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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 1 DUP-2089 K 3022 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- Estcuiion of Remarks % July 27, 10 ho *oul. No bn* ot *** *tt from Ed. urt Wia ( on md U csmmlttco mill hmrtwn. but ofur B y of Ed and the imprint which ho hoo mode upon iu oprmion. It tan oavar again bo quit* the tamo. . _ We mourn the loo* of food man and a food (nend.o --, , CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS > HON. CEORGE MILLER'' m TH* HOtWg o nxrnrsCNTATivxa Thunder. July If. l/fl o Mr. MILLER of California. Mr. Speak* er. nrarlr <0 rear* a*o. Dr. Wilhelm C. Hueper. commonly regarded a* the father of environmental cancer proven* uon. wrote: Industrie! eencenu ere In svnervl net emnitulMlf enzwue te hove the eeeumnee er occupeuenei esneen eeieat their *pleveet er at enruoneieaul teasers emang the eenmietere el their yraouere eieoe a matur at push* retard*. aian puouetty ml|ht ream unfareraMr upoa tnelr buttnraa aeuvtua tea range them to underuse retentive and espeadve trchaleal end teal* rarf changer. Over 900 rear* earlier, the Italian phridea Oernedlno Remexstm. nho te colt* aldared the founder of occupational medicine, noted: TU a aardid profit theft tecampanlad by the deetnicuon at hralth ... uaar a eearh* men nee leehrd upea hie ctafl ae a meana te eupyert life and reiae a family, hut all he haa got Irani it le tome treaty electee, with the raeult that he haa departed thle Ufa comae the craft ta vhleh he her applied hnnaall. Today, ire mutt face a fact which le both chining and depressing: A number of product* and Industrial procoatae paee cnomteue health hatarda to mil* llont of people wito work irlth them, purcheee them. Uve near the cites where they ere manufactured or diapered of. In recent montht, we have become gwnra that corporate oOdalx. In numer* out cast*. Iiave known ebent theee has* aids. lometime* for decade*, and yet hare remained silent. Ae a remit, htsa* dreds at thousand*, even anilIons, ad peo ple have been exposed ta hoaaidous eon. tetri ials and process** which earn eaat tern their health and even their Urea. There are many reaaone why title /ssituation haa developed and why it haa continued larcely unchecked for a* many yean. On* of the staler reaaoB* la that the responsible mdhMuals who hare ctmartoosly made theoe fnrmon* to cover-up hanrds have little to fear from the Justice tyataas. TP* often, offending cemieudaa have bees fined nominal smounts; bi aearn etoaa. they have beta awardad tad benefits iHaw ing them ta writ* oft " This situation ranaa* -"When somtono mohaa e dtddon ta eenreal mformation aboot a product or sn Industrial procem. knavtog full wed Uuit the product or prectama ieopardixas someone's life, health er safety. I believe Europeaa Advisory Committee at the a ertmmul act haa occurred. Come* Aibcatae InU-matlonal Aasocletlon at eucnlly. 1 nm today Introducing legisla which corporal* representatives dis tion whirh suutd make such conceal cussed ways to minimise haunt warn- ment a criminal offense, punishable by In* lab4'1* 011 asbestos products ihipped a substantial line and or Jail term. I to the Kuroimn comment because-- am very preud la have as cosponsors of A level weald put the tentintmei industry this landmark legislation ft of my col in a atsieeit poeinon ... (There em eaan- leagues. Including tht dlstuiguislied trite whtre it woe felt It w4s aull tea early chairman of Urn Home Judiciary Sub committee on Crime. John Convcaa. Ja_ who hie led a major investigation into corporate whlto-coilar crime In this te start voniatery labelling, in fver of e potiblo negsuve Inhuenre as Atlet." (EstfUiiau teeed.1 rorvoviMe or watcs wets* country, and who. for the past 3 yarn, Aibeste* la not tha only example of has been conducting several lines of Ihle kiixl of corporate Indifference to inouiry which have helped establish the human health and safety. Recently, sub basis for this legislation. committees of this Congress revealed tht assists* eovxa-opo longstanding poisoning of underground water wells by the Occidental ciiemietl . Over the course of tho past year. I have personally led the investigation of Corp. la Lathrep. Calif, beginning In 1913. In April, It!!, a memo had been health hazards In the asbestos Industry. circulated within the company noting. Ralying an