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FILENAME: Flintkote (FLK) DATE: 1969 - 1977 DOC#: FLK081 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Multiple Documents Jt m m m M DRAHT.. Mr. Ralph McCreary C-S Refractories Port Xennedy, Pa. I?h63 January 27, I969 Dear Mr. iicCreary: This will refer to our telephone conversation relative to your question concerning the possibility of asbestosis being induced due to the use of a fibrated asphalt eaulsion such as roarWeatherhote. It has been asserted, and bached by sene nedical experience, that asbestosis, a lung condition, nay be associated with inhaling substantial concentrations of airborne asbestos dust over long periods of tine, usually a good naay years. Since the asbestos fiber in Weathersote is embodied in a vet asphalt systen, the anount of free asbestos fiber dust is negligible, and cannot be considered a lung health hazard to the handler, applicator or user of Veathericte based on any nedical evidence available up to the present tine. Yours very truly, w^ Derry H.P. 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Dcnacn* la r ta o tr la l j IM sm rr, n i x t i t o t o p a a r a u s l m e*retrala s Iba pnorlb1H f.y o f h o tn rlB t a l a s ifltftrod dao t o tjj w It b u beu aab o stcsU , stsstlol of ta, "`iTuf'ii Ti ifii" l a ffinodiod l a o fre o u t u t o Lb * r d s a t l a n o s llg ib le , o Isas b o e lti hatnrd to tbo hoedlor, applicator or boto" booed Toon M y tru ly , S?BC:tefa a u to r X. b o a r Safety ]*aoser e s: Sr* J e a n * feda - A o t Bathoxtfaxd S r. VJ L itariceeco b i t Botbcrfard S r. C*2. > tr s j - b a t te t harfard S r. S .P . Santoor - ab ito P iolas Soto ca a l l carico copio: The F l x n t k g t e C o .m p a .n t INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE TOt John Parker - Rutherford ujcti mo* Walter N. Knorr White Plains BATKi Asbestos Dust Survey East Rutherford June 29, 1971 John: Attached is a copy of Kr. Leon Horowitz's report as a result of his survey on asbestos dust conditions at the Rutherford plant. Please note that Mr. Horowit2 makes three recommendations as a result of this survey, however, only two deal directly with asbestos dust. Based on the exposure being intermittent, use of D. S. Bureau of Mines respirators approved for use with asbestos and silica dusts, should be worn by those operators dumping these materials into mixers. It should be noted, however, that if the operation becomes something more than inter mittent exposure, proper exhaust ventilation should be installed to adequately maintain dust concentrations below the threshold limit values. Please review these recommendations with plant management and ascertain that proper protective .-equipment is being used whenever the subject operations are being performed. W N K :ah !-- Enclosure .. ' cc: W. H. Mortonson - Rutherford J. Guepet - Rutherford H. P Heubner - White Plains i.: T he F l in t k o t e c o m p a n y INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE TO: Mr. M. L. Johnson - Rutherford Mr. J. C. Earkness- Rutherford SUBJECT: Asbestos Standard Mr. H. Taylor - Ravenna Mr. W. Harvey - 5500 Alameda Street FROM: Walter N. Knorr White Plains DATE: June 7, 1972 The emergency asbestos standard promulgated on December 27. 1971 is being replaced by a new OESA Standard on asbestos which was announcement by the Labor Department yesterday, June 6th and which will limit concentrations of asbestos to two fibers per cubic centimeter of air b y July 1, 1976. The new regulations require monitoring and recordkeeping to go into effect on July 7, 1972 at a limit of five fibers until July 1, 1976 when the limit of two fibers will be used. Attached is a copy of the announcement as it appeared in the Journal of Commerce this morning outlining the pro visions of the standard. As additional information is received in this office, it will be distributed to you immediately so that all may be apprised of the effect of the standard. WNK.-rp Attachment cc : Mr. U S. Barrois i# -- .O**i ^^ - New Orleans -- -7- : V 4.. Mr. R. J. Scyrr.ar.ski - Chicago Heights Mr. W. Carl - Ravenna Mr. *X3* A . Dalik - Orangeburg Mr. N. Davis - Chillicothe Mr. J. Parker - White Plains Mr. A. .Hooker - white Plains Mr. J. Fogarty - White Plains Mr. J. Stal - white Plains / V V. i (Wen1 orth A v e .) g m U K TlF F -S EXHUMT^, i HCO*t*sja. ! 4r-(3L- /- - o O Union-Industry Compromise NewOSHAStandard On Asbestos Is Set By LEAH YOUNG Jooraal ( Commerce Staff WASHINGTON. June E The Labor Department today announced a new national aUncUrd of asbestos that would limit concentrations to two fibers per cubic centime ter o.' air ov Juiv I, 197S. The new standard is a com* promise between union de mands of zero fibers per cubic centimeter to saf eyuard labor ers health and industry' prefer ence ior the current tempora ry standard of five fibers per cubic centimeter of air. The asbestos standard has been one of the toughest prob lems before the Occupational Safety and Health Administn o o n (OSHA). Recent medi cal findings have linked long term exposure to asbestos . with large increases in lung diseases and cancer. The new OSHA standard an nounced today by Assistant ' Labor Secretary George Guen ther also establishes a ceiling eoneentntion of 10 fibers not to b exceeded at any tm e .' 7>>e new regulations require compliance m onionng and record keeping sections of the rule to go into effect Juiv 7 of trus year ever, mourn the- re- dTcttor. trorr. five libers to 2 wu. ur.p;- Ju:y L ists. Compliance regulations re quire "feasible fechrvoKipcal cocdroia anc 1 TM j r-. -tte-w'iTf praccce's'" The ' regulation makes it dear that rotation of employes to reduce their ex posure is alioved only m "ex ceptional circumstances." The new OSHA regulation also wili no: allow err.oipvers to m v 0.1 personai protective eguipment._sucn _as_ respira- tors. U rteiv because ciev are uncomfortable. "The rtanoard indudes re quirements that: L Hand tools that may pro duce asbestos fibers in excess of the bmits be provided with local exhaust ventilation sys tems. 1 1 must be bandied and wnrred w-ir m a wet state u n.m m ; wouia dinvi.ttsr -** usetumecr ot the "j7 N o tsocsloa oemer.t. mor tar. coating. grout, plaster, or other msier.ai* can be re. ~~ed fo m h-'ro.nf bars without being either wetted. eccioteg or ver.giatea. 4. _ Where respirators are permitted they must be se lected from among the types approved by the Bureau of Mines or the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). 5. The employer must pr> vide -ar:s recuire- me use oi SPttTSl protective ciothmg. change rooms. ana t w o sept- ' rate looters ior me em ploye's street snd work ciolnei. 6. Waste" m-k. beToTiected i sealed intermedal bags. ' Employers must establish kionitonng systems to make (certain that employe exposure (to asbestos fibers is below the prescribed limits. Momtonng must be at inter- vals no longer than six months and employe representatives i must have the rtgnt to observe the monitoring and to have ac cess to the records. Wamiag signs and caution labels must, be affixed to att raw materials containing a s-' 4 bestos unless they have been modified by a bonding agent that would prevent release of concentrations above the legal limits. The employer is instructed under the standard to provide medical exarr.-tauoj lor em ployes. ?.ecords cf these ex aminations must b* r *a.lred *0 ?* Uast year*. a n o tn e contents ot une records are to be mace available to OSHA or NIOSH eonsuium i. to empioy. t% or lorrr.er employes, or their physicians. THE JOURNAL OF COMMERCE, Wednesday, June 7, 1972 2 FIBERS In last month's OUTLOOK (page 6), wc reported on NICA's efforts to be on the Asbestos Standards 'Committee, and our reported failure to do so. We told you of the many meetings attended by repre sentatives of NICA in Washington, New York and Pittsburgh, and plans to protest the criteria at the public hearing on Mareh 14-17 at the Labor Depart ment with the Honorable Arthur Goldberg as the hearing examiner. We also sent all NTCA Members a copy of the Criteria for recommended standards . . . "Occupational Exposure to Asbestos"'. Spence Royer, at the public hearing, made the fol lowing excellent presentation on the financial cost to an average insulation contractor if the criteria is adopted as written. Mr. Goldberg and members of the Advisory Com mittee on asbestos standards, my name, is J. Spencer Royer and I am here to represent the National Insula tion Contractors Association and approximately 1,000 small insulation contractors and fabricators around the country. 1 am President of the Young Sales Corpora tion with headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. My company engages in die fabrication and application of thermal insulation and other materials which contain asbestos fiber. I'm no neophyte in this business, hav ing been in it for 2" years. Let me present a picture tc you gentlemen which I'm sure you haven't, considered. Insulation contracting in the United States is a 5600.000. 000.00 per year business; however, the average contractor has annua! sales of only S600.000. Net profit after taxes averages 29c of the sale or 5 12.000. 00 per contractor per year. Using figures developed by a number of other contractors from various parts of the country and my self, we computed the additional cost resulting from the proposed asbestos dust standards will amount to 5124.000. 00 per contractor per year, or more than 10 times his net earnings. It Is obvious that unicss this additional cost can be passed on to the customer .which, in many cases is a Federally funded project, it will be impossible for the small insulation contractor to survive. You must be made aware also that every contrac tor has a backlog of tm.rempletcd work as a fixed price, with specific material and specifications. It will be impossible, in most instances, to pass this added 6 cost on to the .customer since these contracts were consummated prior to publication of the proposed regulation. You may be wondering, gentlemen, how we ar rived at the S I34.000.00 additional cost per year to the average contractor. First, we based the analysis on 255 of our total man hours being employed using materials containing asbestos. We then broke down the additional costs by categories as specified in the proposed regulation. These categories included: 1. Monitoring 2. Physical examinations 3. Respirators 4. Worker placement 5. Dust collectors 6. Vacuum cleaning 7. Warning signs 8. Protective clothing The time which will be lost on the job. both in executing the tests and in trying to carry out the stipulations of the regulation as proposed is staggering. ies%. We estimate that our labor costs will be increased The main issue so far as the contractor is con cerned is how will he be able to pay these additional costs anc still remain in business. In my opinion, many of them won't be abie tc absorb it. We urge you to reconsider the prepcstd Asbestos Dust Standard as published in the Federal Register on Wednesday, December 7, 1971; the h i OSH Cri teria Package; and the Asbestos Advisory Committee recommendations. We, as contractors, are just as interested as you in seeing that cur employees work under safe condi tions but we request that further investigation and evaluation be made to initiate more practical stand ards that will provide protection to our people but that will not put us out of business. CllfT Schccklcr first gave a broad picture of the cost of the insulation contractor with the following presentation: I am Clifford L. Shcckler, Chairman of the Safety and Health Committee. National Insulation Manu facturers Association. 1 am appearing before you today, along with Mr. Spence Royer, representing the National Insulation Manufacturers Association and the National Insulation Contractors Association. The membership of both Associations wish to ex- nica oiiTirnw press opposition to the propfc--j s standard for asbestos dust as published in the Fdrai Register, Wednes day, January 12, 1972. Also, we wish to express our opposition to the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on asbestos dust, and the National Insti tute for Occupational Safety and Health criteria docu ment. The National Insulation Manufacturers Associa tion represents the manufacturers of Thermal Insula tion products in the United States. The National In sulation Contractors Association represents the major Thermal Mechanical Insulation Contractors encased in both the construction and shipbuilding industries throughout the United States. ' Our comments will be directed specifically to the application of asbestos containing insulation products and not to the manufacturing of such products. The construction and shipbuilding work currently underway by our Thermal Mechanical Insulation In dustry is being done under both government and pri vate contracts. Federally funded contracts involve of fice buildings, hospitals, schools, libraries, missile fa cilities, defense projects, dams, 3irpon facilities, rapid transit systems, low runt housing, military housing, air and water pollution projects, shipbuilding and ship repairing for the U.S. Navy-- Coast Guard--Mer chant Marine and Army. Private funded contracts include office buildings, hoteis, theatres, refineries, power generating plants, chemical plants, other types of industrial plants, hous ing, University buildings, hospitals, and others. We, in the thermal mechanical insulation construc tion industry, excluding the manufacturing of insula tion products, and considering only the installation of this material dircc'V involve approximately 0.000 job opportunities in the United States. This industry represents an approximate $700 mil lion gross volume of business annually. Our industry is ccmnrised of over 1000 contrac tors. Most of these contractors are small businessmen spread throughout the'United States. Mr. Rove:, who is here with me today, is one of the small business men who will present you with his shews. Our opposition to the asbestos dust standards are based or, the fact that rhev arc neither reasonable. MOLD Tilt TtSST 3 W--AT fXSTS VEP.M/N PROOFED USED NATIONALLY BY THE INDUSTRY WAREHOUSES IN PRINCIPAL CITIES ARTHUR S. HOYT CO., INC. 59 RUSAIEM AVE. - HICKJVtlU. H.Y. I t t B l E practical, ici.L J., or economically sound. Much of the information for establishing the proposed asbestos dust standards, the NIOSH criteria package, and the Advisory Committee's recommendations, was gathered from experience in this Thermal Mechanical Insula tion Industry. Let us review the course of events concerning the threshold limit value for asbestos dust over the past few years. In 1970 the American Conference of Gov ernmental Industrial Hygienists Threshold Limit Value for Asbestos Dust was published at 5 million particles per cubic foot of air as measured with the impingcr method. We were able to work with this standard. At that time the majority of State Departments of Labor and Health maintained the same Asbestos Threshold Limit Value. In December 1970, the Occupational Safety and Health Act became law. In 1971, the first set of safety and health standards became effective. The threshold limit value for asbestos dust then be came to 12 fibres per milliliater greater than 5 microns in length as measured by the membrane filer. Titis industry did not question the reduction of the thresh old limit value from 5 million particles per cubic foot to 12 fibres per milliliter, and the complete change of the method for monnoring asbestos dust, instead, we immediately went to work by introducing new methods, equipment, and materials, to reduce dust levels to within the 12 fibre limit. On December 7, 3971, Emergency Asbestos Dust Standards were published in the Federal Register again reducing the Threshold Limit Value for Asbestos Dust from 12 fibres per milliliter greater than 5 microns in length to 5 fibres per milliliter greater than 5 microns in length. On January 12, 1972, the proposed asbestos dust regulations, with a Threshold Limit Value of 5 fibres, was published in the Federal Regis,:r. Thus, far, in conjunction wnh these proposed rtguiatiens. both NIOSH and the Asbestos Advisory Committee have made recommendations for further recuatior. ci the Threshold Limit Value for asbestos dust to 2 fibres per milliliter greater than 5 nucrcns ,n length. You now have a picture of the inconsistency and un certainty involved in tire establishment of an Asbestos Dust Standard. From 1970 to-date, a period of just over two years, the Threshold Limit Value for asbestos dust has been changed from 5 MPPCF to 12 fibres, then to 5 fibres, with a current recommendation for a 2 fibre level. With each of these Threshold Limit Value changes there have been many other related requirement changes that add to the total confusion, such as, respiratory equipment, dust collection, vacuum clean ing equipment, and others. The change from 5 M PPCr to 12 fibres has been a cosily one. Our in dustry has. with some difficulty, absorbed this cost. We frankly cannot meet the 5 fibre Emergency As bestos Standard as currently effective, nor can we absorb the cost of the Emergency or Proposed As bestos Standard and its related provisions. It is nccd- NiCA OUTLOOK less to say, therefore, that to achieve a 2 fibre stand ard as recommended by the NIOSH Criteria Package and the Asbestos Advisory Committee, is neither practical, feasible, or economically possible. Let's carefully examine the reasoning for the erratic revisions of the Asbestos Threshold Limit Value since 1970. As I have already told you, much of the in formation which contributed to these revisions was gathered from our Thermal Insulation construction in dustry. At its best this information is scanty, incon sistent, incomplete and inaccurate. First of all. I told vou that at the change of Threshold Limit Value