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FILE NAME Insulation Contractors & Distributors ICD DATE 1973 June DOC ICD026 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Trade Journal - NICA June 197.3 VOU NO ? I. 20 YEARS OF PROGRESS 1953-1973 6 849391 ae T aE Cee : TRE Officers 1973 Terms Ending 1975 EASIC NP W. E. Wally Munsey President C. B. Wheatley W. Robert Murfin President Herbert McLaughlin NA Meage William A. Bayer Vice President Herbert Mullenir SEIG 1 B. Long Treasurer E. N. Dillard SWIC Wayne W. Killion Secretary James W. Liddell Atsa Board of Directors Henry Trueblood WICH Immediate Past Pres Terms Ending 1973 R. F. Pat Yount J. Rodger Hartley CSICA George Cummings III BASICA National Insulation Contractors Association Montgomery Center 20910 8630 Fenton Street 500 Silver Spring Maryland telephone 301-585-662 John C. Pollock Executive Director Walter Shipe Chuirman A. H. Wotherspoon MICA Raymond U. Wopperer NYSICA Homer C. Porter SWICA J. S. Royer Large Terms Ending 1974 Robert Bright CSICA Dee C. Luse MICA Palmer Covil SECIA cluded in the Membership . Single copy 1.50 Controlled circulation paid Statements | opinion Silver at fact and Spring Md of are made on the re- sponsibility of the author alone and do not necessarily express the opinions of the Association Material may not be re- produced without written consent Copyright National Insulation co , NICA Publications Committee Leroy Whitaker WICA Contractors Association OQ if / TATABBLLE ETABLE OF OF CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS VOL 18 JUNE 1973 NO 6 PRESIDENT'S LETTER 3 YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTor's Report S THERMAL INSULATING FOR LIGHT WATER NUCLEAR RESEARCH PLANTS 6 PROGRAM CONVENTION PROGRAM 20 20 ELECTRIC HEATING ELECTRIC HEATING OF PREMISES AND IINSUNLATISON ULATION 23 JORS AND HEALTH 25 THE CONCEPT OF PRODUCTIVITY HAS CHANGED 35 ASBESTOS PRODUCER ASSAITS PUBLICITY 38 ARE YOU SHARING IN THIS MARKET 38 A BIOGRAPHY OF A YOUNG Company 39 CALENDAR OF EVENTS 39 WHAT'S NEW FROM MANUFACTURERS 41 WWE E SSAALLUUTTE 43 FUND CONTRIBUTING ARE YOU CONTRIBUTING TO A StrikE FUND 51 KNOWS KNOWS INDUSTRY INDUSTRY IN IS IN TROUBLE 53 53 YOU DON'T SAY 55 ARE YOU PEOPLE ORIENTED 60 VERMIN Jellitac PROOFED USED NATIONALLY BY THE INDUSTRY WAREHOUSES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES ARTHUR S. HOYT CO INC 20 JERUSALEM AVE e Tate HICKSVILLE N.Y. 11902 JUNE 1973 BRUSHES for the insulation trade IMMEDIATE DELIVERY ON LOW PRICED ADHESIVE BRUSHES WRITE FOR FREE SAMPLE AND QUOTATION MARCUS BRUSH COMPANY 444 West 23rd Place Chicago Illinois 60616 Phone 312-326-2707 Environmental Sciences Laboratory of The City University of New York INSULATION HYGIENE HYGIENE PROGRESS FROM THE PROGRESS INSULATION INDUSTRY REPORTS HYGIENE RESEARCH PROGRAM Irving J. Sollkoff M.D. Program = Director Vol 5 No. 2 ER2 | Summer 1973 International Experts Meet on Mesothelioma . at ending Members of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Workers attending a conference on the health hazards of asbestos work presented by Local Local 95 in Toronto Canada Health and Safety Meeting Held in Toronto On Saturday January 13 1973 a meeting was held in Toronto to discuss health hazards in insulation work Drs Irving J Selikoff and William Nicholson of Mount Sinai School of Medicine spoke to nearly 200 members of Local 95 about the risks of asbestos work and described what can be done 'o improve working conditions Because of the general interest in the health problems of insulation work a _ selection questions and answers that followed these taiks is published here Tom Carson A few years ago I was doing insulation in a room where painters were spraying The fumes bothered me and I came out of the room but like a dope I went back in and got this tremendous pain in my chest They took me to the Doctor and after looking looking Tom Carson at the ray he said my lung had collapsed Could this have been caused by Continued on fifth page On April 2 and 3 an international working group met to discuss research programs for the treatment and cure of mesothelioma The meeting was held at the National Headquarters of the American Cancer Society under the auspices of the Mount Sinai School of Medicine Environmental Cancer Research Program The treat ment experiences of several medical centers were reviewed and future research programs discussed Cooperation Pledged Andrew Haas Asbestos Workers President pledged the full support of the Union in any research efforts to find a cure for mesothelioma He described how nearly 10 of the deaths in the membership of his union were from mesothelioma and that finding cessful treatment for this cancer should be one of the priority items of the Federal Government Similar support for such research work was offered by Jack Solon President of the JohnsManville Corporation Attending the meeting from Great Britain were Dr. Muriel Newhouse of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine Dr. Margaret Warwick of the Institute of Diseases of the Chest London and Dr. Geoffrey Sheers of the Beaumont House Chest Clinic in Plymouth England Dr. Sheers report on the incl- dence of mesothelioma in workers other than insulators in the Devonport Dockyard was especially disturbing Here the frequency of cases 10 painters electricians or shipfitters etc. appeared to be nearly as great as in insulation workers Continued on second page Insulation Hygiene Progress Reports Vol 5 No. 2 Summer 1973 from the Results of Asbestos Workers Survey In Insulation Program Industry Hygiene Research Over five thousand members of the Asbestos Workers Union responded to maintenance locals members of these As many of the locals work in Editor W. J. Nicholson Ph.D. Published at the Environmental Sciences Laboratory Irving J. Schkoff M D. Director Mount Sinai School of Medicine of the City University