documents and statement*1 of the companies themselves, wo have Our Ufctrttflrr rr4* tndtc*t that in uovir eonusunauat til wii* i* o pieced together a legacy of four decades of cover-up which has resulted In tits exposure of millions of people to c*ncar esusing tsbesteo materials. As long ago oa the mid-lZJO*. ths attorney for one of ths major asbestos companies commented on medical stud ies on asbestos recently conducted at tho Saranac Laboratory in New York: My m iea te that u weal* be e goo* thing ta eutnbute the infermaoea eVines the mmlcal ceeimwawy, yrorddiaf It U of By dun*. Ill), tha company was diecharttnc 10.0CO tans of wttle water per year containing five tons of contamin ants Into the ground. "I believe that we have fooled around long enough and al ready overpreeeod our luck." a company official warned In an Internet memo. A1-* most t year later, the State Water Qual ity Control Board, tht appropnat* regu latory agency, had still net been warned, tha yat type sod weal* ees isfwre am according ta the company's own memos, coeipealef. | Cmphssls ed*ed| end the dumping continued tor more Tho cover-up continued through tit's fallowing decade, in the early 1990a. the than another year. ecv ax* sTsaiurr medical director of on* of the major Tht ptstldd* DBCP haa also been as companies recommended that a warning sociated with causlne sterility in workers. label b* placed sc ssbestes: his advice as early as 1JJT. chemical producers was rejoetod by tht corporate officials know that DBCP was dangerous. In 1HI who had hired him for his medical and 1013. physicians found that DBCP expertLee: caused testicular atrophy, liver and kid Later that decode. the Aebastsa TtxtUa Institute rejected a recommsadetlaw by ney bemate m laboratory animals. Yet the manufacturing continued end work Or. Kenneth Smith of Johns-Manvllle ers were not warned. that tha Instltut* fund a study of tha xoess correlation of asbestos exposure In nonprimary workers end lung cancer. HIe recommendation was rvjoctrd. emotur other reasons, because ATX feared that It would "stir up a hornets neat." Although some In the asbaste* Indus try cltlm that no certain correlation be tween asbestos and lung cancer vet proven prior ta Dr. Irving Scllkaffb study of Inaulatipa workers in 1**4. documents of the British Thermal In sulation Contractors Association illus trate that this Information was being dlacuaaad in tha trade in tha mld-ltfOb. Even before kepono was marketed, the Allied Chemical Co. subjected the sub stance to extensive laboratory testa which revealed lie potential for ceuelne cancer, liver dnmaao and reproductive system failure. Despite testa which sug gested numerals problems. Allied in creased It* production of kepoae in the mid-1980s. Heavy amounts were dumped Into tho Junes River. In ml. workers tt the subcontracting factory. ISP Co. became 111. and in ths reaultlnc inspec tion. 73 cases of acuta ktpone poisoning west documented. Soil, air and 'rater in a w ot Executives of the Johns-Manvilla Co. tha vicinity were contaminated. have testified that a formal corporate policy required that employees wheat chart X-ray* revealed abnormalities he told #f the problem and relocated to leee duoty areas er tha factory. Yet doou- mnte. Including the minutes of the Health Review Committee from the MmnvUlt. ttJ. plant nnd the testimony of the former manuser of the Pittsburg, CaUf. plant. Indicate tlint theee policies were not followed. In met many Indi viduals ware not told that their X-rays indicated pomiUI* lunc damage etrrlbuteble to asbestos exposure. As late ns lass summer. Utera vrna a Planisnear among the members of thb In 193d. DexWUhelm Hueper told offl- . _ einls ofthe DuPont Co. that benridene woe ceretndpmic. At tho time, Hucpcra was .in.employ** of DuPont ________ In 1949. the cllief medieal officer of _ tha DuPont Co. presented a paper at an international medical conference in Lon don at'which hr argued that benridene wns not a earrinosnt- Threw year* later, ncronhns to Dr. Michael William*, tha modlral officer to the Imperial Cliemlcnl Industries Dyestuffs Division, was told by tha same company official that. We here know vary Mil that bensMsuo DU 038002 -JkQBaflts. I: flMmat rWm -isiw^wigSifiasga i July J7, 1979 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD -- Lxlauiom 0] Kcmaitu > * v^ukiiW u*dder km it ta placed on lit um hod