FIFTY YEARS OF RESEARCH AND SERVICE: Haskell Laboratory of toxicology and Industrial Medicine

Wilmington DE: E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co., 1985. (USA) Presumed 1st eidtion No markings, Fine; no dust jacket as published; in Fine cloth covered slipcase. Maroon cloth with gold titles, 96pp, colour and monochrome photos and illus. The Haskell Laboratory was dedicated in 1935. In July 1934 the Du Pont Company established a medical research laboratory for toxicological research at its Wilmington, Del., Experimental Station. The laboratory was named in honor of Harry G. Haskell, a retired Du Pont executive who had established the company's medical division in 1915. Its first project was to investigate the causes of bladder cancer from which many of the company's chemical workers, particularly those employed at the dye works, were suffering. Laboratory workers soon discovered that beta was the tumor-causing chemical. The dye works then instituted new hygiene rules and moved most of the beta operations into one building. In 1951, Du Pont constructed a new building with a completely closed process for beta. In August 1953 the Haskell Laboratory, now renamed the Haskell Laboratory for Toxicology and Industrial Medicine, was moved to a new site near Newark, DE. A heavy book. (4.4 JM HOQ 103/b3. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12".