of New York N.Y. Advisory Council of IIHRP the questionnaire distributed by Gen- eral President Andrew Huas in De- cember , 1972 to find out what effects the new asbestos regulations had hadin reducing exposures of Asbestos Workers The important provisions of these regulations as they applied to insulation work were covered by the questions One of the mandatory requirements facilities which have an industrial health program this results results uncerstandable In order to reduce dust concen- trations below the establishedThresh-Thresh- old Limit Value of 5 fibers longer than 3 microns per milliliter of air certain procedures were listed in the standard These included the use of Irving J. Selikoff M. and Chairman Program Director of the new standard was that each work place where asbestos fibers were released should be monitored by De- plastic bags for mixing cement vacuum cleaning ofasbestos debris the use of containers for waste material E. Cuyler Hammond Sc.D Vice Presi- cember 6 1972. The number of dust disposal and exhaust ventilation on all dent American York NY Cancer Society New counts seen by Asbestos Workers in the different regions of the United States and Canada are shown in Table 1 power equipment Workers were also quened on the availability of this equipment as well as the availability of Andrew Haas General President Interna- nonal Association of Heat and Frost Insulators und = Asbestos = Workers Few Dust Counts Seen One hundred and seventy mem- hers observed an air sample being taken 4956 did not see any such respirators and change facilities No Widespread Adoption TableTable II lists lists lists tthhee questions and com- plete results obtained in the survey is Fred Lo Pundsack Ph.D Vice President Research and Development Johny- activity six months After making all reasonable allowances for unobserved evident that there has not been any widespread adoption of work practices Manville Corporation Denver Colo surveys it must be concluded that there has been no major effort to comply with recommendedor mandated in the stan dard As with the Just counts the pres- This part of the regulations ence of un ndustria health program INSULATION INDUSTRY HYGIENE RESEARCH PROGRAM 1. To develop.mproved develop.mproved methods for minimizing exposure of insu- lation workers to dusts and fumes encountered in their work 3. To disseminate knowledge of these improved methods of dust control wherever they may be ie applied applied ap lied advantageously and to rec offer cooperation advice and assistance toward their universal adoption ore By itself air sampling does nothing and stable work location in main- to reduce exposures In this situation however it is an indication of the activ tenance and shipyard locals resulted in a lower percentage of never re- ity of employers or official agency industrial hygienists in complying with at sponses to the questions on the avail- ability of change rooms respirators least the mandatory provisions of the and personal protection equipment regulations However across the United States tyre The distribution of the surveys was the standard had de effect in noteworthy Fifty or about one- ing conditions in construction third of reported the observed surveys were by the relatively few 165 from members of shipyardand Reportedly been an there has crease in the properion propproeperiorn ion of in- tree insulationbeing installed TABLE I Numberofof dust countsseen by insulation workers December 6 1972 during the period June 7 1972.10 Region Dust counts seen Percentage of men Yes No seeing a dust count Continued from page li Also present at the meeting were Dr. Marcus Key Director ofthe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. Douglas Lee of the Na- Bonal Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Captain George Lawon of the S. Navy and representatives of the National Cancer Institute New York England -Middle Atlantic Southeast Soutnwest Midwest Centra West Canadian Maintenance Locals Shipyard Locals All regions 12 25 8 ... 3 3 9 % 31 171 743 705 328 474 936 740 500 363 ---- 73 1956 16 3 1.3 3.7 0.5 2+ 4.5 2.5 37.7 29 3.4 Few Improvements Seen may be a positive effect of the standard to However if substitute materials are used with no regard control of dust it is possible that other health hazards can be created Exposure to high atmos- pheric concentrations of any inorganic dusts can be injurious Along with returned questionnaires workmen sent excellent letters many describing conditions in the field An especially good one was sent by Jay H. Mackley of York Pennsylvania and because of its relevance we are publish- ing excerpts from it Dear Sirs i hope this let r letter letter letter attracts attracts more attention than the numerous question- naires that I have been returning My seven years of being an asbestos worker I have not yet seen one precau- tion taken to prevent dust or any other efforts taken to better our working condi- tions I'm a young man with many years ahead of me in the trade From the few years 1 worked I observed there isn't those golden years of retirement to look forward to The few asbestos work- ers that do reach retirement age soon after succumb to cancer or a related dis- ease associated with asbestos working The good practices that were suggested in the November journal are very seldom used and some are not even practical Trying to get the company to furnish a downdraft cutting table for uses during hand sawing and a portable vacuum cleaner for proper ventilation is next thing to impossible we're very lucky if we even have a box to lock up our personai jonis If we are going to change and improve our working conditions let's start with a few of them than can be corrected im- mediately For instance have a change shanty large enough for the crew and well ventilated most of them are cramped and very dusty On larger jobs have