manufacturers U tut aonvicied defendant i# wrwmioa. hdi . pMtrj t liwnmlMvio only the ilwred Information they pemeawd about "** *" * "m in. ua aioo.oee. luihcr) . iviMUim, Ueta-nopfttkyt- mibcatoe' cnrclnocenlc propcrtlcx? Would - , . * uU,iiea wur.atio__--_ mine. Freducl hwanU ind cevtr-uix r net limited t* earcinoctiu like wbeiiae or eheinleaU. Id 1MJ. 1 ru alm.produeUon of the rimtoM MO urt becan. Uut eompanjr', direct of development u liven a memo In which IfiTwu warned. We an Mkln an Inltnnr quamr <"* hick will suajatt m w aalt-aOfa Mparauad at Mah muaaca. we huve litsuilrd It In achoolal Would we have uwd It In hair dryeret Would we have welted until the toll of potential eimi-er dcatnt had irown to tueli propor tion! before underukln* ulety precautlone? Thu legtilatlen doee not require any additional tmtlnr o( product,: it doee not expand Government reculatory activity; It does not Impoae exhauxUve paperwork burdena on companion. ' 11 uw itrm 'afpvnnfi.i. wi.wrrr' means c pvrven having mSneqfiTnwnT'rtntd.my m or M * *`t*,m'* entity viih rriMd is a par ticular product r kuafnoso frame*. if luch authority uuNi t informing ftdermi Mn> ctf Ml IMA builntu mult utfMIMr Awl Mrteuo lu|tn --elated with oa protest (ar say aempeaent uea product) or turn butlaeot prsettew: **()) the Ur*i 'product* mon a product of toe businaa* eauty with rvtpoet te winch the ratevim mtimC pemaa ic uic appro priate manages; Mcverthtlaa*. Flreatene produekd 24 All thle leiixlatlon requlrex la thla: "(S) tho ur 'bualnew prattles' means t million <uch Urea over tlie auhaeeuent S rcan. Inalstlni pu&llely that there were no dexlan defteu in the tire. In 1*77. a company memo noted that over a quarter ef the soo* had been returned to the when a corporate manaaer. offleer. or director, poaaeaica Information conecrnini tha haxardt of hla product or Indiatrial proceaa, he muxt notify potentially affected employee* and the appropriate business practise wit* respect te which the relevant MfUMl perm it uic appropriate manager; "(4) iho term *8l#*svcrs*. uacd with twpm ts t serious dsager, means obtains miermatie* Uict vwM HcvinM ft rvaaonsbi* pr- manufacturer In 1 year. Federal reaulatory authorities. tea ia um cmmsuiM ia vtuca tft die* nine ewreueenxa In late 1*77. "Mother Joueq" maeaxlne reported an alleatd * year cover-up by ferd of a deeian flaw in tha *ltln* of the We cannot depend on Government to Identify each hazard In every produet or prooaaa which cmcrave. Thera are al- ready U.000 chemical compounds an tha covercr is situated that it it probable Uic trlouc Utftt estate: "(9) um urm uncus danger*. used wit* respect to product or business prutlec. mtftm UMt Uw normal or /(ftunftolf for* cas Unit Oft Wnto tutomobUo. It htf mirlwt,jtn4 1,000 ntw on* eppodr aa* uc*M* us* tf. m um exposure of 6uom* been cstlmitud. t. .h*t.S.O--O .dn.U u. o__r_ _m.ort* un.uiaaaUItsy. qT%hoa eaanCtilraea Cm mnevedironmms nIta 1l ! beings to. m___Mt pvo.su..e.t r tucK buiiaws could be tUrtbutod to Uic imprectr lo cation of the |U tint which may rup ture causing the fasolina to IflTUU. In so intemti corporals memo, ca- titled ~rmUUU Astociattd with Crash Induced rutl Uaksie snd Plm.M a Ford empiojrM reportedly arcusd there was no tsetion Agsaey spends Just s 103J millton anaually to regulate the 1129 billloa * year chemical Industry. Unless wv are prepared to advocate a massive increase in Federal regulatory activities, wo must And alternative ways to assure that strious hasards are praeuos vui caum ecata or Mrteus bodily isjury to aa ladivtdixsl; "(S) the tern 'Mrlftus bcdUy tajury* rnlarn a lmpftlrwnl of physical eftaciuoo. indud* lag physical pala. that ervatva a tuactcnttal rUh ef death cr wtuii caucca acneuc pacraanaat CUSfuraBeat. uacemseieuasta. strwoa palm, ar permascat ar pmracted leas flnsneJsl bsnefti in complying with Gov ernment csfsty standards. AUcftdly* spreeonc bellsvsd that It was cheaper to cover-up Um haxaid snd even -to paw the Uebfllty claims than ta rstool tbs pro- brought to public attenUon. Z believe that burden properly belongs with corporate officers m*he are aware of these problem* S2" form Federal statute Is needed to pro- cr impsirewat of the fuactica cf toy bodUy met*bar ar ergaa; "(t) the urm *wam afeeted cmyleyvcc*. used with respsst to s serMus liapr, mesas *iT* w*""l defteriptien C tat *i|vr ta ftU metvisual* vocaisf for or is um