from 5 MPPCF to 5 fibres per milliliter, there was also a chance in the method for monitoring asbestos dust from the standard or midget impinger to the mem brane filter. There is absolutely no method for cor relation between the asbestos dust counts determined by monitoring with the impinger as compared to the membrane filter. It is. therefore, impossible to com pare the exposure levels in terms of numbers of fibres per milliliter greater than 5 microns in lenph with numbers of particles of total dust when using the impingcr method. It must be recognized that the impinger method included particulate matter other than asbestos fibre. Physical examinations on a par: of the work force installing thermal insulation materials have been con ducted. The disease involvement determined by these physical examinations has been reiated to the- present day asbestos fibre exposure as monitored by the milaporc filter method. These factors can not be com pared or related. Also, based on supposition and as sumption, it was concluded that the exposure levels of men working in construction and shipbuilding before, during, and subsequent to World War II were 3t the same levels of exposure as is a worker engaged in simitar activities today. This hypothesis is uot true. The types of materials have changed, the percentage of asbestos contained in thermal insulation products has been reduced, the method of installation has changed, and fabrication equipment has changed. Each of these changes since the early 19-iO's has contributed in the reduction of oust levels. It,is. therefore, illogical to compare disease occurrences which resuited from exposure from 20-30 years ago with dust levels moni tored on construction sites within the last several years. It is also illogical to compare our American in dustry with that of foreign countries. As 1 said, we have withstood tire change from 5 million panicles per cubic foot of air to 12 fibres based on insufficient information gathered from small segments of the industry. Although there was no fur ther input of pertinent information, again, based on supposition and assumption, the level was then reduced from 12 fibres to 5 fibres. Now. still based on sup position and a^sumniton, with r.o further information available, both NIOSH and .the Asbestos Advisory Committee are recommending a reduction to 2 fibres. Vv'nllo these reductions in :hr~Thrcsbold Limit Value X* A V 1 C - T - O' have been readily''Trthcoming. the proposed regula tions, NIOSH Criteria Package, and the A.sbestcs Ad visory Committee recommendations are compctely void of any references to prohibiting or restricting workers who are habitual cigarette smokers from working with products containing asbestos fibre. The same studies, upon which much of the emphasis has been placed concerning the reduction of the Threshold Limit Value, also demonstrate drastic effects of cigarrette smoking when associated with the pulmonary disease, Asbestosis. As I told you, we have not achieved the level of 5 fibres. We arc making a decided effort to do this. We have problems unique to the construction industry in attempting to comply with the proposed asbestos standards. I am not at this time going to review all of the minute problems involved in the application of these standards, instead, I am going to speak to the economics of achieving this proposed standard of 5 fibres per milliliter 5 microns and greater in length as published in the Federal Register January 12, 1972. We feel, with the economic impact that this regula tion will have on the Federal Office of Budget Man agement. other Federal agencies, including the Armed Services, and on private enterprise, it is worthy of very careful consideration by the Federal Department of Labor. We brought together a number of the foremost con tractors in the Thermal Mechanical Insulation Industry L\ I>'' Hi! Hill). U- Fy.n;I* Ihi- ;i{rw m 1 ...: INSULATION PIPING - FITTINGS - VESSELS Comoletc Line Zeston'' P. V. C. Fining Coven-- Jacn e t ing--Heat Transfer Compouno-ins;a-Fca t, Proth P a k ''- G a s c o "Humoed" Aluminum 5.11 Covers--vao-'-wrao we fh o u c h f you KhJSW w J w e hoc a self seclina LA?. We hove furnisned it for yeors. We seve you money in other wevs too. You will never know till you test us. CALL US STOCKING SERVICE CENTERS - HOME OFFICE - STYRO FABRICATORS, INC. 3S25 Roanoke Road Kansas City. Missouri 64111 Phone 81C-531S1E1 STYRO FABRICATORS. INC. P. 0 Eoi 254 Sandusky, Ohio A4C70 Phone 10-c26-8343 STYRO FABRICATORS. INC P. 0. Box 254 Conyers. Georoia 30207 Pnone 40-t83-4133 0 V ' { your insulation mechanic is still working in diapers , or playing in mud, 3 J i i A < V': ' 'r.__ A/hy net: t r y 8 Fitro in c - o v e r s a n a wtOcrw *vC 1 w r 'ho only complse* a n sw o r to m oBtof 'our ritping insulation problem s. SPEED-LINE MANUFACTURING CO., INC. l n w r T 'J C W OF FITTING INSULATORS U JA Ck ETINS la e t'C * iT orcT " "'i* 1.1. > and together we evaluated the cost of complying with the proposed asbestos regulation. This was accom plished by breaking down the regulation into eacn of its requirements and computing them individually. The requirements were computed individually, included monitoring, based on purchasing the monitoring equipment and having the sampics analyzed at z private laboratory; respirators of the disposable type; physical examinations; dust collection and vacuum cleaning equipment; warning signs; protective cloth ing; and work placement. As a base we used a 100man contracting unit with 2595 of the unit working with asbestos containing products. We computed offjob time and lost time productivity at an average construction worker's rate. The total cost for imple menting a program to comply with the prosopsed As bestos Dust Regulations as published in the January 12, 3972 Federal Register for a 100-man construc tion unit, 25 95 of which worked with asbestos con taining materials, is S795.575.00 direct expenses per year-- S27,7^0.00 administrative expenses per veer, and S I6,700.00 of capita! expenses, therefore, a total for the 100-man unit, with 2595 engaged in work with asbestos containing products, amounts to SS59.S15.00 increased construction expense for the purpose of complying with the proposed Asbestos Dust Regula tion. The breakdown of these figures is:-Costs devel oped for a contractor who employs an average c: 100 field insulation workers. Twenty.five percent of this crew will, on the average, be appiymg materials con taining asbestos fiber and, therefore, will be affected by the proposed standards.*1 INDUSTRY STATISTICS FIELD INSULATION WORKERS 1. Total number applying some asbestos-containing insulation materials ......................................... 2. Total equivalent full time workers applying asbestos-containing materials 0.000 10.000 INDUSTRY CROSS SALES 1. Total-- construction, maintenance and ship building ........... STOO.OOC.OOO 2. Construction only--union and non-union ........................ S570.0CC.000 3. Number of construction firms-- union and non-union ................................ 1000-1200 REMINDER: Under OSttA. report any acci dent resulting in the death of an employee, ot any one :iccident which injures five employees Tins report must be made to your OSHA Arc: Director ;mtl may be made by letter, telegram or phone.  MONITORING g^ipm ent Cost-- S Units Rco/d. S I50 ea......................................... j^'b Expense--2 samples/day/cmployce (? S50 ea............................ dmin. Expense-- 1 full lime employee to perform monitoring, take samples to lab, handle respirator program, etc............................... Lost productivity-- 5 7o ........................................................................... respirators Tlirow-away Type-- S1.50/day/emp!oyee ............................................. Fitting o*f Respirators-- 10 min./day/employee .................................. A d m in . Exp.--purchasing, inventory control & delivery expense of respirators ............................................................................................... Reduced Productivity-- 105p ................................................................... Maintenance of positive pressure respirators ........................................ PHYSICAL EXAMINATIONS Examination Cost-- S I50.00 ea. x 25 men ........................................... (Although exam, proposed even' 2 yrs. by Advisory Comm, for employees with less than 10 yrs. exposure, more than 25 men will require exam, due to involvement w/nsbestos-cor.taining mils.) Administration-- recording keeping, etc. S25 e a . .................................. OS-job time-- 1 day x 25 men x SSO/day ..................................... WORKER PLACEMENT "Re-assignment o; workers who art unable to use respirators due to cold, etc.--2 hrs./day x S 10.00 ........................................... .......... EQUIPMENT COSTS Tables (perforated) w / dust collectors 10 (? S350 ea........................ Dust collectors for band saws (* S3,000 ea..................................... Vacuum cleaners 10 (. S30G ta ............................................................. Ventilation equip, w/dust colleetor 1 (* S3,000 ea............................ Maintenance, '.dig. operating cos; ............ ........................................ Admin, cost ........................................................................... .'.... WARNING SIGNS Cos; of signs S.25 ea. x 2500 ............................................................... Posting removing 10 min./day/employee .................................... PROTECTIVE CLOTHING-- (Res. by Advisory Comm.) Cos: of clothing-- tht - awny type S3.00 ea. x 25 workers x 250 days Issue L disposal ..................................................................................... Los: time 10 min./day/empioyee ......................................................... Cos; Summary" TOTAL ................................................................... Net included--cost to isolate work areas or additional costs to provide spe cial handimp of scrap removal. To obtain the total impact of those cost increases we must multiply cos; figures above by 400 since this analysis based upon 25 full time ctnpl. applying asbestos containing materials is 10,000 in total industrv-- !0.0;>0 ` - 53- = 400 - Total Industry Impact >*sv >07d ..................................................................... O Capital Items S Annua! Expense hems Admin. S sDirect 1,200 625,000 . 25,000 25.000 1,500 (Incl. in maint cost of equip.) 9,375 10.000 50,000 3,750 _ 625 2,000 5,000 3,500 6,000 3,000 3,000 Incl. in admin. exp. unde: Monitoring 25,030 625 10,000 S 16,700 S 27,750 S IS,750 1,500 10,000 795,375 S6.6S0.000 S 11,100,000 S3 IS. 150.000 This represents an increased labor cost of 16S9e ' that must be passed on to the customer in order for a contractor to survive. The customer, in many in* stances, is the Federal Government and the Office of Budget Management. Considering the inadequacy of medical and scientific research information concern ing safe exposure levels of asbestos dust, unu *also considering the supposition and assumption on which the proposed Threshold Limit Value is based, it is difficult to imagine a justification for the economic stress this regulation will place upon the construction industry, Federal Government, and private enterprise. We respectfully urge the Secretary of Labor to: 1. Reinstate the Thrr.hoid Limit VaJuc for Asbes tos Dust at 12 fibres per milliliter 5 microns or greater in length, for an interim period. 2. To initiate a comprehensive epidemiological study of the entire asbestos industry as it exists in tlie United States: and to determine not only the effects of asbestos but also asbestos associated with other aiibone contaminants and cigarette smoking. 3. To provide adequate lead time prior to the ef fective date of reduction of any Threshold Lim itValue in order that the construction industry, operating on fixed contracts, can cope econom ically with the increased costs that such a re duction will create. 4. To provide definitive information concerning the specific rccuiremeiS of regulations. 5. Provide our trade associations with representa tion on future Study and Advisory Committees. We, representing the construction industry, have been moving forward to provide safety and health informa tion and implement safer working-conditions. We in tend to continue anc aeetiera.'e this program, k is our desire to provide every possible protection for our peepit. Thank you for the opportunity of appearing a: this public hearing today. Al Scltinnerer from the West Coast also made a fine presentation, as follows: 1 am Albert D. Schinncrcr of Portland. Oregon, and am an employer trustee of the Asbestos Workers YOUR INSULATION CONTRACTOR'S SERVICE CENTER AU TYPES OP CANVAS PONCHO PREMOlCED FIBERGLAS FITTINGS PRE-SIZED H.P. t C.P. FIBERGLAS CLOTH PRESSURE SENSITIVE H.P. t C.P. FIBERGLAS TAPES ROU-ON CORNER BEAD FIBERGLAS SCRIM-BLACK OR WHITE All SPEC. FIBERGLAS MATERIALS ' GREAT LAKES TEXTILES, INC. 13229 SHAW AVE., CLEVELAND, OHIO 44112 (216) 268-3502 Western States Occupational Health Plan. This occu pational health plan is operated for the benefit of our construction industry. Our contractual consultant States and specifically includes all of the twelve ( 12) most western of the continental states. Our plan was funded in 1967 and on June S, 1967, the trustees resolved to begin working with Drs. Clark Cooper and Irving Tabcrshaw of the School of Public Health at the University of California for the purpose of minimizing asbestos and other related problems in our construction industry. Our contractual consultant service now operates under the name of TabershawCooper Associates and is well recognized in the oc cupational health field. I give this history so that you will know we represent 5 years of demonstrated concern about occupational health and are not novirrs on the subject of asbestos. At this time I want to point out that the name "Asbestos Worker" is a misnomer when applied to the construction industry insulator and has been so for some years. Materials that are involved in much of the applied work today don't contain asbestos. Therefore we generally don't have a situation where the worker is continually exposed to asbestos-bearing products week after week or year after year. In a 196S paper prepared for the Second Interna tiona! conference on the Biological Effects ot Asbestos at Dresden. Germany, Dr. Clark Cooper and Leroy Ba'.zer made a then current estimate on their observa tion of the insulator's time spent on work involving the use of asbestos-bearing materials and placed it a; 4591. That study is 4 years old and now we use a$bestos-free cements and asbcsios-irct spray material, just ta name two subsequent material change1.. With respect to the proposed Standard 1910.93 a. for exposure to asbestos dust. I have great concern for the practical implementation of the standard m our construction industry. In construction, an -mploycr often has a few pecpic here and a lew people there and you can multiply this for the number of.jobs he is currently doing, generally over a large geoeraohicai territory. To monitor each of these jobs where some asbestos-bearing product is specified for installation at the proper timo period is likely an impossible task for any of our contractors. I want to go a step fur ther to say that it is unrcaiistic to expect that in dividual construction employers have the monitonnz expertise required and, further, many don't even have the resources to acquire it. Tnbcrshnw-Coopcr Associates have surveyed in the field a number of jobs in the Western States jurisdic tion and have monitored for asbestos dust the various activities that the insulator performs when he handles asbestos-beuring products. From this they have been able to make some conclusions on what could be a hazardous activity and what is not a hazardous ac tivity in the course of a day's work. From die studies there have been promulgated some guide iincs for good work practices in the insulation contracting in- 1eHr'S2 S ~--r re . -?***?$*& :y W % % dustry. It is my suggestion L '^ J ^ jd y be given to tfiese (including construction incrustry input) to arrive at construction industry controls for asbestos dust rather than the proposed 5 fiber S-hour time weighted average. I offer my observation that the asbestos dust prob lem today is not "h at it was 30 or 25 years ago 3nd, ia construction, those are the illness cases we see to day. Given a proper amount of time for implemen tation. the industry can do even better. Now, I want to make some comments on other items in the proposed standard. 1. Under paragraph heading (d )-- Particular opera tions and products-- sub-paragraph ( 6) states that asbestos dust shall be removed only by vacuum cleaners. This wording is unnecessarily restric tive and unimaginative fur improvement in'meth ods. Wet cleaning methods should be authorized plus an allowance for other efficient techniques that may be deveioped. 2. Paragraph (c )--Warning Signs I construe this section as applying a: the time respirator use is mandatory. Whan operations are not of hazardous nature, paragraph (c) is not applicable. 