adequate wash rooms or at least be given time to clean up Have a wash machine or vacuum cleaner in the shanty for work clothing there is no need to carry the dirt home Have questionnares that an insulator could write in his own suggestions that he might think will improve his conditions Have regulation on dust control that the local can enforce and the journeymen can very well un- derstand use old cliche An ounce of pre- vention is worth a pound of cure would apply very well to our trade I think it would be lot easier to eliminate the dust and try to clean up the trade try to find the cure for lung cancer and all the other dreadful diseases I hope my letter does not go unanswered I'm anxious to read your reply Thank- you TABLE || QUESTIONNAIREOBSERVATION OF ASBESTOS STANDARDS STANDARDSSTANDARDS in the period June 7 1972 to December 6 1972 1. Dust counts I did not see a dus^<count done 1 personally saw one or more dust counts done 4358 171 171 171 2. Work clothes and facilities facilities are recommended In order not to bring dusts home home from the job special Facilities and supplies for clothes change were available 1291 All the time 100 Usually 50-75 of the time 340 Occasionally 1-49 of the time 372 1964 Never % 3. Respirators masks } Were provided by the employer At all times 100 Usuaily Occasionally Never 50-75 of the time 1-49 of the time % 4. The following materials and equipment were available 2038 1014 1242 787 Always Usually Occasionally 594 402 603 Exhausted power table saws Exhausted power hand saw 112 203 74 136 176 425 Vacuum cleaner for clean up 407 388 681 Bagging of waste for disposal Drop cloths & collector for hand sawing 190 125 227 154 513 443 Portable exhausts for confined spaces where there was no exists in the repiles repiles to the availability of axhausted power saws On some jobs It should be noted that an ambiguity of exhausted saws was never as to the availability use of power equipment the response Never 3004 4425 4127 3439 3943 4150 Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health Results from the health survey con- insulation workers approximately Two factors account for the ducted by Dr. Irving J. Selikoff and Dr. E. Cuyler Hammond of the full membership of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbes- ninety times over that neither worked with of men asbestos who nor smoked cigarettes The results of the current more ex- improved mortality data of insulation workmen Firstly at the beginning of the observation period most of the in- sulators were working and thus tos Workers dramatically point to the severe effects of cigarette smoking on Asbestos Workers The 17,800 men enrolled on January tensive survey substantiate the earlier data on the added effects of smoking on the production of lung cancer in asbestos workers However they also healthier than many in the general population where many deaths occur in those who are disabled sick or other- wise unable to hold a job This factor 1. 1967 in the International were llustrate The importance of 300 usually will reduce the expected mor- completed studied through December 31 1971 11,656 a questionnaire pro- smoking in lowering the incidence of vascular disease In the non- tality over five year pencd by no more than 20 from that of the generalpopu- popu- vading among other details informa- cigarette smoking group only 36 lation we non concerning their smoking habits deaths from all causes other than cancer The second major factor is the ab- Pk The results of the causes of death of all compared with eS members listed according to their 9 smoking habits is shown in Table 1 including Among the 9.590 men with lustory of regular cigarette smoking there were 596 deaths 134 of which were were seen where 93 were expected Most of these other deaths were from vascular disease which WAS significantly reduced in the = non- smoking isbestos workers In fact comparing the number of ence of cigarette smoxing in this group of Asbestos Workers compared The generalgeneral general population population population population population many smokers Even deaths that occurred from asbestos exposure Tasbestosis mesothelioma and G due to lung cancer Of the 2.066 men who had never smoked cigarettes regu- deaths of cigarette smoking asbestos workers with those expected from cancer these data show that over this ave year penod of time the effects of Iarly only 1 of 73 deaths were from lung cancer Mortality studies of Locals 12 and 32 statistical data on the mortality the general population itis seen that only 73 insulators died where 112 or H health cigarette smoking on than the effects of is greater working with asbestos Containing insulation ff- reported havebeen which indicated that cigarette smoking increased the risk of during Jeaths were expected the 1967-19711967-1971 period Forty fewer forials death of lung cancer among asbestos were seen than expected Table | Expected and Observed Deaths among 17,300 U.S. and Canada Asbestos Insulation Workers Jan. 1 1967 31 1971 Total No history of cigarette smoking History of cigarette smoking Smoking habits not known Number of man Jan. , 1067 Person of observation 17.300 36.000 Expected deaths Observed deaths 2,066 70,153 Expected deaths Observed deaths 9,590 16,515 Expected deaths Observed deaths 0,144 0,144 19,522 Expected deaths Observed deaths Cancer all sites Lung cancer Pleural mesothelioma Peritoneal mesothelioma Cancer of stomach Cancer of colon rectum _ Cancer of esophagus 144 09 44.42 oa *** 562 1751 1751 321 321 450 213 26 51 16 26 12 19.92 5.98 o its 0.95 2.52 044 044 33 2 ,, 9 1 4 0 79.58 25.09 vee 7 3.50 9.53 1:30 265 134 17 29 3 14 7 14.59 13.35 *** T 2.07 5.46 097 181 ne 7 13 me 300 300 Asbestosis ad 78 ** ~ 4 45 39 All other causes C61 34 555 92.87 36 356.67 288 2 20 233 Total deaths 305.63 1,092 112.39 73 436.25 596 256.79 423 Expected deaths cased soon age