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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1973 Mar 31 DOC NMA072 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - EPA Orders Curbs on 3 Hazards in Air E.P.A. ORDERS CURBS ON 3 HAZARDS IN AIR Times NPgewYork Current file Mar 31 1973 ProQuest Histoncal Newspapers The New York Times 1851-2002 1851-2002 1851-2002 ncnsememeos were HAZARDS E.P.A. Asbestos cancer been identified a possible cause of other chest cancers Beryllium can WASHINGTON March 8 lethal if inhaled in sufficient UPI The Government posed new rules today to down the amount of thems linked to skin and eye prob- hazardous substances - asbeen Mercury vapors linked asbeen linked to nervaend kkiidndenyey beryllium and mercury that injuries as well as potential The rules from the Environ damage mental Protection Agency mills quire that no asbestos mills give less off an emissions visible un- air cleaning device is used They also ban the use of asbestos tailings - the unused part of the ore for road surfaces and permit no visible emission in plants that use asbestos limit The rules limit the amount of beryllium that may be expelled from plants and limit the amount of emissions from plants that process mercury ore or are mercury material to produce chlorine gas Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without