3. Paragraph (a )-- Medical Examinations; and (h )-- Records I should like to advise that for employers in the Western States there is by agreement be tween the Western Insulation Contractors' As sociation a t i ^ h e Western States Conference of Asbestos Workers a provision for funding med ical examinations for lung disease surveillance in each local area, in accordance with specifica tions set forth by the trustees of the Western States Occupational Health Plan. This program has been set up at local clinics by TabcrshawCooper Associates and they are prepared to con tinue this program and set the appropriate standards of the examination and the frequency that will provide for the worker's health. I be lieve the above arrangement does meet the ob jective of this part of the Standard. If not, I think it is necessary to revise the wording for the construction industry so that it will. Just one example: NIOSH recommends that prcplacement and ter mination medical examinations be required for every term of employment of asbestos exposed workers. In construction, as the work load shifts from one employer to another in an arra. or from one area to another, it is no: uncommon for a worker in the labor pool to have a halfdozen terms of employment in a single year. It isn't likely, but if each were asbestos exposed that would amount to 12 examinations for one individual. My last comment is in respect to Standard 1910.12 -- Construction Work-- which is not presently pro- Conunucd on page 2 4 1 12 FIBERS, 5 FIBERS, 2 F IB E R S ^ Continued from page 13 Viup pnsd'to'be amended: My request is, however, it the proposed Standard or it the NIOSH Review Committee jjid/or the Advisory Committee on Asbestos Dust recommendations arc adopted, that Section 1910.12 b: revoked and appropriate standards be separately ret for the construction industry in Part 151S. A sim ilar request is made for separate standards for work to be done on ships. Another speaker has already made reference to those special problems.' Dimcnn Ilalln'ay .f Mount Sinai cave an excellent presentation warning that the criteria was badly drawn and too riyid in it> demands. Dr. Holmes from the i Limteti Kingdom also cautioned about setting loo | riciJ a standard. He told the hearing that the United 'AAV 1972 Kingdom's standards d& cglf state a fiber count and that a gray area of from 2*to 12 fibers is acceptable. Dr. Sidney Wolfe of N adir's Health Research Group called asbestos "a classic example of the invisible line between the work place and the environment because a lot of people arc affected who don't even work with the stu ff. The AFL-CIO charged that "the largest epidemic of occupational cancer ever recorded may be affect ing asbestos workers and their families. NIOSH's Dr. William Johnson stated that, "the tip of an iceberg" has only been uncovered on asbestes caused cancer. A representative of th e-Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union asked for a zero exposure level, regardless of the economic cost. 1 4 T h e l it s ' t r o t e C o > e 3 a > t y TO* Mr. John Sz&l r n o * i A. R. Hooker, Jr June 14, 1972 I am attaching for each of you an announcement dated June 12 advising that AIA/NA's next meeting is to be held in New York City on June 22. I will attend the meeting as the Flintkote representative. In the meantime, I would like to call to your attention Pages 2 and 3 of the announcement which state the long range objectives of AIA as well as the principle topics that will be discussed at the forthcoming meeting. I would like to have as much background information as possible concerning the studies that our Corporate Engineering Department have mace in order that I can be as well informed as possible concerning Flintkote1s over all potention problems, costs and ideas regarding the OSKA asbestos regulations. ARE:jo attachment CC: Messrs. J. D. Moran w h attachment W. N. Xnorr 3 Ps_ALsmFr~s Asbestos Invocation Association 22 East Oth Street New York, N. Y. 100*5 {212) 551*8205 June 12, 1972 menea ^ C . -fiO - < 5 t S^Q-S- . C e), AIA/NA MEMBER COMPANIES AIA/NA ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL SUB-COMMITTEE AIA/NA LEGAL COUNSEL James Armstrong - Bencix Corporation E. C. Bratt - H. K. Porter Company, Inc. G. G. Gabrielson, Jr. - Nicolet Industries, Inc. Berna rd Gross - American Bilt Rite Rubber Company J. C. Harkins, Jr. - Congoleum Industries Inc. A. R. Hooker - The Flintkote Company C. A. Neumann --;Kentile Floors Incorporated G. W. Nickel - Armstrong Cork Company J. W. Rawlings - Union Carbide Corporation Cliff ord Seymour - The Carborundum Company Philip Weinstein - Evertex Incorporated G. W. Wright, M.D. - St. L u k e 's Hospital Gentlemen : On June 22, 1972, a special meeting of the Asbestos Information Association/North America will be held in the Biccle Room of the Harvard Club, 27 West 44th Street, New York City. The meeting will begin at 10 A.M. and will, continue through lunch. The purpose of the meeting is to discuss future industry action with regard to the new Federal- Occupational Safety and Health Administration (CSKA) standards on asbestos. Because of the generally reasonable regulations issued by OSKA and the 1976 effective date of the two fiber standard, the asbestos industry may be lured into a false sense of security and consider the OSKA battle to be over. This would be a most serious error to make. If we are to convince OSKA that the two fiber standard and other unfavorable sections of the regulations must be changed, then we must begin now to develop the medical, technical and economic evidence necessary to prove our point. In the introduction to the regulations on page 11318 of the Federal Register, it states: hr At*** AftbcS'0) Cc . A*oc*Oi Co.- CeM**** N'**#Ct* Co*P , jorv\>fcUi*MHC Ciwo.. N>>0A*i C7fw"' Co . Co.. l*K. O r -2 - "In view of the undisputed grave consequences from exposure to asbestos fibers, it is essential that the exposure be regulated now, on the basis of the best evidence availabel now, even though it may not be as good as scientifically desirable. An asbestos standard can be revaluated in the light of the results of ongoing studies, and future studies, but cannot wait for them. Lives of employees are at stake." The regulations can be changed, but it is up to the industry to prove to CSKA that changes are necessary and what those changes should be. It is desirable, therefore, for the AIA/NA to monitor ongoing studies and to encourage and support additional studies as are needed to: 7 // io H a / r-'-- ? < ? / i t 'i 1. Determine as precisely as possible over the next four years a safe numerical standard for the various asbestos-related diseases. 'While much has been accomplished in this area in the past, additional studies are needed. Determine whether one or more varieties of asbestos is more or less hazardous than any other variety. 3. Determine through on-the-job evaluation the technological feasibility of achieving both five and two fibers enroughout the industry. 4. Determine the actual cost to the industry in both dollars and jobs of achieving two and five fibers. C Determine the degree cf reliability cf the membrane filter method as a policing and m o n i toring tool in the asbestos industry. A proposal for an AIA/NA sponsored study in 'this area is presently under consideration. 6 Develop other evidence as required to establish the necessity of additional changes in the regulations as deemed desirable by the industry. In addition to the above, other topics to be covered at the June 22 meeting will include: a. The overall effect on the industry of the new standards. -More- _ 1_ 0 b. Programs of assistance for industry companies and customers to help them comply with the regulations. c. The establishment of a cooperative working relationship with OSHA with regard to the implementation and interpretation of the standards d. 0? The advisability of legal action by the AIA/NA against OSKA, especially in light of (1) the four year effective date of the two fiber standard, (2) the favorable decisions by OSKA on most other industry recommendations (see attached two page summary of OSHA acceptance of industry vs NICSH and Advisory Committee recommendations), (3) the high cost (S30C-500,COO) of such a suit, (4) the slim possibility of success, according to AIA/NA legal counsel, and (5) the adverse effect that such a suit would have on our working relationship with OSKA. With regard to point c. above, the AIA/NA is presently in the process of arranging a meeting with representatives from the standards development and enforcement sections of OSHA to resolve some questions with regard to the interpretation of certain sections of the regulations. If your company has_ any questions of this nature, please let me know as soon as possible so that they may be included on the agenda . for our meeting with CSKA. It is the AIA/NA's intention to establish a continuing crocram of uniform standards A m t e r p ation wicn OSrtn, so m a t incustrv cuestior.s anc iy prcble' ivec at the nicneTt levels m 'shinc.ton.f JV ratherr char, tnreuen 0S7JC regional offices, which may differ 3 Because June 22 soon as able to of the relatively short time remaining before the meeting, we would appreciate hearing from you as possible whether you or a representative will be attend this most important AIA/NA planning meeting Sincerely, ? ? /. 7 f l . M. M. S w e t o n i c _ Executive Secretary Enclosure i.H . r J L l M - l > u i ' K L'UJ 1 INTER-CFFICE CORRESPONDENCE .N V FROM: S. Weiss White Plains DATE: S e p t e m b e r 27, 1972 SU3JECT: OSHA Bulletin #14 Asbestos Dust Hazard. Warning Signs The Asbestos Information Association has mace arrangements to have Asbestos Dust_Kazard warning signs printed. The signs w i l l conxorm'''""CSHA s p e c i f i c s rions c o n t a i n e d in. S t a n d a r d 1910.93 (g)(1) (ii)1 If you wish to obtain the them directly from Mr. A. the White Plains office. warning signs, you can request R.Hooker, Jr. who is l o c a t e d at \^ r \ ^ O ^ \jo - 0 S ~ \ O' c j ? o 'O ^ V v -co _OL_ ohv . .& Co Vo>-0 -- 4 __ o ^ v-- :a . . 'Z f *iHt*Fl-Int-k o t e C o m p a n y } 'E A S T FOTHERRORO, N . J . Inter-0[fice Correspondence re Messrs. from l . Johnson E. A. Opila W. Mortonson L. Sands Chicago Heights Rutherford Chicago Heights (TT) (TT) L. Zizic r . Lozinak N. avis j. Guepet E. Pletcher j. Barrois Chicago Heights (TT) Chicago Heights (LP) Chillicothe Rutherford Plant Pioneer New Orleans f.J. Bartlett Rutherford W. Dickson Rutherford S . Spike j. Sweeney A.-Anticich W. Inversetti r Pioneer New Orleans Chicago Heights (TT) (TT) SUBJECT: DKTEJ a n u a r y 3 0 , 1 5 7 Asbestos Attached for yor information is a letter from the AIA and the Newspap Article referred to in the letter sm Enc. M. L. Johnson I Ii PUAlKm^F'S } ZPi I h/o c> tcse- .7 A sbestos Information Associ2tion/North America 22 East 40th Street -New York. N. Y. 10016 212-689-3378 1- 24-73 DISTRIBUTION: K. Harvey . M- L. Jo h n s o n r E. R. St^inback H. L. Taylor January 17, 1973 I Gentlemen: i c a ' K. C. Carpente A. Sichau S. Weiss Within the past.few weeks, a number of developments have occurred of considerable interest and importance. 1. "The N e w York Times" Sunday magazine section i s planning to run a feature story on asbestos-health in its February 4th issue. The author of the article, Robert Sherrill, a well-known free-lance 'writer, contacted the Association on Friday, Jan uary 5th, a mere week before the deadline for *t3ie completion of the article. Because of his deadline, Sherrill declined numerous invitations f r o m botla the Association and Johns-Manville to meet perso n a lly w i t h -industry representatives and to tour a n asbestos plant. Considerable material was.sent to Sherrill ana conversations totaling perhaps fouzz hours were held with him over the phone. N everthe less, because of the unfortunate late entrance o f . the industry into this matter, it is anticipated! that the article will p r o b a b l y contain m a n y ele ments of a "scare" nature. Sc r 'f i 2. The long delayed Federal Environmental P r o t e c t i o n Agency (IPA) emission standards on asbestos a r e now scheduled to oe'rpuoTished in the Federal R e g i s t e r on or about February loth. Cr. the basis of r e c e n t conversations with ERA officials, it appears libiely that the standards will net be unreasonable and will. not place an undue burden on the asbestos industry. Arrangements are being made to obtain and distribute copies of the Federal Register containing the ET'A standards in th,e same rapid manner as was a c c o m p l i s h e d w i t h the OS HA stanca.'-s last June. 3. The Center for Science in the Public Interest, a R a l p h N acer organization, is planning to publish a 50 page booklet on asbestos-health sometime within the next month. It can be reasonably assumed that the booklet will not be favorable to the industry. Efforts to A 2- date to learn the precise contents of the booklet have been unsuccessful. The booklet will probably be officially released at a press conference in Washington, with Ralph Nader attending to lend his considerable publicity value to the project." Arr a n g e ments have been made to o b t a i n 'copies o f the p ress release and booklet on the day of the conference so that the Association can rapidly prepare ani distri bute its own press release on the booklet, if it is deemed desirable to do so. .4, A bill has been introduced in the U. S. H o u s e of Representatives to repeal the Metal ana Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act of 19G6 and to transfer standard setting and enforcement authority for O. S. m i n i n g operations, including asbestos, from the Department of the Interior to OSKA. The implications of this proposal are quite serious. Additional details on this subject will be distributed in the n e a r future.. Sincerely, M a t t h e w M. Swetonic Executive Secretary P.S. We have just learned that "The-New York Times* article mav aooear this Sunday, January 21'. n r* 11 V\ /"'X fVS rr-\ prj ,-r kn* L v-rbj LLi_iiJ'v^ x*t W V i- ii / N.Y. TIKES MAGAZINE JANUARY 21, 1973 Ejr r.cbcrt Sherri*! Sh'pyard work sttraeied about 4.5-irilllon Arcvfleant ir.ta ILs ranks at ana time or another d u m p W otI< War U, and an estimated 2.25miUion at these'people are still alive. U they think about tin experience at all these dayt It it probably to a*110 remind themselves with satisfaction that thinft could have been worst Whether they went into the work simply {or a payeheck, or as a kind a t emancipation (at acme shipyards nearly one-third -at the worlters were women), or as an alternative to the military draft, those who buCi and repaired America's ships look coruion is supposes that however dirty and boring the work sometimes be came, at least it was safer than boine in the frost Sines. Now It appears they rosy hint been erros* to -think sa. The fatality statistics art ttUI toe scat tered and iffy to yield a solid conclusion, but there art some disquieting hypotheses to be drawn frma such eases as that el the New York tin com;any executive we shall rail Charles Arrnin because his family prefers to keep his real name rut of this. Arxin lied never had a serious Einexi in bis life, lie w m a 200-pound, robust, hearty fellow who looked much younger than his aft, CO. l ie enjoyed sailing in hia spare lima and ran a taut ship on the job, tea. Then in December, 1971, he tegin getting rharp pains in his clmxt, enough to worry about, cepugh te send him to the doctor. Tests thor-td his heart was in fine shape, and the lung X-rays showed noth ing sour.. Still, tha pains persisted and grew worse, and in April the doctors deeided so go in for a look They lound that Mr. Armin was suffering from mesotlielioma. a kind of cancer that has only come into the medics! Iriicmtty'i ccnverx-uon in rrtrnt years. Mrsofheiiema, which has been so rare (hat h is no: arpsratriy categorised in international pircics! elassificiiions, b cancer of the chest lining or of the abdominal lining. Evcryona viho gets It 1 going te die from It within a year be cause it covers the whole lung area Iro* apes to base, or infuses the whole abdomen, and no surgren ear. take out so much and Icatn a sun-n-.ble patient. It la a paintu) diacaae and progressively so. Ttic cavity lining filla with liuid. w*hich must bt dratvn off periodically; when the diteise strikes the chest area the pauent slowly sufferatrs. None of the asuaJ cancer palliatives 00 snueh good, and there Is no known cur. Mr. Armiu's meso thelioma was discovered ia April. He w.is dead Id weeks later. The thing that makes his caaa-- among a number of ofhtr-s-- seem to ominous to some occupational health experts is that they know what caused It. and they know that the same cause hes touched the lives a t millions of other Americans. The cause was ssbestos Now. asbestos can be credited with saving many Jivrs: fircpcock clothing, fireproof insulation in buildings, safer and more durable brake linings, etc. But iiow Lsbeotos is beginning to trvral its other sitic, 001 only io llit appearance at the coronaj*- lively rut acsBthaiioma, but. on e much broader scale, es a caiaiyit of just plain lung cancer, and of csbesiotia, a crippling disease which scars the lungs arul inloferTS with tha passage of oxygen into the blood. Anyone with sa advanced case at asbestesis wilt probably feel more comfortable climbing tha Bairs backward, so that be can sit down on yi-h wvp He also can bt certain that because a t the presence of the asbestosis be has ex much >-- u of developing cancer as of craping it. H a r r y doses of asbesttd io Use lungs also encourage lie cartiaogmie effects a t tobacco smoke to a rcsskablo degree; ctudits have shown that asbestos writers whs smoke hive s lung enter m i C S S per cest hlghxr Uico smears m the g.engal pppeiritirn O rcttpcUonaJj. p ra -- i t y Ore mSnap or so Airmn-n mini u m workers, conetrucuon ward ers. ou-refmeryoorlxrs, rtr h-ccir.e a rignu'ieant staount at rtbetos dust everyday they go to work. Tbs hazard also amps up is distinctly nor.ecmpst-ond pltces. ash as the Northside Bementary School in larvkr. Wj-c, which recently was closed by the state health department because mhmnt ^which had bteai sprayed es an insulation eo the ceiling was begriming to come loose and mix erith the air ia duipmis amounts. Bat wiicrevcr encouatered,thehoard is especially insidious because it is fike 1 taec-term time boms: For reasons doctors don't t i i Dy ur.errsund the diseases rriaied to asocr.0! dc not erpiode tor many yean alter the patient breathed it to. Mr. Armin. for eximple. had had nothing to do eritS asbestos -- World War 22,vlien. from 1941 hi >912. he wna a tinsmith io the Brooklyn Kary Yard, lte helped irxsaa.ll fiber glass ia ersiroyers' rcfrigmiicui holds and he also -cured asbmoscoverad pipe: wfch hangers and straps Alter 1942, be got a white-collar job away from the shipyard end never (gain worked erith ubs'.os. His 29-ycar lag between u-icect and Illness v/as net npinsing indeed, for aabe-Bo* disease, 25 to 20 years is the normal period t a v - exposure and development of symptoms, whir u why medical scientists wfae hive specialized . the occurrence of asbestostolaird industrial diseases believe thrt the first big rrsve of cancczz l;um Wocld War 11 shipyard tipnairt may be at hand. Among these who think so are Dm. Irvin; t. Selikofi end E. Or/lcr Hammond. Dr. Seliksll at Mount Sinai Scriocil of Medicine. City University of New York, ia at trust among the three or four lop authorities oci^asbestos disease. De. fLonn/ir-i it vue pmi-l-ni e l the At rirrr Cv-.ccr Society In chaff,r e l rridrmin'.