specair $ Traunea categories 162 and 153 mortality rates for whre males disregarding smokingLung cancer slimalas based based upon 5 rates for cancer or ung Ji~ ur^gr^nonusand Included 609 mer who smoked pipes or cigars Unded States Cala ct available butthese are are causes of death in the generalcopulation How much do you smoke Can Asbestos Dust be Inactivated Continued from first page the asbestos and the fumes together Dr. Selikoff The condition from which Mr. Carson suffered is known as " spontaneous pneumothorax That is the lung develops a leak and ruptures The air leaks out of the lung and since it can't get out of the chest it fills the space between the lung and the chest wall collapsing the lung bronchi and blood vessels appear as this smal round holes in this normal lung pack Small holes in upper lung typical of early emphysema 2 or more A later stage showing larger holes om a in thelung Many large holes representing advanced far advanced emphysema me The National Cleaning House on Smoking and Health has published a description of some of the from various amounts of cigarette smoking This description of changes that can occur in human lungs Dr. Oscar Auerbach and Carmine Benantc sigarette smoking induced emphysema is based on work by E. Hammond and of the East Orange New Jersey Veterans Administration Hospital and Dr. Cuyler Lawrence Garfinkel of the American Cancer Society ea aa Stan Roos Spraying Can Be Dangerous This condition can occur to anyone but it is more likely to occur from irri- tation by fumes or cust Spraying general can be an extremely dangerous procedure If something may be harmful to you to deliberately spray it into the air makes it worse Some of the new epoxy paints can be especially irritating and if there is a little weak spot on the lung which might occur from scarring produced by asbestos additional irritation by the epoxy painis can cause rupture Tom Carson I now n ticethat paint happened Dr. Seliko That's correct Whenever the lung has been so injured it is left weaker Stan Roos I have a condition called bronchiectasis and have to sleep on the bed with the foot raised Would I be more susceptible either to asbestos OT O various fumes Dr. Selikoff Bronchiectasis is a big word for condition in which the airway tubes the bronchi are dilated . With this condition mucus tends to col- lect in the bronchi and when it does it can become infected Sometimes we even have to almost stand a person on Continued on sixth page Dr. Selikoff Yes this was first done that dust may have on your heart First at the McIntyre Foundation in Ontario the right side of your heart pumps blood for silica exposures As you know the through the lungs in order that it pick up silica produced in the dust of hard rock oxygen The blood then remrns to the mining is also an irritant The fine par- ticles can get into the lungs and cause heart and is pumped to the rest of the body where the oxygen is released scarring as asbestos does although it is When the lungs are scarred your heart different type of scarring The disease has to pump that much hander some- td ears that is produced is called silicosis times so hard that it fails This In Ontario it was thought that if these condition is called cor pulmonale Pe miners inhaled aluminum dust the Heart disease caused by the ung aluminum would coat the silica We used to think that there was not Dr J. E. Cowie particles and prevent them from injuring the lung The idea of coating the particles to neutralize them is a good one However at this time there is very little evidence that aluminum is much that we could up for this condition because the primary cause was in the lung but in the last 5 years we have learned that there are ways to strengthen the heart so that can do its especially effective in this regard Chemical Prevented Scarring jub The second problem is that when the Jungs are scarred not enough oxygen In fact though this has led to the whole idea of such mactivation In enters your blood so the blood which goes to your heart itself doesn't have Germany at this time studies are enough oxygen Instead of being 95 S under way by a scientist named Schlip- saturated with oxygen it might only ice EARS koter who has found that administration 70 saturated The hear must do more HUW of a plastic polymer called polyvinyl work at time when is receiving less sner pyridine- oxide administered in ani- mals either before or after inhalation of sibca can prevent the scarring caused oxygen so that a coronary disease trouble man nas with ordinary even greater by the silica particles This clearly es- As you know coronary disease is tablishes the principle that even after dust the lungs can be neutralized epidemic in our society today Let me give you some statistics In the general This is why we believe that for every dust silica beryllium asbestos or US population out of 6 male deaths in smokers is caused by coronary coal we may find chemicals that can disease In Cigarette smokers the inactivatent inactivatent What urgent at this time number is 1 out of 3 Tvice as many is that we get 20 50 100 scientists to work on the problem to find appropriate chemicals that can neutralize these This is another reason for you to stop smoking Not only will it reduce the risk of lung cancer but it will reduce his out head so that the Bronchiectasis mucus can can come drain from dusts in your lungs your risk of coronary disease an even more significant cause of death childhood infections and sometimes t can come from asbestosis Joc Mathews You have raised the question of the possibility of macuvat ng dust the lungs Isn't there something now being done for amers in this Where Do We Start Barney MacDonald Most of your a studies were done the States or years behind regard 7 How do we put the prespresssureuprerssure e some of these things that you have described We have no venulation ail