced in the new plant. A daily dose of 2 g EDTA in 10% aqueous solution was given for 10 consecutive days twice a year; in special cases, the dose was doubled. The results of the comparison as to presence of disease, coproporphyrin, stippled erythrocytes and average mortality rate showed the beneficial effect of the treatment. Any fears as to harmful effects of the treatment were allayed.
In the discussion, Sassi points out that prevention by drugs, the innocuousness of which has not been established, is no substitute for technical preventive measures. However, even the most modern plants have not yet solved completely the technical problems.]

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