-iry ri Slatinici. v/ho tlrcady h n ysirtvj slice ci i*irx.riciiiy f fh< ftllow- men i rr pr---,'Ur (oi vlaurt Wally d m onstratin; the rcl-.lians'rip LrnfTrn treoin end cancer. Te t o n hi*h offiriilt *t the IU . Department el Louer and to many lii~L officials in the ssbesir* industry, thett two docton rut their colleagues rrprtseat c kjad of refer plague. indeed. Selikoff it teen by tome lesders of Un tsbesles industry 5 i cruel thenrman. F. J. Solon Jr. viee.(irrs:iicnt for cm-iroaugit vl effairt ef Johns-vtsm-ille Corp. the nation'! Irrgtxl producer of asbestos. rtyv "To terraria peo;ile who worked ir shipyard* 30 yjers spa, and now can't do a R-d- thing about It-- that't something I eotddii`1 square with my conscients* * Of the thipyar<{dangers. Selilaaff rays this "We do know that then art t large mentir ef r.xao- theliomai ie Crt Erl'-aia. Piobebly over 1,600 now, people who worked ta British cliipyrds sun* ing in 1S3S. T h e y are five years ahead ef us. jo Britain catta la meutheliema shadow over the United States. \7t know it's targe number, but what the court wilt actually be wc do not know. Her do we know the percentage of btidsnce is Britain; they dont htve r/hat we call a population base. but any percentage would ha % terrible situation. The only dau that Wu do have, that goes percentages. is a new paper just come out by Dr.D.Fieletterie Harrow,Ragland, who followed a group of shipyard workers from ISSJ to the present, and he compared those who had X-ray stigmata ef tsbestos exposure with the general malt population in that area. Ht found a three-Umei jo. crease of lung eancer amorg those he had X-ray evidence of asbesuu exposure.* (Industry rpokeunea note that the British experience may not be 'holly cetnpar. able to the Amenexr,. cnee id British yards ashenes was ap plied with a spray proem not used in the U.S.) - The thing that is so alarm ing te Selikoff'i group if that acme risk eppiies not only to asbestos workers (only onefive-hundredth of the shipyerd peyrpHX but to every body wlic worked dovme.nnd or in the general vicinity of the ssuesios Jobs. In ship building this means anybody who has worked within the confines of the ship's struc ture welder*. ihipfiuerv machinists, pipefitters, elec tricians, carpenters, boiler makers-- the tchuic gang. "You dunt have to wtfh asbenot for 30 years to develop mesothelioma or some Other cancer or ssbestoeis from it,* Selikoff explains. 'Absolutely not. Because once you get it in your lungs, -H stays there forever, and as the years go by your lung continues to be exposed even though you any be out in tht _ Xoekies. The niee air io the' Grand Canyon won't protea you because you've already got It in your luiigi* In JS51. the lung X-rays of Robert Ken looked normal, tie was a little short of breath, and Dr. Srtikoff couldn't un derstand why, but he put it down te *fl the; din Kerr " was breathing at the quarry where be worked. X-rays in ' U K showed Kerr developing some lung scarring. It looked like asbcsiosis. and Srlikoff asked Kerr U lie had ever worked with asbestos. Ho. be said, never. He told Selikoff his -hole employment luxiory and asbestos work wasn't part of 1L By 13ST the X-rays showed seamng in both lungs. Selikoff`1 suspicions in* ceased: Was lien c r n e in he had never worked with as' btsios? Nope. Never. llu( as In talked to Ss-liWoff. Kerr's rife interrupted. "Boh, do you n u.il* i v.-htm v.-c Tint gun swmrdf In lWi. you worm |n that bnke-Jiroog place." "Oh sure." said Kerr, "but | only worked there for <ix months as a weaver." "And how's his (Dm oa Juno 7. tsn." stays FrlitofL 1 can sea the while stuff all through the lungs. Bob's reaired sesr, 50-odd-years old. Vying la Florida..smabte to breathe, cant even do his o w tarns. Sis months in 1335! Came up ftiom Florida to see to make sure he tsad no eancer. fit doesn't. Ha just can't breathe." A ausnber of esbestes-eomaificials and asbasow emioa officials who rose hrough the rants have foaad. (hat they arc no safer for Braving been eeray many years ferom the actual handling of abektas. Raymond Rider enteerud tba asbestos trade io JM7, Ud Io th e nineteen-six* "Sea be beeame an official Lh New York Local 13 of he laiomsntrnaJ Assodatioe Of Heat and Free: insulators n d Asbestos Workers, and to e 10 years be didn't touch hr stuff. But be had breathed raeugh k tea early career. Xoays taJas te Jaft, 1071. wed W was stift m the dear, but by Feb. 1372. they w ed irraotLehema. Since C U m be lias bad lung surgery, X eebalt treatments and ex- tejuin chemotherapy. His faB e , Georg Rider, sbo a aeman etficer, died of the same dteease. TVe lespuuse of the Industiy and espmsny of the Fed eral bureaucracy baa been to tnngeiy IndiffercnL The randeaB breather may not care, e e o though asbruos can bans hsa loo-- if, for exampte. be inhales asbestos flurrr.T, imo the air by the efasnolilwn of buildings But tbwauoestos worker feels very lonely with his special demon. U^tuun G. Bernerd. seereiarytxuasurcr of the Asbestos W N.-i.cn Union and himself e mourn of 1 ung-scarnjTg. comphwns "You Lsaow, we have daeim near as many, or more, (waqilr who work witb asbraant * 1 there are roalminer" te (he own try. But d o , uy rasas bout us. because ra duoPt bare any diestiers i misran havt a disarm and thexr pieturo show up oo tbe f m c pagn with dirty (aces, sarf vrrytaidy feels sorry. So they put a black lung bOt tiiTi* >:.lt C im -M -k*. W c Ii v t l.i-i..T panwrtip.e o! l-*ylc J -.-y g r ' f, -n-ri.U iry tro v b ir, but imlinOy gives a ibntn shout iL* (l i;N Sen. 1. ISO. Locals 12 tnd 22 of the Avaejtos Work* er* Untoa in New York and Kewaik. iL J. laid C32 mem- ben. Dr SeliUoff and his col league-. have Irtcrd the G25 who matter here (seven died arty, mortly of acciden tal can es). Given their am . 202 of those men would normally have been ex- peeled to dieby the end of 1002. Instead. 252 had died --an excess ever the normal death rate eO more than 20 per ceoL About seven should have died frem lung cancer, but 45 died of It. Instead of the normal nine or 10 deaths from cancer of the stomaelt. colon or rectum, there were 20--"nol so unexpected.* as Sctikoff point: out, for ` any body who inhales d u n also inpests It. Any woiker is al ways spitting out the stuff you think he's oaJy inhaling.* And whereas nobody to the general population dies of asbestosis--scarred lunp-- 12 men In this tiudy group died of It dining tlm first 20 years, sad 4 died ef mesothelioma. Tli*l left 371 of the group still alive ca fan. 1. 1 . De- tween then and the end of 1071, 75 of them should have died if they followed the pettern ef the peneral popula- lion. Instead, ICO died. "And why? The same thing.* says Sdilioff. T h e re should hate baen four er five lunt-eaneer dratlis in this group. There were 42. There should hrve been no detths of mcsoihe- liorns--that doess't occur to the general pe-pi-Jaiion. There w ert 22. There should hsve been three Ocalhs of caneet of the stomach er rrcturs. There were 12. And of course there should have beet no dealhi from scarred lungs. There were 20. -If we total up this one small group of workers from Jan. 1. 1 . to Dee. 31. 1971. almost 20 per cent died of lung cancer. Out of the 430 men who died, one out of every five asbesurs workers died Of luflg cancer. Almost seven per cent died of meso thelioma. Alnn.it 10 | r rent died of cancer of the ucnv ach. color, and rectum. Over seven per c ert died ef as- bestesto.* Nor are these fi;ur-n pecul iar to the lectls in question. Selikolf goes nn te cut more estm sive Piv'ies confirming llial similar inrruaaed ilraltii "cur in rimy rmr.lc grnn|i of as.Vsios workers that's been rxnr.mrd." And lie con cludes: "This is simply nn oecupjlimu! disaster vttliout parallel in Anvrirkn hisin-y* Su.-h an alaiming finUinr. is fust now beginning to t*enetruie lire thinking of worlten. which is rathe; odd. since ashesfes industry o.Tieials and the U. S. Public Health Serv ice and the U. S. Department of Labor have known for years that asbestos could he a serious hazard. For more than CO years cater of ashestos disease have been posi tively diagnosed. Deaths due to asbestosis were dearly defined at least as early as the nineteentwenlica Tha assadation be tween lung cancer and oecvpalional exposure to asbes tos was proved in a paper published to 1955 by Sir Richard Doll then ehief sta tistician of the British Medi cal Research Council, la 103 eonseculivs autopsies at one asbestos plant to England, he found II titaihs dot to lung cancer. And^in 1925 en equal ly conclusive connection was established between asbestos sod mesotbdisma to a paper' published by Sdihofl, Hus- ' mood ted Dr. Jacob Churg to The Nsw England Journal of Medicine. Sines Uuot, lliaxa has 'baa an e.'plosioa of literslure on the occupational hazards ef itl-estns. encour aged by symposia such as the one heid recently to Lyons, frtnrt. by scientists from around the world. The asbestos industry and the U. S. Department of La bor have not seemed exactly overjoyed to receive all this new dau: indeed, their basic resoonsc has been a combina tion of defezaivcneis and hostility and funirenoxs. In 1994. wnen Seliknff was orgarbling ar. imemniional syevpaajum. he received a letlet from the law firm repre senting asl.-mot Uslii: com panies. informing him (hat .the industry was aware of what he was up to and imply ing that If any derogatory remarks ifcs-H liberie* thal mi(hl harm us sales slm-uld emanate from the conference, he could expert te ace them to court. Tlie U. S. Public Mraltb Service conducted air sampJuics m a couple of doien aiucslm plants in 1904. but it refused te disclose Its findings to Srlikofl. or. as he puts lb "apparently Hie key to (he file eaUnet waa lost* Though workers to shipyards today tre subjected to much lbe same asbestos hazards as 5 l in World War C. Nary nv iii. cal oilivT* r*ially trims lo talk i-boul IW p/ulilnn or krd the n-X"ti*a ennpnn;-' offH diU tn k*i kru of tlie p-Tsui-vl recordx, t%e>- rip-- nitre kud tvUSrag c--P IP haj Mone r u m p hertx ik.ia o im uvxrk, r iv l llw-y ak- lo discuss triad tlicy sir raid llrt-y hail loss them. Hut nnrmni X-raysT a y z Srl.knlf, dfinp, if anytime. to protect brcuisc Ihr factory's output who rtever c r a w is br worker in the yards under llirir command. Sdikofr* c m d has run had hern used in war produc amazed by Ibe tuimln he tion, all iis employes had had and Ibxmmond use. "Sc the to be cirarr.d by Uic F-B.L. so proldw isnot only Low much into Urn w3 siwre liie begin- a list of the wurisen on the ytto work. Of ceenc, the nine in tbn early fiflicx, hav- factory's pnrroll luring the more you work, in* worse it ing recently wan tlie Ameri rar years 1911 to 1943 slid is. But even those who had can Public IlCaJth Assoeia- extsi, and by a paocess Seli- very little eaposuxw, if you lien' Albert laifcrr Award in koff prefer: ant u> discuss, he live long rnougl, yow'ra going Mruidne for his ran m devel pot irisliands on the names of to have problems." oping a drug er-iiil to the the 95] woikers a ! that raw. Intrigued, and warning to control of tuberrulocit. Dr. "That's all we needed.- he throw his set more wide Sclikoff opened a clinic in recalls. "That and a lot of ly, Sclikoff rent to fohna- Paterxon. N. J. to continue work, because ere had is Manfiile Corpora:toa in klzn- hi reararch iolo pulmoncry trace those 933 maw. Surpris vilte, N. 3. He wax oot wti- J disease. Among hi* first pa tients were 1? men who worked in the Union Aslwstos ingly. we were chic to Cind 77 by the rod of 1971." The effort proved reveal coms. "Somehow," fas saps, "the company couldn't find itself able to cooperate.* Kar end Rubber Company plant, ing. According to Dr. llwao- eould the Federal Govern which tailed production in mend's ealoi'rtioms, in a ment find funds for the re* Ptieraon in 1940 and doled normal population group wf search. Bat Joe Codronc, fat 1954. At that tone, ail 17 that size, sensitising age amd president of Local (09, United men were strong and work srx factors. 297 would hove rupereuken and Paperwork- ing. end appeared likely to go died .by 1971. tue in this era. which has JurirCclioB at on doing so (or many years. group. 4(4 were dead. Nor. (Unvilie, took Sclikoff Inis Out within seven years, six were dead, aad today, only two rurvrv. Seven died of molly 59 could have been ex the baaemest c l the untor's pected to have died of soanc hrxdmmrtex and scratched kind of cancer, ha this group, around and came op TriUi the lung cancers, one of met- 143 died of earner. The seniority Usi ter fan.. I, 1959. tbelioma, one of atomseh group's lung cancer rats ras There were cbeep 3.939 names cancer, one of colon cancer, nearly 790 per coat bigber so the last. Of that CCS had four of asbcsioais. and one than-the grneraJ pc-puLuma's: worked cl the plane for 30 of "other" ailments. Some its atemarh and eokan emucre yvara. Sclikoffs mes set oot thing strange wet developing, rates wart twice as hlph. to track them down. end Sclikoff wanted to Seven men had dia at "lot's see now wbat hep- broaden the investigation to muoll.elioo^ penud lo H u m -- sidi mind, find out what bad hzpncned In tiiosc war ygrjt, aa i wy this is only the beginning ef to all the men who worked in of the workers had been i d what win happen to- them," that plant from the time it plojfd for ns!) brief paieds says SelikofT. "Civc* thrir opened. He needed tuen-y, at the plant. "Of those who igcz, therr should bwvc btrs snd he asked the U. S. fuUlie worked lor one > iah or len, 134 depths aaoeg the C59. Health Sen-ice for a grant It when X-rayed 30 yean trier Thera wet 199. And cgsin. tamed him down. V/livo he half of tham had sane aewr- why dkf tbeae people die who T h e r l i i n c f the* c c I s n s K S c i e r Asbestm, & name that embrrwn a miuv ber of fibrous mineral siUcMet. hat b?aa Mscd by mar (or thovsanu* of years. and for men of th*t time its Qualities have procured confusion and mystery`d myth, ln tne aggrcgMe it is a rc:k 'ilk a .' a typical rod.** rigidity. but brelirn vp it yields Ubs (Hal can be spun and woven as easily as flax or rotten, for centuries (t was cortmenly assumed (Ml bestes wi& a vcgcuLlc raiKrr than a mineral. Thor* was something obviously strange and wonderful about fibers that seemed so gossamer and yet xit-ere as strong as t i n ) wirr, an aneiem cxpUnation of sbes tes' most mysterious power was that the material ramr from the hin of the s1>minder, a mjihica) antrrcl that could endure fire withoul l^rm-- a t*o\on that was useful to poets even m U;e as Inst century (Southey. *Tty. Salamander*, on Asbestos'wmgi, T Wanton in my Dciia't fiery fiance*). Asbestos tematned primarily 3 curiosity until the )6?0's wuen -- because of Its ftrxjbJIity. Its Imwte uren-th. its inriH. nerabiiiv so heat and anirtv ^mt alkalreu-- It wawftru reenirwmaUy min'd, lo the lnLcfveniA( year U has Inxon*? a pr^od fa.ged;*gt in tho-.*omds of indusuial predocix: floor tOea, fDlrrs m the soanv (acuirt. S bver and Other ft^odsi^Ifs, e t e s i i s l l^pc. paddingi of aU u ru , pCaper bi^dhng, painu. eu. Kcsriy 5osr uiUiion tons arc mined anally t&rruthout the world; litc United Soles, thOHjrh it coninbuin htlle te the tocsj prctia-oier.. is (be world's Lu-^est cl-- u/wr of tha mineral The Hureacu of Macs sa y * we used 7S^?1 tons m 3?7l. UJSL use of asbestos has grown ),00>fold an this century, cot-spared to cn SCWold growth i e r prtroieua. Kmtfy-fivr per t s m of thus is chryootile asbestos from the peo-jpit nines ef Quebec, Ceaoda, prmbably ftti'H the world's most prodi* tnc source, although Russia is brrum m g lo cMl*rtrt Canada's rvoduetkon lead. A-- Mitc aUn-sLos moat impon&ni (or shipyard wort, comes largely fiom South Alrkaa msmes. ftodotpb V/Jd. five briH^ant en>i.gir whose work a geoersitoai ego persuaded the V S . Navy that u -- >it a&bestos -- as superior for shipyard amu- titioa sod should be wnttca mio Ma\*y mirart egwriftesuoas paid for La m- W u c m m i wah flic wxarot t u r r s l He a ! ci -- U. s. w.