equipment no maskmassks no nothing Where do we start Dr. Selikoff Thai's the key question ofthe whole afternoon Where do we start Who is going to do what flow is anything going to get done Mr Kirton would you care to answer John Beardwood Alex Taggart Taggart Effects on the Heart Joe DeWit Does the dust that gets into our lungs cause any special kind of heart conditions Dr. Selikoff That's a very good question Let me tell you of two affects President Some things are being done We just had a meeting in Sama with some of the contractors They told me that in 3 different insutation mate- rals they are taking the asbestos out That's one step As I understand it the manufacturers have been given a deadline to getit out of all insulation materials or they will be banned extent possible activity on health problems should be joint activity Their cooperation can certainly be beneficial in solving health problems year but every year thereafter the risk goes down until after 10 years or so your risk is nearly back to normal The risk is then about the same as someone who never smoked at all While it may take 10 years for you to get back to the level of non smokers the 10 years has to begin sometime I suggest that it begins now Joe Berlasty What's the average life expectancy of a pipe coverer Dr. Selikoff For a male child born in the United States or Canada the odds are that he will live about 68 years For man 20 the life expectancy will be a little longer He will live on average to age 70. The odds are that a man of 40 will live to age 72. A man of 70 will be expected to live to the age of 81. So when you calculate life expectancy it Alfred Kirton must always be age specific It even becomes more complicated rhe , be ay Q wont eta HOU CU de ame Dr. Selikoff That's a good answer May I add to it There is no reason why insulation workers shouldn't have dis- posable masks on the job They cost less than a dollar a day to use There is no reason that you peopie should be inhaling any of the other dusts in insu- lation materials There is culcined diatomaceous earth in insulation mate- rials which can also produce lung scarring Fibrous glass is another material that shouldn't enter your lungs It has been shown to produce cancer in an~-mals just like asbestos You shouldn'i have to breathe in any mineral mat- erials They belong in pipe covering not in your lungs Secondly is there any reason why every power saw should not he exhausted when an effective dust collector costs only 350.00 The jobs you're working on Cost Tens of thousands of dollars Is there any reason why asbestos cement shouldn'tshouldn't be supplied in plastic bags so that can te mixed without creating dusi These mings may cost a little bit more money but if all the employers have to do them it simply adds to the cost of the job and no one is at a disadvantage Joe DeWit Clean Up Necessary Joe DeWit I think one of the main problems that we have comes from ourselves If you're working on a job and you start to clean up the foreman might come by and say Look you're not paid to clean up you're paid to put covering on pipes So you leave the dusi on the floor and meanwhile you're walking through it all the time Dr. Selikoff You're right Not only do we have to clean up the jobs in some cases we also have to clean up our minds The foreman sees din on the ground and knows that it will go away tomorrow or the next day He doesn't think of 20 or 30 years from now when the dust that got into your lungs can cause trouble That's the problem with all of us we don't feel the urgency over something that will happen 30 years from now We must get to the point that good housekeeping is automatic se that it is not left up to the foreman li Lunn have the same problem as Stan Roos I find that I can work in any dust except fibrous glass I If work with that for 4 or 5 hours my lungs because you must do this for each calendar year For example a man of age 40 today has a different life expec- tancy than a man age 40 in 1950 Taking into accout all these factors we have found that the average life expec tancy at any age for a pipe coverer is about 15 less than some one in the general population This is a result of past asbestos exposure but it also will be the case in the future unless somTIC- thing is done about work conditions Something has to be done because a his pipe coverer should be able to full life span Significant Benefits Ron Aldham If I would quit smoking and wear a mask woulid my life expectancy become conger Dr. Selikoff Yes To stop smoking will bring significant benefits Firstly it will decrease your risk of having a Secondly coronary Secondly your risk of lung within a few years also de- crease Thirdly it will reduce the pro- gression of asbestosis Finally wearing a mask will prevent any more dust from entering your lungs There- GeRUTaNUT Local eSature Especially you anton Here your International is doing a would begin to hemorrhage fore it can only help you to stop Ua bang up job It has appointed a full time Dr. Selikoff Yes we have found smoking and to wear a respirator 09 1a man to work on the problems of health that in other circumstances fibrous However one thing that we have hazards Roy Steinfurth formerly glass can be irritating found is that mesothelioma is not as- oto sociated with smoking and often is no business agent of 45 in Toledo associated with extensive asbestos ex- FAA now has the job of coordinating all The Lung Clears Up in the International and posures What is needed at this time is sci- osgyrs health activities Paul Pasztor If a person has been considerable research by many amas am sure he will be able to help you for 10-15 how long will entists in many centers to obtain ^ cure 6 people here in Canada get the things smoking years done that need to make the work- it be before his lung clears up for this disease you Dr. Selikoff The American Cancer