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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 Aug 5 DOC NMA171 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Home News Article - Strikers Enter Pollution Debate Strikers Enter Pollution Debate By STU CHAPMAN Home News Staff Writer MANVILLE The sound and the fury of the environmental pollution debate bas left hardly a place in the country untouched or unal,,ocied in one way or an- other This borough is no exception and the charts posted at strike headquarters across the street from the Manville Corp tell the story So do 50 to 60 employes of Local 806 of the United Paperworkers and Papermak ors AFL who have reportedly been have - incapacitated by symptomssymptoms of a disease which doctors across the country linked to the inhalation of anbestos dust and fibers Incurable Incurable It le disease of the lungs incurable Irreversible Larribly disabling ofbum fatal Il manifesta ^ lself gradually after a per- son has been exposed to the particles of asbestos for about 10 to 20 years Most of the employs laid off by the disesse or Ita symptoms have been exposed to asbestos particies in the plant for 20 yours or more according to union officials and can work a full day One of the demands of the union u for in rraced protection for Workert ist the plani Irun asbestos p fielt which are said to circulate freely if cepelt areas The workers in the ant who have the mnat direct contact with asbestos B material extensively used for fireproofing purtow~ are said it be equipped equipped with respirator l^rpuse they in some cases have to shovel the material int mixers But Robert Klinger vi presklent of the unun sauf other employes who work in adjicent areas of the plant iua less preter ed and exposod ta lie cut The company isn't allowed to take the material and leave it at the town dump but workers have to sinvel ho stuff back into the mixers be s^ Physician Study The unlon played on ini sentiri role in pu licising a study dose two yenin ago by a ginup of physicit testended with Middlesex General and Somerset Hospl- lu The exhibition - nou on display at the strike headquarters - includes a rks of greatly enlarged color projections depicting the clinical course tallographie picture and treks and mikroscopie fen- tures of meso hifioma a little known and 1are form of satcer Under the provisions of the current kicapacitated contract employes who are kicapacitated may be lod uff for two years at which time wir employment is terminal- ed The unior has demanded that this pe- riod be exten fext to five years Hazards Told While the union has been keenly al- tuned to the dingers of the substance Ita hazards to it publie most particularly in the cities has only recently heen told In the spraying of buildings with ashertos to maka tiem fireproof 50 per cent of the material is taldi to escape into the air The situation has ter me so storming In New York City for example that the city's administration has taken stepa la regulate the use of asbestos spray Home exun the flocis of asbestos have Indicated that where there are high concentri of the insterial a breathing appara us with an pendent air supply woud be required instead of the filter masks most commonly upnrdesent . nr e HOME NEWSNEWS Auc5 Auc5 1970