-rr i.: erprcicJ lu die? Kighl sltbuld hsrr o J of Isa r-nrrr: 2" siiiisliy did. And If.dud ol au-soili:l.nma." Two or Ihrt-e liine- ax many level nf five fi'n-r me, tu.,,c rrntiuH'tu'. Tlieart f i;,, ! ,r. r j .Xli v.'i-'lilubl fn-u ah; wnrL. ers. In ILLS. because Utc Tjier pla.i. lumrd out uuat~uo.r ln. died ( rrn'.er of t*'f coln or sublima under a v y eon. rancor ol tc rvcuim or ol (he Iraet. It was aulijcom/ to an stomach 1 normally tt-uuld b; inr.peetian hy llie Libor fle- expericd. Tea per m u tied of p-nmcnl under Han Walsh- asbcsiosis. "It 1 1 becoming livalty ACL The company monotonous-- s hell of a could have been hevily fined monotony! So not only in the or even eloeed t.Tsuin of lu plant at raleraoa but now ia heallh vinlationr, iwWid. the l>`.anville. too, the cam* pic Labor Department took oe ac ture." tion at aH But while StlBtoff and Hamiaond and tlicix rrotvd did everything they could to Tliaf'i the way UWmss stood . until IP70, when Gungrrss passed the Oecupatnsal Safe uncover evidence ol ihe dia- ty mad Health Acs. Vith that f acter that waa K a m n ; in act, COSH was pbnscd out P the asbestos induetry, injiis- and replared by 130531-- the | try and Government remained National institute et Safety | unmoved. and lirallh. With thm change I The most impressive c a te of of Initials earns a change bureaurreey/induary indiffer. of bureaucrits as* altitude. r esc* ocrurred al the Union too. Among them wire Dr. ! Asbestos and Huhber Com- Joseph 1L Wtgar^. who ! pany factory in Tyler. Te*. beeamt director of (be Sin- . This is the same outfit that cion of Field Slefes and had operated the factor)' in ainieal Investigitkans, and Paterson. N. 2, bs/urt dosing Dr. William Li. Joio^, a re it in 195v. Union Asbestos cent pioduct of the Harvard inter sold eat to Pittsburgh Sehea! of Public ifenSh. who Coining Carp. But under nay became Wsguner's BsistaaL name, the Tyler plant was They inherited a . sncdical -still t foul plact te work. Claes, a burial giointi of eld -Reputedly. in some areas of ,stetlntieal banes b a S y cov the plast the asbestos dust ered up by their prrtiaemori. r r t z to thick worker* couldn't "W e even Inhcrinsd about >et screst the room. Medical 2.0 air temples than hadn't futilities consisted of two been counted," infanton ro fim-aid cabinets, enr with n csHa, 'because tan prcvxHU broken yLtsi door admitting inspectm hnd breo eat col asbestos dust. lecting data wi2 0 * ever Beyond the factory Itself, coming to .gripe otii what asbestos waste was dumped they were doing. They would in nearby fields, sometimes to just keep resehedt&g ser a depth of three feet, that vo's, sometimes a ncond or children sometimes used as a - lldrd time srouid as a plant playground. Bap in which as without really gprbsg any bestos had been shipped to Urnught te wldt it was really the plint and which v.-rre still ehosvinj from a hrwtrL stand- Coated with - asbestos dust poioL" were sold to local nursery Buried deep in the Ces he men who du c tremendous found Tyler. Tel. dfhy had business In roses. Public Health Serea aed La It is lutile to guejs et the bor Dcpeitment effieials number ol nursen-men and covered it up? ~I cmuld say Customers who breathed es they were r x r r i . tr tiiat it injurious amount ol asbestos was criminal netSpenee. or CuU Irotr. the sacks, but the bureaucracy, or > muid r r j factory workers can be Ihey were afraid Uti it they Coumrd Personnel records did start petting concerned microfilmed by the Public about this tint tbtir eight of Health Sen-ice show that be entry would have keen cut tween ISui end 1572 at lean off." savs Johnson, "but th* 895 persona were employed fact ia 1 don't know." /Jl he there. They were working un did know iruninTmi1j from der deadly conditions and the the records he unewrered was U. S. Dcpersmatt of Labor that "th* plant Lad oa busi and the Public Health Serv ness operating." . ^ ice v.-me sv.-uio cf these con But still the higher bureauc ditions at least ts reily as racy balked. "Wt tcansmticd 1SC7. Bui they kept quiet. our sampling mofes te the Inspectors tram the old Labor Dcs-an mens." try* Burrau of OccvpMiona! Safety - Johnson, "and ahw ioHir-.f nod Health fnosif) took air up mih a comnraiou!** re - aamplei in 1967 that showed port." The retool showeo that the count of asbestos thsi of a samplir.e of 17 men fibers T/M in some parts of win had worked in the plant thi plant uO Itntrs higher than 10 years, eight ham uU-i-s. today's officially dertarrd sale Tl Drpiilm-oa 1 Labor I v.-O'U e u Kjnor n-.rr levrl. ray tf'r/ hw .-rt even Jruu the rJ.I;.`-u!Jr>r uiJu. Ihrj- Wum.-e le lake tl.-ir Lotimed in j ;l tlinr .oi'irre in . u rat* fro.c trwn fur rv>n,|,li;.nix. Tlvy >.-raved yn. Ilinurb U. S. alMes htdu. try. arut a v/ent i n -- I rv*-t*l rrm-mift l>ur.-;.u of Hm-r r --m rr- h>-lih pr>ii tif II <u*-tnrr. 11164-.art date: I Lrlirve il war. pu*ed lite danger LiSS LLartii. and reihnirtpna. all but two Novruiher, 1P7I--and they As for n | n r s n t of ^ three of whom rrpmrdly look eme ampie and e-me hea|(|, Ran'I.irtU esSabli-Jird hare been "eom,ul:stu' to up wilt citations. Dul llrey under the Orei-pirioimi Safety llir asbestos industry ai some itin'l r-miirui atticiio* in [lie mg Heallh Art. Kedtoal off- time ** I**" * careers, citations end Die ciutions eials fay* eotueded an tests- TI;a Advisory Committee oa only added op te 6210 in non* mony before Conr. m that if Asbcrtoi Dust told Hourton amnus rtolalionx." they were feint to etforec he should drop the sandard So much public ridicule and heallh standard! poogxj'ly. to two fibers. H10Sirs ppjfa bad publicity greeted that tliry would need shnto one agrred that two fibers was punishment that Labor Jell hjlienin pet 3.P50 wwrkrre. poor too low. but Arthur D. obligeJ to ruinspert the fac* So far as can ba dereresuned. Lillie concluded that fire tory and levy a G.953 fine, the Labor Dvpartnuur: ad pres* fibers was perfectly safe and Tup weeks laier, dadoing the cal baa 69 bygicrhsB --- or that dropping the standard to fines e.-rre top great a burden ' about 1 per 1.2 miUinm work* two fibers would cost indul to bear. Pittsburgh Coming m --to enforce 2 health try tar lo much money. In decided to tlose the p'anL standards. not Just those relat* addition. Hour days of bear* Left behind were many Tylerng lo esbeltas hasrds. in** were held at the Labor residents who win eventually Since there earns to be no Department offices In Wash* die of cobertor disease. greet ruth to enforce amy as* fargron. with industry contend. Are there other asbestos beam hesl.'b slcndcmfa, it big that Selika/f is right up to ouliiu still bumming away In hardly renter whether the peral, but that he goes loo the same condition that filled standards are the prefer emet far and interprets lux find* the lungs of Tyler? Some are But the mxnetr m whb tbey ir.es toe wildly. Wall Swo* trying to shape up. At (he were derided may f h e some tonic. Secretary of the Aabes- Johns-LlanriUe plant in New further indication of 'Jut the tos Iniorcuitan Service, a Jersey, for example, company laborin' mao can i iip i.i in New York health data dirtri- , ' officials claim--*and unan of* the way of p ro te c t from butioo center funded by (be ficials egrto--that in 00 per the Federal tgeaees mad the fndovtry. says. There has cent of the factory the ashes- industry. . beta eontsdersble e a a u w m j tos fiber count it already t*- At issue was trheftorXe set vntb Seltkoff do: so much on low the five-fibers per on. max- the rtasdanla at s -- a--.-- the effects of axbertae, bat _ imum set by Federul health permissible air conirot at two 08 U** lrt*1 eans to control f standards. The dust is tucked sebenos libers (etch longer h >D* wlut wt of levtia are up through hoods over the than S micront) [r cubie rrbbecsary to eorurei various i jnseliines snd captured in a emumittr or fire --*-- -- orbestos diseases." Induary 'central fag house. And et J.* fiber*. So tiiW r r - 1. peeple. *)* Swrtorrie. fa* VC's asbestos mill la Asbestos, quite t bit at dusL A cubic Eevr that the perils ef the to- Que. -the bagging of tht centimeter is r'ev-. t t a sir*. *"" > weriter--who faea - mineral is done entirely by of a xnisll tliiraUI of air, end r*r>ed!t m n r re do*es et a- machbiex; cruythinr is cn* a r.orfcmco irr.1 L--de aibeut bssuc-bulsn air--are loa dosed: hunin baods donT six te eigb'. million t them fio confused with vrisat m* touch U. and the duxt ft re* in a typical day. So tie iesue Conrf eontendx art the man- portrdly earned ainiy in 70.* wax worthes to reti'wre the * 9 ^ - lowdcvel erjxiiures of 099 sepanIt ruction eprrp. eoarpania to msinlaia ceadi* *! bejox manuitciuring Done John: Mcm-flie is also tiorj which woo'd pseweat a faesnrioa. ` considering* hiring enly nna* worker from having fa inhete la the end, liodgien. bssixi* smokers in some ef its opere* mere than 12 tniliioa to 16 ing thst be had arrived az his lions. "This corporation has a million fibers of a o rta ia decision by an independent conscience 69 miles long.* length, or 30 million to <3 tail* appraisal of aB evidence, re* ssys J.*U.'s Met President lion fibers. With s sofadxnee buffed his own sdrhvry Soten. "We r t cant out in* that the Lr.bor D:; rer.i mt group end said that a Ove rt rurJons to clean up or elese eonerdes "is ousaCy afaa'.cd fifar rtand^d t.-suij lie is down, bul 1 won! tell you to asbeslosii and corare.* effeet for the next four ycere. the wboir industry lakes lha: Ihe mutiir.iiluos diDsraees (Ccinridcntaliy, Jnhna-klan- tuiudi." vert obviously do trivial tille Corpornian the o n e Dr. Johnsor.. despite the matter. stay notified its nockholdcn fart that hr lias only t re- V.lth w-lia: appearag to fa Dial the ruling would net sinned view of the industry, an effort to get tlie bec so- bun their sales and eamisgx) says he hnowt of "about a r.rcr, Labor Secretory fames .-!.lioff paints out that Uiis bilf-doirr. plants" in which Hop.-ton early in ISS3 :p- ruling was designed to set a the aihesios levels are four pointed an outside AsPrisory oafety level for asiretetix. not ' to tight limes what the Labor Committee or. Apbcsas Dart for cancer, end thst in any Department cnenles is the mtda uo of sriei.iiss aasl ctv- casx qualified sriea-Jus siis- masimuni safe level. But ac* tually, nobody knows hew widusoreid ttie haaarj is. Fed* era) funding for inepeehons is ginecn ai.d labor effieimK. Ke also had the assistance of an inside advisory prevp a t sued* ical men and seientsto pvt rly raonol fa suit enough about the nature of esbmot rwlatod diwsse to say tubere the levrl should be fixed. In at s rusk Lottota minimum, tor.-ti.es r*pr-:.iilr far this this i-gbt. be ar--'rv. Itudg. And unums may br r : L-in- prediusa by ICTOiCL son's iuIui; was at b e s io* argie as industry or Govern*Also from the eetade fa cauiwos. There's s lot of merit when it earner to in* hired Arthur D. Little, toe. t (whthbed evidence thst in two forming worker ef the risk, eon'-rliing firm, to VI--- op fibers per t-e-mesothel lama ue- Officials of the United Ce* with some advice an the cun. lung cancer occur*, as. menu Lime sod Gyp*urn economic fenaih-tiiy a t re- besrms occurs. An industrial ' workers, whlrtr hes junvdic* puirmn industry to pet aid of lijTpmt preetiex io nur rerun, tinn at a |>iam wliere nsbesiol its asbetaoi dust. Arthur D. try bos hero tSat when there ! duxt conrenu tllpr. is said ta Litil. T tape! tf f .1 . teas b a serious 1st. you tuild in a ! be over IBS timet tire sale made op ef 13 rsx au tim hr; csfety toriur. but what I i T D r. Ir v in J . S e liie f l, in h i: Is h u re te ry at U e v n t S in a i S c h o o l oft t e t ir 'm r S r e m a d a l h it rlJonr fo e x p e r t Iha t a u t e n e l h a n d lin ; e th c tte t. to m e G o v e rn m e n t a n d in d u s t r y c|7iasU c a m rid e r S c l ik e l l a n d hit celleeyue* "a hind e l rejo rm plajufc" the Labor Department b u The AJ\L*CJ.O., agreont tape** caae vp to tee n a To done it t t y , *We don't knew with Selikaff, hai cuco the sulir a long story short,, that le t sure whet level will cer Department of Labor in.the work ocx of their tom was otuaitnly(hicttuLtneowclaendt|e,reantdherweithU Ut.ecS-tlCioautrtSeoc/reAtpapreyal*H.cc^hgaaroeo* oScpewraeacdutoathleotrelgu:sgthcoanecleerc.* li - no rem-ireincnt lor exira cap did no: eo/uider the rrijmet t m ffucreacDp# aUowed K tion,' itiairad d uym*. Them or act lo protect workers ns was loaded with sb%iOL art the lives of liundrcdt el the U w rcqmfxj hiio to da, 7hia te a new trade, be* in thoi-enndt el American and dtmanding that he r* 19-4C or a, -rigbt after th* worirrt that wc ere rerpo view the evidence ague end war-- <vcr)lhinf, brrrrae dry* aihle lor and tltcrrlore let's act toucher lundsrih. Fiea watf-- cost oC the goya io H act Uic mott prudent level.'" the p^asits direction, Jrow- for oc^y 10, 1$, 0 years. We By eontinuio* the tivvtiber ttanctatd lor another lour ycaii-- a period that will prnlubly set 100.030 or ao nr' men enter avhestot-r*bud induatriet-- Sdikpff pre dial the labor Department hat doomed'20.fcC3 to unnemsary lurr-c*nccr deaths, 7,033 lo unnere%aary meao- thtlioma deatns, 7,030 to tmnreestary asbmosii Ccatht at well aa deatha of other can cer* hnd that' not rovnitn; ever, eertn prrr.rute to ease up further. The National In* sulalion Contraaor: Aiaoai* Iten has petitioned iLc labor Depart n^oit to givt ll* ettov* her companies-- who reprr* sent t large segment of the industry tiiat him aebstos worker-- * star's oefesiawnt from raorutpring nr?uirr menu. Taic H.LCA. ^causes that if the aabeum workers will creis ttioir fmeen and hold their breath until the end just U^ae a i r v r j at the nioate rvnvcsL W e 've X*ryt2l oer G n L 1? rata, and nine U the 17 Lav asbestos*. These avc Uo timers, with 25 ytaa te t e trade. Very mild, because these are early cases m far. But we kaow erhafa ie their Lmgs." Aod ao anetLcr pous falls w>oer SeulofTa cloud. hut of coon,.as te ooy aeimd&c ceafrootaiiMt. there o aftots the poisiuHity of combination tlitrta-- abeatos plur tobacco moke. atbeatoa plu the coal-tar pitch work ers like roofers must handle. of 1973, virtually all of the insulating corr.pani by then will lave switched to awestor-free rutenaU such as rruscelesdatiorw Trrhans Selb koff cod HamsxTnd and therr coUra^cos at XTt. Smai Hosp** Ui and iu the American Can* AJ1 in all, Selikolf prnliat fiber glaiJL eer Sueaety sliouldnl fnghien that "by a stroke cl the pen, Meanwhile. Sclikftff* flying thip>*ud wurLua and painters 0.000 more livewere thrown wed*r. ron'tnuM felentJeuJy and p^xitttm sad inflation down the drain." down the fteid. Not long rgn, woriers and the rest iTrhaps Seiikoli was having some dry* Auisiaad. Labor gmredary wait cnnstruciioe work done George C Cocnthcr-- orho te his offset. He sat there onre dedenoed the small fiees 17-chire Crerits watching the workmen and levied Kf.aiaas corporast a!) of 9 oadeen it oiivrrcd to heaUa violates* by w>*ing U K ****(. him: "I said to myrclf. wuU, that **wv are aoc te ttvc food ;w ? ww m i iuiik U0*e.r \*~r\ hell. if Oieae guys have been raUtat hu&incos**-- was cor* o uM- t eUwVr rtkt it*1.9t*tUCSM purling up that stuff-- watch rrcl to upbraid Srfikoff for harm: chnww. a s Cuenlber t t n.ua*u.*'n*l w*np?c>o H/ r*u i (rVC*' liicm spacklc it *and sand it down so you can't ace Utc jwur.t'd M, "lo awerdramafianr ikaiuatiddni.*tbtdyot.tu*t ** mm.ei-i the maarr.* U te noL how. joint-- Ihry're oot immune | t iw errr, ao ary y m ra S that evades had enough lkk> ground SBH* '--IH**I<**W/*VWO*O1ta Mtr.V M.UI ILIi.B*U AAICI mftlwtio. Ttcwc wpo barre %nowtetge to know that the wvtL-i rtre-jnl prw*r*e fer Upn* mn|uMl ha*. any b-iq^b of tuwe wQl. io>o> in iL So 1 in ink'll with rr nr l_set, itorf ouk wha a tix parser's vmon, ami llmr rig h L LI M IT"i- A sbestos Information Association/North America ?2 East 4Qth Street New York, N. Y. 10015 212-689-3378 ce: F e b ruary 27, 1973 I JT W O IMP O R T A N T ITEMS ON A I A / N A PUBLIC RELATIONS A C T I V I T I E S 1. On the CBS-TV national evening news on Friday, F e b r u a r y 23,. Walter Cronkite discussed asbestos-health in a brief 30 second item on Dr. Selikoff's appearance t h a t d a y at a Senate Sub-Committee .on the Environment h e a r i n g o n the p r o posed Toxic -Substances Control Ac t (a d e t a i l e d a n a l y s i s of this Act and its potential effect on the asbestos industry will be distributed in the near future). According to Cronkite, Dr. Selikoff p r e d icted in his t e s t i m o n y that one million occupationally exposed Americans will die of asbestos-related disease before the end of the century, and that the general public is in some danger because of the use of asbestos-containing products, such as asbestos-cellulose filter pads used for the filtration of various beverages and drugs. .The AIA was quoted to the effect that "the industry is trying to clean itself'up" and -that "Dr. S e l i k o f f 's death figures are too high." This last quote was delivered by Cronkite with an obvious sneer on his face. The manner in which this particular TV spot was put together is of considerable interest because it clearly demonstrates the approach which the news media is t a k i n g .with re g a r d to asbestos-health. Late Friday afternoon, the Association was contacted by CES for its comments on S e l i k o f f 's testimony. Since we had already received a report fro Washington on the hearings, we knew roughly the'content of his presentation (Selikoff spoke from notes and did not sufardt w r i t t e n c o mments) . The girl from CSS asked whether the industry had anything to say concerning Selikoff's prediction that "one million Americans would die from asbestos-related disease by the end of the century." I told her that I had never heard Selikoff use such a high figure before, and I suggested that she contact Selikoff for clarification. She agreed to do this.  I then called W a s h i n g t o n and learned t h a t the one m i l l i o n figure used by Selikoff was in reference to the number of people occupationally exposed to asbestos, not killed by it! The number of deaths predicted by Selikoff was approximately . one-third of those exposed. I then called CBS back and the girl admitted that Selikoff had told her same thing.' Nevertheless, on the show, Cronkite used the original "one. million deaths" figure w h i c h S e l i k o f f d e n i e d to C B S ever having said. No finer example exists of the manner in which the news media distorts and exaggerates items of this nature to enhance their shock value. It's the old journalistic dictum in*action again: Nevei let the facts get in the way of a good story. 