Here as well as in the area of dust place safe Society has some good information on inactivation your International is now The employers are not our enemy this Not much change happens the first beginning to take steps to stimulate They They are in this with you and to the Coweenen Continued on eighth page Continued Continued from seventh on cientfic cientific activity activity and pu governmet nt pressure ae American American Canadian Canadian government government support rsts to tists find answers answers these the Dr. J. BE. Cowle, Ontario En Dr. E. Ontario En- vironmental vironmental vironmental Health Health Department Department scien- would would just say that absolutely absolutely use small ray films pipe do All our mobile units units units equipped coverers standard standard standard x inch equipped to take the gilt inch rays Additionally workers workers . yOu that we do Additionally assure you we information information to confidential confidential medical the employers employers only only to you to any wish cunction nad physicians. a pulXm-oranyarytechnician physicians and 40 pulmonary function function technician physicians physicians technician technician available available technician and an X ray ener sianatern any ee # cena MNS re Mam manne enaptomreuemanm tree cue Warrews com Help Barney McDonald How Often aC heck- Luc Dees Barney MacDonald ? that your cause Do fibers thai are more active active you're you're scars active more scraping scraping active active gre they How Often Check ? said that it might Mathews Mathews Selikoff Selikoff that ot useful useful for people twenty or a 5 might the trade have have thirty in months every months months every every they Dr. Selikoff Selikoff Larry Graham Could will have effect upon amount your office Yes wii] scarring scarring that place . Most Pulmonary Function office Dr. Cowie if will will weal, me are within cells there there is Measurements you will recall the ox- of fibers scraping scraping as such In fact chemical suggestion a 6 month ex- SIPs interval processes perhaps perhaps even more processes be impor device we also have to blow into this can amination interval was was those coverers pipe pipe processes seem the do it as hard as we had had history years the trade physical production lung lung scarring So production What Dr. Selikoff Selikoff purpose of this who smoking Young history cigarettu cigarettu need not so So you can exercise exercise you signed Selikoff That instrument de- de- examinations fellows often So only long as you don't overdo it can a. 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What Type extra lungs ta pump who have great difficulty breathing other home Do We Change The Law Line? What Type Rays ? have normal X rays Unidentified times people no breathing breathing can What these that taken have difficulty terrible rays We We so done change change the laws Canada Canada Canad. 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Province given to me Forty Insulations Inc. 1923-1973 A Biography of a Young Company The company was founded 50 years ago by Louis Weber to manufacture the first plastic insulation in- sulating cement At that time the only insulating fibers produced were rock wools from a basic raw material of argillaceous limestone Mr. Weber found the fibers produced from lead and copper slag would not disintegrate in water and would withstand hgher temperatures than rock wool He started the company with one product a mixture of copper slag fibers with clay binders a product he named Weber's 48 Cement because 100 pounds would cover 48 board fect Since that time FORTY continued to in- novate to anticipate and serve the needs of the market for thermal insulating materials In the 1930's it produced the first or one of the first high tem- mineral wool block insulations to compete perature with 85 magnesia and diatomaceous earth blocks produced Subsequently in the 1940's it The The The both build- company ccoommppaannyy in con- concon- junction felts for with Magic Chef made some home appliances Prior to that of the first time stoves and refrigerators were insulated by stuffing loose wool in the doors around the ovens and in the refrigerator boxboexses In first the late machine 1940's feited FORTY introduced the metal mesh blanket insulations and in the early 1950's was the first or among the first to manufacture batts and blankets with an aluminum foil vapor barrier Later in the 50's the felted metal mesh blanket was further developed and modified for use as pipe insulation In the waterwall this period between 1945 and 1955 boiler was introduced and FORTY- EIGHT was the first to provide intermediate tem- perature insulation batts for steam electric power generators to replace the more costly and more la- bor intensive block specified in the earlier days of spaced tubes with refractory back In the 1960's and in 1970 and 1971 FORTY- EIGHT introduced MF PIPE INSULATION and 1200 BLOCK both of which had advantages of lower material and application costs reduced ship- ping and warehousing costs with advantages 100 of the elimination of the asbestos hazard and superior noise reduction properties FORTY has consistently supported na- tional and regional independent insulation con- distributor associations and will continue to do so as a part of an industry which serves the public's newest priorities for energy conservation for air and water pollution abatement for a healthier and safer work environment and for better values for its customers Calendar of Coming Events JUNE 18-19 1973 SEICA Annual Spring Mecting Table Trade Show HOLIDAY DOWNTOWN INN Myrtle Beach South Carolina SEPTEMBER 12-16 1973 TIAC Annual Conference THE SHERATON Niagara Falls Ontario OCTOBER 1-2 1973 SEICA Annual Fail Meeting WAYNESVILLE COUNTRY Waynesville South Carolina Carolina CLUB INN JUNE 1973 OCTOBER 3-5 1973 EASICA Fall