busiam duettos machinery or retrofit tha unsafe toet unsuspecting employees and the ics- vattty who tie likely to be subject to the autocsobUsa. ral public. This IsgtolaUes. which hex sneuft danger la the course ef that ssru Ur. SuMksr. thtss ease histories dt* scrlbs a pittern of corporate bahavtor wldch cannot bt tolerttod. Let ms stata very clearly that I do not bsHsvs that Uicss corta of covr*ups constitute a normal practice for most Induetrim or beat carefully drafted with tho com ments and recommendations of criminal Justice export* occupational safety spe cialist* and others is a concept which must be incorporated Into the Federal coda. Z look forward to hearings in tha uf *(l> the tsrm `approprisu rtdtral tgeacy* mesas a Ftderat agency having regulatory authority with re--set te the product or bustmo praettoo sad dangers to the wrt diasersra*". I--. * The table or settle-- for duput as most businessmen to the United State* House Subcommittee on Crime to this of title M of the United Statse Code is But neither can one eoneiudt. liven the legislation to the near future, and Z wel amended by addtog at the snd ths fsuowiag collective evidence, that Love Canal, or come additional support from other new turn: ` sibcStoft. or DSCPia or Ptntoa, or aoy of the other*, that these ere merely Iso Members of the Kouso. The text of the bill and the list of '`XOSS. WendlBdeeuro of esrtaia matura bv emus buainass eauty personnel.- lated incidents. ` rThera are numerous i tesofM why these hssards were not fully disclosed. As Or. Hucper wrou to 1949, cosponsors follow: HJL -- A bifl ts tewad title is ef the Qsitsd Ststse csss ts tmpses pcaamm wttb rasped to Mr. Coaysrs, Mr. Oora. Mr. board to atiods Island. Mr. Sedan. Mr. Bctiea--n. Mr. senior of Mtcfttgaa. Mr. Brews of Califarm* Mr. it la therefore, act ea ue tlce by the perUec Snenclelly Ur iuc& xnettm to seep mfermot ocumeea wl industrlei eearer well under ewtaia nondtatlotur* by business satiUea s te dangviovui products 0 f< nartAt bp IM Xsasis sad f/ease / JtcprvaeatstUos / the VMM fuiu ef A nsr- buehanarw Mr. Carr. tire. Chisholm. Mr. Od iums. Mr. Dtt--. Mr. Oornsa. Mr. Oowney. Mr. Sekhardu Mr. Edgar. Mr. towards or Cali fornia. Mr. onrkmah. Mr. Cray. Mr. Ousrisi, cover. (so la Congress ssssatsidd. That eliapur SO Mt. Koiuua. tad Mr. Lea* in several situations, corporate officials clicd fear* of possible UtlgatSos or com pensation claims by effected workers; la other cam. Um costs of ctangag up sr fixing a product was a factor. But to each ease, certain corporate ofltocn mad* a conscious decbttoa ts subtoct unsuspectum and innocent peooie ta haaards which could imperil their safety sad even their ef uue IS ef the United States Cede is amended by adding at um ana tne retlevmg new aeeuea: **! 182* Nondisciasum ef cenaia matters by esrtaia buetascs vatiuea tad peraeoiMl "fa) Whoever*. (lj ts aa appropriate manager with re spect w a product sr sosmeas praeucw **(3) dissevers ta the eeevoe ef bustmss ae Mr. Long of Maryland. Mr. Maguire. Mr. Marhey. Mr. McHugh. Mr. lauiwu to Warylan* Mr. NaL Mr. Kolan. Mr. Ottmgsr. sir. Pepper. Mr. dlmoa. Mr. Solar* tin. Spellmaa. Mr. suit Mr. ttskra. Mr. Vest* Mr. Watmsa. Mr. Weaver. Mr. Wrist, and Mr. Wtope^^ HAPFY aXimiDAY CERRI MAJOR Uvea. seen maaager a seneus damger ussnstsd Tne IcrWIattw which wo art Introduc with surh predmt (sr a comp--vat cf that HON. Q1ARLES B. RANGEL | ing today Is tscpHod at the sertout situ- pr--urt I arbuMnsss praettee: and or m rout ^ fttiona I hast dowrttrd FaUara to notify employees and* approprtata regulatory Aocneka ran toad to tho oxposuro of mil* lions of indtoidHi to teuardoos ma terial* sa in tho eaoo of stbemos whoro as many sa 11 million people may have "(9) knowingly falls to m Infana aaeh appropnata FrOemi agency la arming If sued agency has net beca otherwise so Informed, and warn affected employees ta wrttln* If such employees liave net be-- so warns* before the end ef 90 day* after such discovery la ms Cat IN T7IE KOUSS OP KXFIUaCNTATma 7T!rfo. Jul* it. 1*7* Mr. RANGES. Xfr. Sw-Xrr. I rl- foW Intonn avt collncue, lli.v on Suiutar.S July It. Gtrrt Major celebrate, tier ISlh^ been cammed to tho tost 30 years. Who snail be Shod net tern utaa #60.000 or tsaprm- birthday. knows what Umitattone ought have bcon eaed net leas thaa a year*, ee beta, but Gerrl's eareer spaas more than Gfi DU 038003