2. On Sunday, F e b ruary 25, the N e w Y ork T i m e s M a g a z i n e r a n the shortened version of the AIA/NA Letter to the Editor on the Sherrill article. As ve suspected, the delay in printing the letter was in order to give Sherrill time t o draft a reply defending himself against our charges. A copy of the AI A letter and She r r i l l 's reply is attached. Y o u will note that in lieu of answering the five points mad e in the A I A letter, Sherrill opted to expend most*of his steam in a number of v'erbalistic swipes at the A s s o c i a t i o n and at me personally. The reason, of course, why he adopted this approach was because he had no defense to make against our charges. Sincerely, M a t t h e w M. Swetonic Executive Secretary Enclosure x" .sards of safety ` ' .e,f?Hon ' SherriH's one-sided Sensationalized article, ^ -ios, the saver of lives, , deadly side" (Jan. 21). many errors of fact interpretation. Tlie fol- n, ihould help clarify a "p/ his more blatant omis- ' ,nd distortions. ' J Because of the )on{ 'it period of asbestos-re- disease, Ithe disease found today is not an lion of present condi- ^ but is instead a result , editions existing deeadas t t a time when neither ."medical profession, gov- ffiflent nor the industry very much about the effects of asbestos and jess about the proper ns for their control. "jj) The isolated Incidents ts j)roof of industry in* '.'rrenec and inresponsibility . r.et indicative of the over* industry response to this cm. In the past decade e, the asbestos m'snu.'ae* -i*; industry has spent ap* eeximaloly SUO-miilion on 'felt control and expects to a& an additional S95-miI- , over the next few years k ehicre complete compli- 2 inet with the final Depart* - sent of Labor standards. | (3) No mention was made 1 .'.never' of the highly re* ^ a::led and extensive medical 1 onjrch which has been spon- . . co-sponsored or co- :::mted in by the Industry -rauch the years, and which a contributed significantly cur knowledge of the bio pal effects of asbestos. In i:t. the Institute of Oeeupa- -r.il and Environmental tilth, sponsored by the \ ;*rtcc Asbestos Mining 4 -tweiation. is one of the ' -rld`s largest nongovern* `tr.ui sources of funds for *;iatos-licilth research. W) While Dr. Irving 3. Sell* :'l has certainly made a ,, t'aable contribution to our P led ge of ashestos-related * lic> it is unfortunate that Sherrill did not discuss * *h3t>on with any of the ^ top authorities in the f since many of them do ^believe that many of Dr. "'ofpj recent frightening ^'rtions are justified by . Printed medical data. '*(5) The Labor Department decision to delay adoption of the two-fiber standard for an additional two years beyond the two-year implementation period recommended by the National Institute of Safety and Health and the Advisory Committee was approved by Dr. Marcus M. Key. Director of NIOSH, prior to the pub* lication of the standards. Furthermore, Dr. Key is In tou! disagreement with Dr. Selikoffs prediction that half of all those entering the asbestos industry within the next four years will die be cause of the delay in going to two fibers. * We believe that the above facts demonstrate quite clear ly the incomplete and dis torted-manner in which Mr. Sherrill presented the asbes tos-health situation in his article. Matthew M. Sw rrosic. Executive Secretary, Asbestos Information Association New York Air. Sherrill replies: Even if one is kind enough to accept Mr. Swetonie's fig ures regarding the amount spent on dust control, the $110-million comes to less than 2 per cent of the value o f asbestos products sold in the United States during the past 10 years, according to the U. S. Bureau of Census. Considering the health dis aster that the dust has crerted, 1 don't call a 2 per ' cent outlay exactly over whelming. But before taking Mr. Swe* tonic's complaints too serious- ' )y, one should bear in mind that the Asbestos Information Association is funded by 19 of the nation's largest miners, manufacturers and importers of asbestos and asbestos-con taining products, and the as sociation pays Mr. Swetonic to respond almost by rote. For example, after a recent Wall Street Journal article on the hazards of asbestos, he complained, saying it was 'incomplete, erroneous, sen.sationalizcd and distorted." Mr. Swetonie's defense ar senal is limited to a few stand. aid blunderbusses. ` But when he is not rattling * off this non-speak as an in dustry flack, he can be quite sensible about the problem. In my taped interview with him, I asked, "In general, how `.does the industry feel about Dr. Selikoffs conclusions relating to the hazards of as bestos?" Did he reply that Sclikoff -was all wet? No. That Selikoffs mortality figures . were cockeyed? No. Mr. Swe tonic replied, "The health ex perience of these people [as bestos workers] has, you know, been a- terrible thing and is obviously, you know, 'quite bad, and 1 think that when this information first started to come out of Dr. SelikofTs laboratory it was quite shocking to industry, obviously so." I further asked Mr. Swe- ' tonic if be thought the prob lem was limited to asbestos workers. "No," he said. "I don't think 1 would go that far. There hare been fairly substantial increases of asbes tos-related diseases among manufacturing workers, espe- ;dally textile workers [whose ' work] has been notoriously ' . dusty. . . . " As for the complaint that I do not quote enough doctors who are sympathetic with the asbestos industry, well, let's turn to one of Johns-Manville 'Corp.'s top health consultants. Dr. George W. Wright, for further evidence of the indus try's slowness in meeting the problem. Jn tlie American Rt- 'view of Respiratory Disease. October. IKS, Dr. Wright ac- knowledged that although as early as 1S30 scientists ` "demonstrated that asbestos posed a major threat to the . health of workers in the as bestos textile trade" and al though subsequent rest .eh ' linked the hazard to her workers, "substantial num --, bers of persons exposed to asbestos in their occupation have never come under a pro tective occupational hygiene program." This is still true, and h is the fault not only of the as' bestos industry but, as t made clear in my article, also the fault .of a Iclharnic, stupid . element of organized labor - and m ost especially of a* I* W%re *AesrV  % Ilr. C. H. Sarancvrslei R utherford Ilr. T. 5. P a rse , J r . W hite P la in s 0S?IA r . e c u i r o r e n t s X sb ssto s C aution in J o in t C roatr.er.t P ro d u cts K ovenber S, 1973 C onnie: I n r e p l y t o y o u r r s e s o r a n c u a o f O c to b e r 24 , 1973 c o n c e r n in g OSia ro o -a irsse r.ts in la b e lin g a s b e s to s j o i n t t e a m a n t p ro d u c ts ," >*e h a v e c h e c k e d w i t h I n s u r a n c e an d t h e y f e e l , an d :ra c o n c u r , t h a t wa s h o c id a c c i s a a l l s u p p l i e r s t o a f f i x t h e r e c t i r e c c a u t i o n s t o o u r b a g s . IT a iic we n a y fee e x o n t t a d u n d e r t h e P .e g u ia tic n p e r t a i n i n g to b ending, th e te s ts have n o t ap p aren tly been run to ju s tify such eorerrption, end i t v c u ld be orach th e s a f e r c o u rse a t t h i s t i n e to a f f i x b o th c a u tio n s cn a l l such p ro d u c ts b e a rin g o u r nar.e. I* -.`il TH?:p)c c s : M essrs. C Abbey - Ruth r i o r d J h a c h e u e r - V: u S W eiss - if.P . liu fiDV 5 J. bcrT. January 22, 197^ Mr. V. B. Kevton, Packaging Manager Gold Bond Building Products Division of national Gyp sun Coopery 325 Delaware Avenue Buffalo, Dev fork Ht202 Dear Bill: Confirming our recent pho.-.e conversetion pletse proceed to effix both the Asbestos "Caution" end Dust "Hazard" lebels on the containers of Beady Mired Joint Cccpound your Coopery supplies Fllntkote. a. ^ m LA J Wt* on tne p e n es tne pens ere sanuoecturea. We vill have the copy printed on the one gallon lebels ve furnish Matte son vhen our current stock of these lebels is depleted. In the ceantine, we vould appreciate the "Caution" nna "Hazard" stamped on the cans you ship to Flintkote. Thank you for your assistance and guideace in this rawter. Very truly yours, CHB/af C. H. Berenovski Assistant Merchandise Manager Gypsun Products a. / T he Funtk o t e C ompany t 0 HR M-L. JOHNSON rutherford FROM . V.H. MORTONSON RUTHERFORD SUBJECT: ASBESTOS STANDARDS I have attached the minutes of the AIA/NA Technical Committee Meeting which was held in Newark, New Jersey on. February 6, I ' f f * . The minutes of a previous meeting between three members of the AIA/NA Technical Committee and OSHA are also attached and establish the reason for the February 6th meeting. The need to write drafts of work practices as quickly as possible wes determined to be our most important assignment. OSHA intends to use work,! practices as a practical method for their inspectors to determine compliance, during plant inspections. If Industry doesn't do the ob, OSHA will have it done by outside sources. It was agreed that the work practices could best be done by individuals from the various industries which will be affected. Assignments were made on this.basis as indicated in Ed Fenner's minutes. We are expected to provide assistance in the areas of asbestos-cement pipe ana vinyl asbestos floor tile. Someone from Ravenna should contact John McCinley to help on pipe, and I have already spoken to Ed Opila about offering Bill Fassuliotis his aid for tile. It should be noted that the tine schedule is very tight for first drafts but this is at the insistence of the OSHA. officials. During the course of the 'Committee Meeting, several items of interest were discussed which require our noting or taking action: 1. AIA/HA wishes a response to Ed Fenner on cur company position regarding the confidentiality of medical e*ans. The unions are pushing to have the exams kept confidential sod for the doctor to only advise Management whether or not nhe employee can continue working. AIA will take whatever stand the . member companies want based on the responses. 2. On the natter of monitoring fiber counts a number of espects of this function were discussed with the fjl2utfi.se consensus agreement on practices. a. Pumps should be calibrated for flow rate at least once a year. ' J-M uses a "wet displacement Djethou". We will find out about this method. b. Samples, once prepared for microscopic exam, are only good for 3 or U days so sample retention ims little value. (continued) s 3 3 -A iN T irr's CXHIB/T&-r. ! -/1 - id T he FUNTKOTE Company * MR. M.L. JOHNSOH RUTHERFORD FROM . Inter-Office Correspondence Date J T 3R 'JA F.r 1 9 , 19 7 1* WJf. MORTOKSON RUTHERFORD SUBJECT: ASBESTOS SIAJiDARDS PAGE 2 c. Frequency of testing is twice a year if previous tests indicate operation occasionally exceeds TLV. Once e year if operation is under ILV. d. Most companies have been testing for 90-minute duration . or a complete job cycle, whichever is longer but are now tending toward h-hour tests wherever practicad for TVLA. valves. Peak value tests are run according to the particular operation being measured. e. Several companies (Nicolet and J-M), who have considerable waste disposal problems, have been investigating pelleti zing the asbestos dusts and waste with encouraging results. Ferro-Tech {sp ?) was one company mentioned as offering equipment for pelletizing. f. Some very high fiber counts have been obtained when drywall joint cement is sanded. It was felt that asbestos would either have to be eliminated from the product or the cements labelled as "hazardous". W.h. Mortonccn WHM:pb Attachs. cc: Mr. M.C. Carpenter - White Plains (Attachs.) Mr. E.A. 'Opila - Chicago Heights (IT) (Attachs.) Mr. S. .Weiss - White Plains (Attachs.) m y .s s ' j '^. XT.'- I* . I \ v\ ;r . J* B ricrley for onto IK, g . J . F le tc h e r l o * A n sel* >jr. o . B. Wildny O rleans Hr. H. S C h i l coti> THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY FLOORING ANO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION 1232 MeKINLEY AVENUE CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS 60411 Mr. C. A. O pila Chicago Height June 3, 1974 EPA l| t ~ 7* . :r X A ttached e re tvo co p ies o f b o o k le t t h a t 1 being passed out to each eoployee a t Chicago Heights along w ith the Acceptance Fora This booklet has been prepared in compliance w ith the I llin o is Environmental P ro tectio n Agency as being th e p roper in fo n n a tio a t h a t covers the hacards of asbestos. I f you have need o f th e se f o r r a , p le a so ad v is e Mr. L. Sands. EA0:ph i>C\ i k A. O p ila I'n - A ttach cc: Hr. K. L. Johnson - R u t h e r f o r d CPP| i0^ Hr. L. J. Sands - Chicago Heights aea-R ruuN T irr* i MK X H i m r r ,Art. 2 HCOJAS'* 14 -L & " ;. T C S A H YOUR HEALTH THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY FLOORING & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION 1232 McKIHLEY AVENUE CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS S T'*'rinp. "nd in the course of your -- yO.nyi-i "t, you may be exposed to 'ir*-or-> Concentrations of Asbestos. I ">. c* r * Following are some questions commonly asked about asbestos and health. Answers are based on medical evidence and industry experience. 0. IV'.T ir ASBESTOS? . A. Tl - term "asbestos" is a name given to a variety of natural occuring r r r sd silicates of a v i r t u a l l y intructible character. 0. vy.n USES ASBESTOS? A. Practically everyone in a sence. There arc about 3,000 different products in daily use worldwide that utilize in some way the prop erties of asbestos. Q. WHAT ARE THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS OF ASBESTOS? A. The inhalation of airborne asbestos fiber's can increase the risk of developing certain diseases of the lungs within 7 to 40 years. Q. WHAT DISEASES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ASBESTOS FIBER? A. Asbestosis; cancers of the lung, stomach, larynx; and mesotheliomas are known to result from expocure to asbestos. -3 - Q. WHAT IS ASEESTOSIS? A . A rhrrtoris is a lung disease charact c \ ;red by lung scarring. It is n e i ther malignant nor necessarily fatal. F o H e w i n g continued exposure to high concentrations of dust, asbestosis m'v* develop fully in 7 to 9 years an d may ceucc death as early as 13 years after onset of exposure. Q. WHAT IS MESOTHELIOMA? A. Mesothelioma is an extremely rare cancer of the lining of the chest (pleura) or the abdominal cavity (peritoneum). It is found almost exclusively among those with occu pational asbestos exposure. Q. WHAT EFFECT DOES SMOKING HAVE? A, Asbestos industry workers with a history of smoking have a lung cancer mortality rate eight times greater than expected, with age and smoking * habits taken into account.' I ) / L ! ir -4 - JUI 1- 1 3 : v . * / % Q. WH AT ChU EE DOUE TO PREVENT ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES? A. Teduction of asbestos duct exposure is at present the only known m e t h o d of preventing disease among asbestoe industry workers. Experience has shown that when dust levels ore low, risk to employees and the incidence of asbestos related disease is reduced. Q. HOW ARE ASBESTOS DUST EXPOSURES MAINTAINED AT LOW LEVELS? A. Basically, the requirements- of oar dust control program is three s ided 1. Processing areas and m a c h i n e r y are equipped with dust suppres sion and collection devices, 2. Detailed asbestos handling p r o cedures have been implemented to keep asbestos concentrations to a minimum. 3. The in-plant air is contin u a l l y monitored to assure that OSHA Asbestos Standards are being met. . 1 . - *. ________________ j J L ft C *>1-, ; 5 V t . ' V \* VO s I . Tpr -1 If you have questions concerning the oontents of this booklet or desire "'ditional sources of information, contact your Supervisor. m . j & > ;- t , -, . . ^ i <c./* 1. 111. Pollution Control B o a r d Opinion #?CB R71-1 2. Questions and Answers on A s b e s t o s & Health J-M 0EA-1OP-371I 3. What every employee should k n o w about Asbestos J-li #EA-13L-3711 A. Asbestos and He a l t h AIA/NA 103D37 7- V ' U- iiS-.U im *N Nf* ' 'v.* J t-f* During and in the course of your employment, you ma y be exposed to Airborne Concentrations of Asbestos. Following arc some questions commonly asked about asbestos and health. Answers are based on medical evidence and industry experience. I> I i L, i '.i < r V i r. f . r- .% 2- rVM : - ' lu rt y WHAT IS ASBESTOS? The term "asbestos" is a n 2mo g i v e n to a variety of natural occuring mined silicates of a virtually in destructible character. WHO USES ASBESTOS? Practically everyone in a sense. There are about 3,000 different products in daily use worldwide that utilize in some way the prop erties of asbestos. WHAT ARE THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH HAZARDS OF ASBESTOS? The inhalation of airborne asbestos fibers can increase the risk of developing certain diseases of the lungs within 7 to 40 years. WHAT DISEASES ARE ASSOCIATED WITH ASBESTOS FIBER? Asbestosis; cancers of the lung, stomach, larynx; and mesotheliomas are known to result from exposure to asbestos. -3 t j % K '; -- . \ < 'V v -T < . -4 Q. WHAT IS ASEESTOSIS? A. Asbestosis is a lung disease c h a r a c terized by lung scarring. It is n e i ther malignant nor necessarily fatal. Following continued exposure to high concentrations of dust, asbestosis may develop fully in 7 to 9 years and may cause death as early as 13 years after onset of exposure. Q. WHAT IS MESOTHELIOMA? A. Mesothelioma is an extremely rare cancer of the lining of the chest (pleura) or the. abdominal cavity (peritoneum). It is found almost exclusively among those w i t h occ\r pational asbestos exposure. Q. WHAT EFFECT DOES SMOKING HAVE? A. Asbestos industry workers with a history of smoking have a lung cancer I -Snli*^ .<? V%_lrv - -V.