Meeting 1973 The Washingtonian Gaithersburg Maryland OCTOBER 12-13 1973 WICA Annual Meeting Del Coronado Hotel Coronado California OCTOBER 14-17 1973 NICA's 18th Annual Convention DEL CORONADO HOTEL Coronado California 39 JOBS & HEALTH Continued from page 26 nized water The water is used for electrical generation and electronics manufacture among other uses propiolactone is used to sterilize tissue grafts and vaccines and also is used in producing acrylates Dichlorobenzidine is widely used to prepare pigment colors The pigments in turn are used for inks in strips everything from the Sunday morning comic and advertising supplements to the highest quality magazines the producers say naphthylamine is apparently a very ubiquitous compound says D. J. Carney Vice President for research of U.S. Steel Corporation It has been reported in coal products in cigaret conden- sate and in flue gases of industrial boilers Therefore it would appear likely that it would be present in many organic mixtures which have been subjected to high temperatures Wide Exposure According to the petitioners posed to the chemicals include workers possibly exequipment operators ers who clean plants and laundry workers who clean a em clothes might be involved Other workers process the gi Ber materials into dyes rubber antioxidants and phar- maceuticals new discoveries suggest exposures may even be much wider Some manufacturers are sccking substitutes for the carcinogens Celanese Corporation for instance will close its betapropiolactone plant at Pampa Texas by the end of the year and switch to another material made in a new 30 million facility Synalloy Cor- year ago at an Augusta Georgia plant it had ac- quired in 1967 " We had never had any case of official seemed says a Synalloy heavy that Bur evidence the evieviddence ence carcinogen " He adds to : There was just no way we could manufacture the product and handle it and put it into some other products without some limited exposure NICA WE'RE CELEBRATING nae TOGETHER FORTY FORTY INSULATIONS INC - 50TH AURORA ILLINOIS JUNE 1973 Some Other Arguments Control of carcinogens raises several side arguments One company asserts the union's proposed ban on exposure would make it extremely difficult to conduct the highly desirable carcinogenic investigations of potentially new and valuable medicinal compounds Another argument was that if the regulations are adopted they should give employers the right to relate a worker's job assignment to his smoking habits Because cigaret smoking and occupational exposure to asbestos may be related in causing cancer an employer should have the right to transfer away from carcinogens any worker who smokes Companies have been worrying about carcinogens for years Until 1968 one firm only assigned men with prior exposure to plants where carcinogen was produced rather than risk unnecessary exposure to new workmen But the regulations sought now would require the transter at equal pay and seniority of a worker showing urinary tract symptoms of exposure to carcinogens Because cancer from carcinogens often takes 15 to 20 years to develop after exposure transfers might be required even years after the Labor Department establishes standards for handling the chemicals 16 FEDERAL DEFICITS IN 20 YEARS The deficit for the 1973 fiscal year is predicted to exceed the 30 billion mark The Federal Govern- ment has actually operated at a deficit in v out of the last 20 years Can you imagine that it takes all of the tax revenues of American taxpayers earning less than 10,000 in adjusted gross income just to pay the annual interest on the Federal From Federal Spending Control a slide presentation of the Cham- ber of Commerce of the United States lh ne te emer THE RESPONSIBILITY OF BUSINESS Business in the future will have to manage every dollar of expense and debt with greater care and in- genuity than ever before Business will have to answer responsibility to the insistent demands of the public for corporate citizenship Business will have to convert the U.S. into the world center of high technology with the developing countries doing more of the manufacturing And business will have to lead in making equality of opportunity a reality within its borders Cummins En- J. gine Company Common sense is really quite uncommon 49 Rn ae ANNE LOS CERAMOSPRAY ASBESTOS FREE High Temperature sprayed FIBER INSULATION In Every Important Category CERAMOSPRAY has demonstrated on the job Superiority Applied Costs - Low > Thermal Conductivity Low Flame Spread - Low @ Mechanical Support MinimUM No Health Hazard * Tested by Jefferson Medical College a Application Dust Overspray - Low Resistance to Weather - Excellent Resistance to Contraction Excellent Resistance to Expansion Excellent Resistance to Thermal Shock Excellent Resistance to IV.F.P Has U.L. Label CERAMOSPRAY SPRAYED FIBER INSULATIONS have the highest use limits of many sprayed moer insulations and have been applied as thermal insulation to many areas where the temperature exceeds 2000 BLENDS have been tested and used by utribes refineries CERAMOSPRAY and specifying agencies They have been approved for use by many turbine . manufacturers and boiler manufacturers CENAMOSPRAY PRODUCTS are ideal for Power Stations Marine Boilers Chemical Process Plants Refineries Metallurgical Plants Industrial Heating Units and wherever critically efficient insulation is needed each chemical instead of the blanket order the petition seeks covering 10 carcinogens Some companies insist workers already are protected adequately As the federal safety law already permits the department to block identified health hazards the Health Education and Welfare Department's Department's Na- tional Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recommended a permit system for manufacturers that's similar to a plan used in Pennsylvania In that state manufacturers