-A ;1 at WHAT CAN BE DONE TO PREVENT ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASES? Reduction of asbestos dust exposure is at present the only known method of preventing disease among asbes tos industry workers. Experience has shown that when dust levels are low, risk to employees and the incidence of asbestos related dis ease is reduced. Q. HOW ARE ASBESTOS DUST EXPOSURES MAINTAINED AT LOW LEVELS? A. Basically, the requirements of our dust control program is three sided: Processing areas and machinery are equipped with dust suppres sion and collection devices. Detailed asbestos handling pro cedures have been implemented to keep asbestos concentrations to a minimum. The in-plant air is continually monitored to assure that OSHA Asbestos Standards are being met. >y \ __ _ / [ ` ch -5- V>: v < . HOW ELSE IS M Y HEALTH BEING PROTECTED? If you have questions concerning the contents of this booklet or desire additional sources of information, contact your Supervisor. 1. 111. Pollution Control Board Opinion #?CB R71-16 2. Questions and Answers on A s b e s t o s & Health J-l< #EA-10?-3711 3. What every employee should know about Asbestos J-M #EA-13L-37IX A. Asbestos and Health AIA/EA 103D37 FOTEITTIAL HEALTH HAZARD INSTRUCTIONS PMLE (!') Or THE ILLINOIS POLLUTION C O N T R O L nOAP.n FEOU.ATION R71-16 STATES THAT A L L E M P L O Y E E S MUST BE INSTRUCTED ON THE POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS OF EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS FIBER. IN COMPLIANCE WIT H THIS RULE I HAVE READ THE ACCOMPANYING BOOKLET ENTITLED ''ASBESTOS AN D Y OUR HEALTH." A H Y Q U E S T I O N S I HAD CONCERNING* THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOKLET HAVE BEEN ADEQUATELY ANSWERED AND I NOW UNDERSTAND THE POTENTIAL HEALTH HAZARDS OF EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS FIBER. SIGNED: ____________________ EMPLOYEE CLOCK NO.: SIGNED: SUPERVISOR DATE: : THE FLINTKOTE COMPANY FLOORING & INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS DIVISION 1232 M cKi n l e y a v e n u e CHICAGO HEIGHTS, ILLINOIS Z Flintkote Company east Rutherford, n . j . I n t e r - O f f i c e C o r r e s p o n d e n c e DATE JU LY 8 , 1 9 7 ^ w c CARPSr'ZS S ilP U I FROM A. R. HOOKER, JR. E . BUIHSirOBD SUBJECT: ASBESTOS EvFORMATIQIT ASSOCIATIOH Monte, I sa enclosing, for you end ell those receiving & copy of this correspondence, copies of the sinutes of the AI A hoard of directors aeeting held on June 20 -in Washington, D. C. In particular, Monte, I vould like you to refer to Page 5 - Prior ities. This is the best explanation of the interests and activities of the Asbestos Inforaation Association that I have seen. Zt is sy opinion, that the annual dues of $8 ,^75-52 are veil -earth the ex penditure based on the inforaation ve get through the association on legislation and regulations that concern Asbestos Fiber, as veil as the opportunity to have input through the association on hov reg ulations should be vritten and/or amended. ,(3. HctrCtfr; A. R. Hooker, Jr. AEE:dk Enel. cc: Messrs. H. L. Johnson - E. Rutherford . R. Rabatsky - Revenna, Ohio H. Taylor - Akron, Ohio W. Harvey - Pioneer, Los Angeles j S. Weiss 1 -'White Plains i PLJUIVrVP~3 EXHIBIT. 4 -t3--4 1 ,,1E\ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 1660 L Street. N.W. / Washington. D.C. 20036 / (202) 223-4665 j>xmy & Navy Club l BOARD OF PIRECTORS MEETING June 20, 1974 W a s h i n g t o n , D. C. ' A meeting of the Board of Directors was held pursuant to notice, June 20, 1974 at the Army Navy Club, Washington, D. C . . The following Directors were present: Janes Vi. Armstrong George Barge W. H. Eeasley E. C. Bratt C. Nel s o n Codding Thomas A. Dougherty Bill Fassuliotis A. H. Fa y A. R. Hooker John H. Marsh C. G. Morgan Kurt Schwarz Martin J. Sendecki F. J. Solon, Jr. W i l l i a m C. Thurber J. K. Whittaker Bendix Corporation Atlas Asbestos Company Cement Asbestos Products Company Southern Asbestos Company Jim Walter Reseaxch Corporation Certain-teed Products Corporation GAF Corporation National Gypsum Company The Flintkote Company Raybestos-Manhatian , Inc. North American Asbestos Corporation Supradur Manufacturing Corporation Congoleum Industries, Inc. Jehns-Manville Corporation Union Carbide Corporation Nicolet Industries, Inc. A lso present: R. H. Mereness, Executive Dir e c t o r , AIA/ N A ; Carol K. Grant, Administrative Assistant, AIA/NA; J i l l C u mmincs, CadwalaJer, Wickersham & Taft, Legal Counsel; Terry Seeley and Sue Simons, Government Research Corporation; Richard T. Davis, C . P.A., Frank . Frantz & Co., Accountants. Guests: Fred Workman, Nicolet Industries, Inc.; Russell Todd, Atlas A s b ustos Company; William A. MacLaurin, Bendix C o r p o r a t i o n ; Frank Zimmerman, National Gypsum Company. Minutes Mr. Marsh, president, called the meeting to o r d e r at 9:15 A . M . . On motion, the Minutes of the -preceding meeting, M a r c h 20, were MR. M.L. JOHNSON . RUTHERFORD .* W.K. MORTOKSON RUTHERFORD '' ' SEPTEMBER 2 2 , 1974 . .' A I A T E C H N I C A L COMMITTEE . . - The a t t ached "minutes of the recent meeting o f the A I A `T e c h - - nical Com mittee are being distributed to k e e p a IT interested . parties a d v i s e d of the actions being, taken. :-i - V . *.V v * * ' '*r*' *-*-** .. I have already called Pioneer's attention-to the California Senate Bill' #2419 (Item 2a) in case they had n o t b e e n aware of it. We w i l l be developing some fiber count data, here a t R u t h e x - - ford later this week which will be submitted to the Committee and also to Pioneer.- We plan to spray a drum f o x Fiber :Roof ** Coating w i t h airless and air' atomizing guns and.saeasure the .. fibers, in the breathing'zone of the operator. . . ' * *. ' . ' *. You have seen my letter to Ed Fenner giving data from our . tile plants which supports our feeling that the handling of . *' finished tiles does not produce airborne fi b e r s ' o f a level *' which would be considered hazardous. -If the Committee agrees . ' w ith n e f no further work will be r e q uired o n t h i s assignment, `-i W. H. KOTSfS ' W.H. Morton son KHMspb Attach. , - ..-r_, ' U i . ' -' cc: Hr. W. Eaxvey Los Angeles (Pioneer-) (Attach.) Mr. A.R. Eooker, Jr. - R u t h e r f o r d (Attach.) Mr. E.A. Opila-' - . ^ - Chicago Heights (TT) (Attach.) Hr. B. Rabitsky - Akron (Attach.) Mr. S. Weiss ' - White Plains (Attach. ) \ ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION AMCA 1660 l S:reet. N.w. V.'asnmg'.on, O.C. 20036 / (202) 223-J865 Sep t e m b e r 17, 1974 TO: A I A STANDARDS AND TECHNICAL COMMITTEE COMMITTEE MEETING SEP T E M B E R 10, 1974 WASHINGTON, D.C. A meeting of the full Standards and Technical Committee was held in the Army-Navy Club in Washington, D.C.-on Se p t e m b e r 10, 1974. Items discussed are listed on an attached copy of the agenda. Action taken on these items is as follows: (1) A f t e r thorough review o f the AIA / N A s u b m i t t a l to OSKA it was the Committee's opinion that certain items in this submittal could be revised for clarification. R. H. Mereness sug g e s t e d t h a t before written clarification was submitted, it be discussed with Harry Gilbert, OSHA Project Officer for the Asbestos Standard. Mr. Mereness arranged for Mr. Gilbert to join our meeting after lunch. A f z e r review of all items in our recommenced revisions wit h Mr. Gilbert, it was decided that it w o u l d not be necessary for the AIA to submit written clarification, since Mr. Gilbert understood our aims. Mr. Gilbert spoke at the two-cay i n d u s t r y - g o v e r n m e n t conference sponsored by the AIA and curing his presentation mentioned OSKA's timetable. They expect that a revised draft of the Standard w ill be on the Sol i c i t o r General's desk for review b y N o v e m b e r 1, 1974 The proposed Standard after review w i l l be p u b l i s h e d in the Federal Register in early 1975. This w i l l be followed by time for written comments and a public hearing with verbal testimony. They anticipate that the final revised Standard will be p r o m u l g a t e d in June 1975. AIA STANDARDS PAGE 2 SEP T E M B E R 17, AND TECHNICAL 1974 COMMITTEE (2a) C alifornia Senate Bill 2419 banning the spray of V asbestos-containing m a t erial after J u l y 1, 1976 was proposed by California State Senator Marks. Apparently, a number of letters have been addressed to Senator Marks' office commenting that there are certain asbestos-containing materials that can be sprayed on buildings and structures without releasing, from a health standpoint, significant quantities of asbestos fiber. Senator Ma r k s ' office indicated that if data to prove this contention were submitted to his office, he would consider amendments exempting these materials from the regulation. Johns-Manville and Union Carbide will arrange through their respective fiber customers to obtain data on concentrations of airborne fibers generated during certain specific spraying operations. This data and suggested wording for an amendment will be submitted by AIA to Senator Marks' office in December 1974. (2b) It was agreed that H. B. Rhodes and E. M. F e n n e r w o u l d c o m m e n t to R. H. Mereness on s i g n i f i c a n t omi s s i o n s in the California State Department of Health paper ".Asbestos in the California Environment". Mr. Mereness, as Executive Director of AIA, would forward these comments to the author of the paper. (2c) No action was taken during the C o mmittee meeting. (3) A major portion of the meeting was d e v o t e d to a discu s s i o n of p reparation of work p r a c t i c e s d o c u m e n t s for A.IA/NA member company customers w h o purchase asbestos-containing products. Decisions as to w o r k practices and assignment cf one or more members of . the Committee to be responsible follows. All work practices will include description of the pertinent* part of the OSEA Asbestos Standard and recommenced procedures for handling, fabrication and installation cf the particular material involved. ( 1 ) Friction materials - (Weaver, Clark) ( 2 ) Asbestos textiles - (Moocy, Weaver) (3) Asbestos containing sealing ma t e r i a l s - (Dixit) (4) Asbestos reinforced molding c o m p o u n d (Weaver) (5) A s b e s t o s reinforced molded p l a s t i c s - (Weaver)  * a H M a a a > B M 8B M a a i * > f ' * " ^ 1 1 r i t i r i fT*-- q AIA STANDARDS PAGE 3 S E P T E M B E R 17, AND TECHNICAL 1974 COMMITTEE (6 ) A s b e s t o s-cement pipe - (ACPPA*, McG i n l e y ) (7) Joint treatment'compounds - (GDCI** , Rhodes) (8) Asbestos papers - (Fenner, Wilson) (9) Asbestos containing sheet p r o ducts - (Fenner) (10) Asbestos cement shingles - (Zimmerman) Asbestos Cement Pipe Producers Association Gypsum Dry Wall Contractors International Additionally, W. H. Mortonson is to i n v e s t i g a t e the necessity for a work practice relating to vinyl asbestos floor tile. This investigation to be done in conjunction with the Reinforced Tiie Institute. By copy of these meeting minutes, F r a s e r Morton is asked to comment on the necessity for a work practice related to flooring roll goods. The timetable for preparation of t h e s e documents v;as discussed. It was agreed by the Committee members that a rough craft of their document co u l d be mailed to E. M. Fenner by October 18, 1974. . M. Fenner w ould circulate, as necessary, for c o m m e n t . A meeting of the full Committee was then scheduled for Thursday, November 14 at 9:00 A.M. at a m o t e l in the vicir.i ty of O'Hare Airport. By copy of this memo, R- H. Mereness is requested to arrange fcr a meeting room, p r a r e r a b l y at the O'Hare Inn, and a block of eight single rooms for the night of Wednesday, November 13. E. M. Fen n e r EMF/emr Attach. ce: R. H. Mereness F. J. Solon, J TJt-' Flintkote Company EAST RUTHERFORD. N. J. cff"p-^ MAT k t 1976 TO: MR. J. C. HARSKESS - ROTEERPCRD MR. V. HARVEY - LOS ANGEL2S MR, R* BARAISKI - RAVEUHA. PROM: A. R. HOOKES, JR, - RUIEERPORD SUBJECT: OSEA ASBESTOS REGULATI05 JOHUS-MANVTLLE REPORT / I have Just received, per J-H's letter to me of April 22, & copy of Johns-ManviHe cement on the proposed nev occupa tional health end safety asbestos regulation n pH ti ng the asbestos count to ^alf a fiber per ee, ` This report I vould estimate has some 150 pages. Because of the voluminous nature, Z am excerpting and ng copies of the covering page, the index page for vhat I feel is the most pertinent part of the report and copies of the susxaaxy and conclusions, amounting to some nine pages. I vill keep the full report an file here in Rutherford* It is my suggestion if any of you vant to receive a copy of the full report, that you address such a request directly to Pick Carter, Manager of Government affairs at J-K in Denver* / -- % ARE: dk Attache. cc: Hr. E. R. Stainback - Rhite Plains Mr. J. Schmitt - Vhite Plains Mr. Z. A. Opila - Chicago Eeigbts Mr. D. Poirier - Tbetford Hines Mr. V. E. Mortoasoa - Rutherford S PLAINTIFF'S I 37 J HC>Of-s&- Comments of Johns-Manviiie Corporation with respect to Notice of Proposed Rulemaking Occupational Exposure to Asbestos (Federal Register October 9,1975) To: *> .? Occupational Safety and Health Administration U.S. Department of Labor April 1976 Fi cure No. 1 * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 v3 1 LIST OF FIGURES PROCESS DESCRIPTION FLOW CHARTS Ooeration Asbestos Cement Pipe Asbestos Containing Boards Roofing Roof Coatings a n d 'Sealants Sealing Components Sheet Gaskets Mechanical Packings (Textiles) Building Systems Asbestos Cement Sheet ACE (extruded) Panels Paper Page 16 26 21 3s 37 43 44 4$ "^3 4 9i 4 \ SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS Johns-Manville has for many years installed mechanical exhaust ventilation systems# modified process equipment, and introduced new work practices in its plants manufacturing asbestos-containing products in an effort to reduce the airborne concentrations of asbestos fiber and other materials to which its employees are exposed. These procedures have been continuously upgraded and improved as the "state o f the art" of dust control advanced. Until Decem b e r 1971, the Threshold L i m it V a l u e or e x p osure 1imit for asbestos dust was 5 million particles s e r cubic 'foot. Dust control mechanisms which were in s t a l l e d p r i o r to December 1971 were not designed solely to achieve 5 mppcf, but were designed to attain the lowest p o s s i b l e a i r b o r n e concentration of asbestos dust in the workplace -- with the goal wherever feasible, of reducing exposures b e l o w 5 mppcf in our asbestos-using operations. We employed w h a t we believed, at the time of installation, to be the b e s t avail able technology. Surveys performed by our industrial hygiene laboratories - using the impincer technique - revealed that by 1970, w e were close to achieving our goal; approximately 90% o f our monitored asbestos-using work stations were under the then existing TLV. This accomplishment required a concerted effort b y plant personnel and by our General Plant Engineering and Environ mental Control Departments. In addition to the design and installation of the best available dust control equipment, these efforts included the development of improved processes and techniques and utilized the expenditure of a b o u t $1 2 ,000,000 curing the period 1950 to 1970. Efforts to control airborne concentrations of asbestos fiber actually were instituted well before 1950. Installation of dust control equipment dates at least as far back as the mid 1930's. No records p r esently exist as to the specific airborne concentrations o f asbestos fiber present or the total expenditure for dust control made curing this period. 4 In December 1971, CSHA promulgated its emergency standard for exposure to asbestos dust. This standard speci f i e d an 8-hour t ime-weichted averace exposure limit of 5 fib e r s per cubic c e n t i m e t er, as determined by the membrane f i l t e r / p e r s o n a l air sampler technique. Johns-Manville, on the recommendation of the Bureau of Occupational Safety and Health, had initiated this type of monitoring technique in our plants during 1969. At the time the emergency standard went into effect, w e had completed the monitoring of our asbestos-using work stations only because best available technology was successful at these stations ana was r!S t succes^ru.l to the same extent in other process . steps in our facilities where the same control efforts were made.____ A review of our industrial hygiene data for all of our asbestos industry segments indicates that, in general, the process steps with major problems, that is, process steps with T W A fiber counts above 0.5 f/cc, are concentrated in two areas: 1 . Fiber introduction * <*" a. Bag opening, emptying and disposal b. F iber handling 2. Finishing a. M a chining b. Surface sanding These are not the only problem areas that will need study and development effort in order to reduce exposure levels. These two process steps are major operations, common to many asbestosproduct manufacturing facilities and will require the greatest attention from Johns-Manville. Our study of these major problem areas has convinced us that en tirely new processes, methods, and equipment must be developed by trial and error, with no guarantees that the proposed Per missible Exposure Limits can, in fact, be met. It is impossible to oredict now the cost and implementation time for these develop ments. We don't know what will be needed to achieve compliance. 5 C O N C L U S I O N S : 1. O E S F I T E THE MAXIMUM FEASIBLE E F F O R T S OF MANY T E A R S E M PLOYING <-s . BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY, WE HAVE NOT BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN REDUCING EMPLOYEE EXPOSURES TO AIRBORNE CONCENTRATIONS OF c* ASBESTOS TO BELOW 2 F/CC AT ALL WORK STATIONS. f 2. BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY CAN NOT ACHIEVE COMPL I A N C E WITH C THE PROPOSED TWA EXPOSURE LIMIT OF 0.5 F/CC. EQUIPMENT, * PROCESSES AND WORK PRACTICES, UNAVAILABLE UNDER EXISTING TECHNOLOGY, WILL HAVE TO BE DEVELOPED THROUGH THE TRIAL AND ERROR METHOD - WITH NO ASSURANCE OF SUCCESS. 