must have a permit to manufac- Some companies question whether laboratory CX- periments on animals prove the chemicals chemicals are dan- gerous gerous to humans The Benzidine Task Force of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers Associaton asserts that workers are adequately protected a an ndd that trol measures prevent excludes substances in less by weight Great exposures The law however which a carcinogen is % or Britain India and the Soviet Union have regulated carcinogens the proposed rules would close plants and put workers proposed out of jobs And the group's comment adds if rumors do occur they are removed long before malignancy to the carcinogens contrast toto the asbestos standard which permits some exposure peation urges virtual lifetime health monitoring of workers who is expected to develop. scek a total ban on exposure to may have been exposed Some medical records would Manufacturing processes ( The petitioners to establish a safe be kept for at least 40 years ; carcinogens It is really impossible would be constantly monitored To the dismay of threshold for a carcinogen insists Dr. Sidney Wolfe executives unions would have wide access to company Director of the Health Research Group Every year ! and more evidence that smaller and health records i _ brings more While the carcinogens generally smailer doses still cause cancer used Benzidine names some are widely a High Priority naphtylamine are starting materials for many syne Adminis- of some some sort are almost a certainty Regulations asked for comment on total approximately 14 million a year When the Labor Department Chain Robbins Administra- chloromethyl ether is an unavoidable product ether in turn used | the emergency petition and Health in the production of chloromethyl tor of the Occupational Safety make resins for production of quality deio- tration said We have established a high priority on to Continued on page setting standards for these substances And last July NICA OUTLOCK 26 JOBS AND HEALTH A reprint from the Wall Street Journal . / 2 " The labor department is wrestling with its toughest health problem yet occupational cancer It's clear from evidence the department has gath- ered that -A number of chemicals and other substances some widely used in industry can cause cancer Many workers in manufacturing plants continue to be exposed to these chemicals -The risks of such exposure are persuading some companies to check workers more carefully for the first signs of health problems and other concerns are abandoning the manufacture use of causing chemicals Nonetheless the department thus far has issued a standard for handling only one causing substance or carcinogen And the delay in issuing other standards particularly for a group of key chemicals is dismaying union officials and health researchers who assert workers lives are being sacri- ficed Each passing workday without regulatory intervention increases the number of employees who will be effectively exposed to these chemicals and who subsequently may develop cancer assert the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union and the Health Research Group a Washington team associated with Ralph Nader Acton Possible This Monik The two groups in late December petitioned the Labor Department to temporarily ban companies from letting workers come in contact with any of 10 chemical chemical carcinogens Federal law permits ban ban or standard cases in cases of "grave grave grave danger danger a temporary to workers The The The proposal if adopted would constitute the most Write or Call for information Moisture and Vapor Barrier Compounds Protects insulation @ corrosive retardant LION El OIL COMPANY 1.on Oil Building Dorado Arkanses 71730 JUNE 1973 reaching health action yet taken by the federal government The temporary ban would be replaced within six months with permanent standards reflecting studies made during the ban Several other labor groups including the AFL- CIO's Industrial Union Department have endorsed the carcinogen petition Labor Department officials insist they recognize the threat and hint they'll probably act this month Our purpose is to prevent We don't want to count the that bodies first says one specialist But he stresses that drafting standards for carcinogens is far more compli- cated than say writing specifications for over bars on heavy equipment In the occupational area the scientific and job accidents cause 14,000 deaths a year perhaps 100,000 persons die annually from occupationally caused discases The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has identified 8,000 toxic substances capable of harming man and many more are under study It is particularly difficult to act standards for cancausing chemicals Researchers aren't always sure how or why the carcinogens cause cancer They often don't know what difference the length or amount of exposure makes How Do We Mozitor Even where the scientific data are clear department officials argue totul protection can never be achieved because test instruments can't be decide how do we monitor to make sure peo- Chief ple are being protected says John P. ONeili ONeili Chief Chief Chief Chief Chief of the division of Occupational Health Standards at the Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration What do we do about medical surveillance Questions here include how often lung or urine tests should be made and whether standards should require painful direct examination of the bladder when cancer is feared Workers might balk at such a procedure some researchers argue While some workers complain that the department is moving too slowly some executives fear the carcinogen standards will be too stringent and too hastily drafted Most companies that have submitted comments to the department concede some regulations may be appropriate But they prefer a separate making for 25