3. B E C A U S E OF MANY UNKNOWN FACTORS, IT IS IMPOS S I B L E NOW TO PREDICT THE COST AND TIME REQUIRED FOR THESE DEVELOPMENTS SUCCESSFUL OR OTHERWISE. Location Product Line BUILDING SYSTEMS - Date Built Replace. Value Million $ 1974 Employees 1974 Salei Million $ --- 16.0 100 9.1 Manville, NJ Waukegan, IL Extruded asbestos-cement wall panels and formed flat A/C sheets for commercial and industrial building construction 1969 1927 PAPER 0.0 75 2.9 Tilton, Nil High purity specialty asbestos 194 7 papers for the electrical ________________________ industry._______________ ___________________ OTHER 2.0 150 11.0 TOTALS ? 267.2 3825 184.8 ( 6 ) - *r MAJOR PRS3LSM AREAS As noted in the "Summary and Conclusions" section o f this report, there are two process steps, common to most asbestos industry segments, where control of airborne fiber generation is of major concern, because past efforts have been unsuccessful in reducing employee exposures consistently to less t h a n 2 f/cc,. to say nothing of reaching 0.5 f/cc as an 8-hour TWA. 1. Fiber Introduction a) Bag opening, emptying and disposal, (common to all asbestos industry segments) Since 1954, we have designed and installed. 18 different p bag opening stations. None has boon from the ( . standpoint of maintaining exposure levels below 2 f/cc. j Presently,' the TWA airborne asbestos concentrations to \ which our employees are exposed at our best b a g opening ( station, range from 0.8 to 2 . 2 f/cc, with an average of ( 1.1 f/cc. Fiber counts for all bag opening stations range from 0. 8 to 8.6 f/cc. In addition to our own development efforts, w e h a v e tested three commercially available automated bag opening systems. None were suitable because at frequent intervals during their operations , portions of the kraft or plastic bag would enter the raw material mix. In many of our asbestoscontaining p r o d u c t s ,particularly a s b e s t o s-cement p r o d u c t s , these contaminants result in faulty units which must be rejected. In order briefly to illustrate the considerable investigation by Johns-Kanville of possible alternatives, a history of our efforts to develop a bac opening system follows this section in the reports, it is titled: "CASE HIS TORE 1 - ASBESTOS BAG OPENING STATIONS." As a result of our investigation of possible alternatives, we believe that a fully automated bag opening system, which includes a provision for bag disposal to meet EFA standards, represents our best chance for complying with the proposed permissible limit of 0.5 f/cc. A workable sy s t e m is unavail able ur. 'er existing technology. It will b e n e c e s s a r y for the asbestos industry, in conjunction with an equipment manufacturer,' to undertake a major program to develop a suitable system. b) Fiber Handling (common to many asbestos u s i n g operations) Presently, the TWA airborne asbestos concentrations to which our employees are exposed at various fiber hand l i n g opera-- with dust collection hoods at ell points o f dust generation. These hoods are part of elaborate mechanical ventilation systems that exhaust through fabric bag filters. Initial development efforts would concentrate on the trial install ation of redesigned ventilation equipment o n various types of existing finishing equipment. If trial installations indicate that this procedure will not achieve compliance with the proposed permissible limits, then new, automated machinery with dust collection as an integral part, unavailable under e x i s t i n g technology, must be developed from the "ground up." Initial development efforts would concentrate on an automated pipe lathe-- a lathe used to machine pipe ends. If trials of the new lathe are successful, then development work most be expanded to automate the other types of finishing equipment used in an asbestos-cement pipe plant. . c) B oard and sheet surface sanding Even though our existing sanding lines are relatively new (installed during the last five years) and equipped with manufacturer supplied sophisticated dust control systems, some operating steps are even difficult t o m a i n t a i n at/or below a TWA of 2 f/cc. Exposure levels range from less than 0.5 f/cc at the feed end to 3.5 f/cc at i n s p e c t i o n and take-off stations. The major source of airborne fiber is r e s i d u a l dus t on the face of the sheet that is not removed by the existing surface cleaning equipment. Further reductions in the airborne concentration of asbestos fibers fr o m this oper ation can only be achieved by a more effective cleaning procedure. Equipment to achieve this goal is unavailable under existing* technology and would have to be developed through a trial' and error process. m '1 i 4 i - . ' t <.7- _ %*si :W j Mr. C. T. Derry Rutherford Product Liability Private Lobela 5. Weiss Rochelle Park October 8, 1976 Relative to your letter of September 9, 1976 addressed to Mr. J. C. Schmitt vhich ve discussed during a tele phone conversation on Septeaber 13, 1976, ve met with insurance company representatives to discuss the method of handling the product liability exposure connected vith customers* private labels and we were advised as follows: 1. If a customer's private label, designed by the customer, is applied to the product by Flintkote. any and all liability that is incurred as a result of label deficiencies will be Flintkote's. 2. If Flintkote'o product is shipped to the customer and the customer applies his private label, vhich he has designed, Flintkote will still be liable but at a lesser degree than in #1 above. Because Flintkote is introducing the product into the stream of commerce, it la Flintkote*s responsibility to apply all necessary warnings and cautions even though the customer r.av re label the container at a later date. If we apply the private label at the time it is shipped from the plant, ve would not have a defense for actions taken against us for inadequate labeling. 3. If Flintkote provides customers with product data sheets and if the customer indemnifies and holds Flintkote harmless for liabilities arising out of inadquate private label content cnc design, it is still not certain that the courts would absolve Flintkote from any liability. It would be very difficult for us to defend ourselves if it is shown that we knowingly applied a label which was deficient. Upon further discussion with the insurance company, we arrived at three optional procedures for protecting Flintkote'a interests in the use of private labels. They are as follows: C. T. Derry 2- Oetoser 8 1976 1. Flintkote apply to containers the required warnings, precautions, instructions, etc. separately and in addition to a label furnished by the customer. 2. Flintkte provide the complete label leaving a blank section for the customer to have his name imprinted. 3. Flintkote provide a model label and require the customer to duplicate without deviation the same information on any private label. It is suggested that you consider the above options as solutions to the private label problem. in labeling or advertising, we are enclosing a photo static copy of an article entitled "labels & Advertise rants That Dead To Liability". You may wish to circula this publication to concerned indivioualo. co: Mr.J. C. Schmitt Mr.J. C. Earkness Mr.Vf. R.Mortonson Mr.J. J. Moran Mr. A.R. 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L u t t i Mi*l*.ln'v ( f i l i I n Iti til o t | ; i l s l o t U m JIHIIMM . t p p l n . tl n is imiiU tini Itti* Mi|H i tr i ll o p i m i ' ih w l 'Ili.t N ' O l m i i l i o mi t t L i l i t t i ! io n i * 1 1\ *.tfe.~ ( ) m i i l r m i , ;i n n t p n i o n f n i ilo* . n o u t e l i pi* ) T i n ' I.iIh I j l s r l f n o ili* j i r ( i t o l . n o (In ( o l i m i fut: * ( : lti.t N.nltttrtl.i o r i l i D i' ti. it i )n 1% l i t n p t l . i l li si I .i m i p i m m I l s m u I h v if * \ ' 'll*- o sp i|i-r ;</ i 1.tir o In li imlui il tin .tir. not.tio'l .munii; Oli sl.itroirnts lln* li>ll<mot|;: "l'Ilt.t N.ttltnnl. is (tinniti- |0<0 Il itoti .(tri ImI I .ili ! O t r i .'IMMUNI littspo.il t tuli tilt tl linei ni super il'<l Oppi '.I* l i m m l nul un* sin^ lr i .i-.t n| s lo t o ill.iltutts lutto il Osi*. I l o - p i . m i l i t i tt '. ri l il I m i t o n i * Ilo* li t r i .i\ i o li te . t f l e i n n u o I n o 5)0* . p p li r tt simo* u t liti i i r . o i t l o r e l i tt o lrn o p o i s t Io I le tt i h e c o m i ilo* l.ti i il Im i li ot Is ' ( I t t i m f l . t l o (ire t r i t i n o ; ; t lm o l n i n l o i c t t l . to' Ol-ltlr .tlinlli i o p p io .tim o I liitini; ilo* sit e . m u l i ' tito* t ' i o M 't i 'H' Itovniiii* 5i n s . tt i o ti 10 .!*.> w f o i r (lo- t i r . t o t It.itl Ite o p p i I. Ii.toit* O l ii* p o l i r t i o p . M l r i <t. r e t i ; o n l i n f l u i t e l i 1 1n inll.tonn.itimi p i n c o w e d fim o n i n n e li te ( i m i M o ! idiote (fu* 0 ftvls .o t t i | i n l | t t t mollis li i I f . n f oi l li,u n i s t t m . t u t e l i s e t i s i l i t r . 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T ltis Ir Muti. illtiNlralcs III* laitper ni lite* m e o f ilo* u n n i '`taf'.** So far ,\ ilo- t r io n i udii ile i. d e fe iid a iil Itati tiri ittiitt Itili;*' tlt.it ntiv uf lite iit|'t tli< n i>fltr ir .it itMtt.ffin'tl tuir.lil Ite p r o v ili triti.m i tu a mali |w rt Mi tute u| tiM H il Imi mir*lil I h ' allei p v llic ir lu . H it- u d r M ; d d id u d p itittip .il ul Ino ni un ilo t i lo o a in o l i n e l i m i |t im lim o le d p * o f daup*r, u:is ni ito .ttail in liti patlienl.tr (ave, lice .tur u f Un* iv.irr.nily o f i l i lieiitf* com pit i ly sale. I m i IIIISTI V |)ASf|.HIIUf r u m i t e l i AM) fs.iniQ U A T r. U a h n IM * In.iilt (piali* u an ilit|* \ Itavi* Itetai p ro d u ttiv e of m uti li!iy. itimi *1Ite v:i\l n n jo rilv nf u n i i casi prtM iil jury ipievltom , in In llie negligciiec uf tlu* ut.tiHil.ieltiier. am i II- c rm ln lm lo tr m y l i p i i i r uf liti' plnioltJf. \ tnm I t i t n l e.iM* li lltal ul Tnnipn l)u i|* CutnjHmi/ v. U nii, Ki t Slip. (IDVi) 101 Sii (_M) filli, 75 AU. (ili) Tir. Di ir.tM il, rerjurMrd ati empiiyre tu purcluM* a l'alton nf earlotu leifarl*l*oule ulti) eliti mi fruiti Ilo* T a m p a l)rit|* C o m p an y , ti irU*advctied lii.mttf.u fui imi* vitellini, ll i d n y I n n i r t m m m r n d r d a t imi (Tedili* llour cWaoinp fluiti plaiitlifT o lili lite ;tNMl.iii<-e ul ime M u ip in , Mattili tu c l r a n Ilo- llooij nf liis Itnme io fi*' iiiuffiioy U d n y art upett pan. Iltey pm ire d lite lirptit) f o n imtics Iti U-plti .imi llu*it m l:md\ ami km e t d i p p t d elullt iti lln* loil ami \p read n t e r lite llour. lindi imiti d a Minit)* ndur fruir lite Itipitd. 1*1alittfi u u r t x d luti un Itoti# o ltri) Ite ro m p la in e d uf Itrad .td te a n d i l i s / i i u s i ami diurni* limirO.lml Muif.au ennlimied lite u o r l tlinl day and pari of lite fidino mg day lu im tip ltie llie jof*ami ntffrred mi ittjuiy. In tlie uflrritnim, limvrvcr, plaiulill l i e t a m r MI ami dirli l l i i il r r u day< latrr.,,Tli* re o a i medicai letti* itimi) tlial d r u d i l u * lur lu cailtot letta Idnride pmwinliii*. TeMituoo) iudfi.tled. tli.it plaJotiff |*ad read lite lattei Ih foro ltc'md'd ImA In iim* am i li.nl lirrti . i m i i l lltal tir liail lu Ite rateili! o l i e n iiriog: d u i oltile o m k m y . d t r r r o im lm v \ ami u lunr leadiug lo lite tnom oliere Ite ita UKiliiii! u r i e all nprti. U n o idi to' tilt il smt, ;tlli|;iii|! in C m m t I d i t i llr lalu I o . n maderpt.ite tu o .im i uf Ifn* d ui;** mm\ ft.u ai li iM ii n uf (Ite p r u d u i l a n d (li' fatai t ll* il\ olii* li impili filluo d i r IIM1 d<rtruf O lia i (im ut u a \ l*as*l upun d i r a l l e p d in u lr< p i i) ni d ir Ialiti In o a i u d ir pdilie nf d ie iliar.u t o trir an d fatai p o l n t l u l il i r i im nK i-d fu * '..h#.**. . 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Ili,* c a x i c l i * d i l l o x l r a l c llu* t r e n d o f llu* f i n n x a n d c o m i In c i u n p e n - a l e Ila.* n i j i n e d lli nti *(* li i i m ? n f a p r m h i c l I; t a i i n g l i t e m n n f a c l t i r c r l l u - i i o f A f t e r a ll, K il t in i l i o x x e i e i l li e saou* U e i u t iv c a i e w iln e x M ix n llie M inili a n d mi tia liim In llu* t l . a i t p n i ; e c im o m ic a n d Mie.tl tifo? 1 !. < MR. R. RRfun: HI'.RCHA'JDISE ilAP.T 9 ,:r>vr.--,.5 r.R 28, 1977 :iR . t . iio y t ^ sears instruction sheet? 4 ! Dear T.ob: t We are adding the following warning to our installation instruction sheets: Warning Do not sand existing resilient flooring, baching or linin'? felt. Those products ray contain asbestos fibers that arc net readily identifialle. Irhalotior. of asbestos dust ray cause asbestosis or other serious bodily harr. Should v?o be doing the sare for Sears instruction sheets? >*7-:: ra cc C. T.. Dill i-.O^t INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE h r . J. C. EAHKiSSS HR. J. C. MURPHY oats JUNE 30, 1978 from A. R. HOOKER, JR. subject ASBESTOS Several plants within your respective divisions have in the recent past or are iurrently using asbestos fibre. This letter is to alert you (in turn you nay want to alert your works managers concerned) of forthcoming action to be taken by the Keal-tb Education and Welfare Department of the United States Government. ,1 . Recently, HEW Secretary Califano issued an extraordinary statement announcing steps he would take to inform doctors, workers and others "about the increased health risks of asbestos exposure." He said, "asbestos is one of the most dangerous end insidious substances in the workplace." HEW has sent advisory letters to 1*00,000 physicians and a major public information ca=aign aimed at workers and others ex posed to asbestos will commence in the near future. It is important to note that the Secretary emphasized high worker exposure "in the past" and particularly in shipyards. He also stressed the greatly increased risk of lung cancer among smokers. His action resulted from Defense Department (Navy) failure to identify World War II shipyard workers who might have been subject to excessive asbestos exposure as a result of pressures exerted by the Health Research Group, a Nader public interest organization. Of relevance was the federal government's financial involvement in . the settlement of the much publicized Tyler, Texas suit. The Califano announcement may have serious effect on public attitudes toward asbestos usage. Certainly it will encourage farther action by regulatory agencies for controls on asbestos". HEW has now announced that newspapers, radio and TV will be used to warn the public, and particular workers who have been exposed to asbestos, of the possible affect on their health. We believe the first effort will be in the form of "Scap Opera" spot radio programs. One dialogue which I have heard'is between three men, one who is disabled and two others who are being warned by the disabled to "check out" their coughs with a doctor, I understand this will spread to TV and newspapers. In conjunction therewith, or at least coincidental thereto, ABC Television has scheduled on July lU a documentary on asbestos. I submit the following thoughts for whatever help they may he in any needed response to comments or concern raised by this forthcoming media action: That excessive exposure to asbestos dust presents a risk to health is an established fact. Unregulated exposure to asbestos during World War II coupled with long latency periods for the development of disease provided a timeliness to certain asbestos-health studies which were to receive extensive and frequently exaggerated treatment by special interest groups and the news media. Exposure levels of asbestos dust in the past and particularly during the World War II era are simply not related to present regulated conditions. CA ARH: Co : Mr. M. C. Carpenter Mr. V. H. Hortor.son - Stanford - Rutherford Mr. W. Harvey Mr. S. Weiss - Les Angeles - Rochelle "ari" _4JNTTFr-S exHiorTs*, 4 l ^*OOV^EJ2--  liltlfc l iTKOTf INTER-OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE .i * Messrs. J. C. Harkness J. C. Murphy DATE FROM October 23, 1979 A. R. Hooker, Jr SUBJECT ASBESTOS C.P.E-C. E.P.A. PROPOSED RULEMAKING attaching a copy of the Federal Register dated October 17, 1975. I have : ^ e r l i n e d what I believe to be the roost significant aspects of these notices. " flir.tkote is a member of AIA/NA (Asbestos Information Association/North America) A pi in conjunction, therewith, it should be noted that, with the exception of the ,5int statement on coordination, the enclosures are advance notices o f proposed ulemakincs. Thus, they are the initial steps in the rulemaking process. It may ^ expected that, subsequent to consideration of comments received from these livance notices, CPSC and EPA will then publish proposed rulemaking notices with ictendant comment periods and public hearings to follow prior to issuance of any final regulations. EPA has indicated that the agency plans to propose regulations developed from the first phase of its investigation (selected asbestos paper products automobile and light truck brake linings) in early 1980, with a final rule ex|_ted in late 1980. While no timetable has been published by CPSC, the actions of the two agencies will be closely coordinated. silowing approval of members at the AIA/NA annual meeting on September 19, the law firm, of Kirkland & Ellis was retained as special counsel for federal regulatory affairs. Kirkland Ellis is presently assessing the enclosures as well as possible, imminent iriciatives by CSKA on the asbestos standard with the view of proposing a com.prehensi ve " response strategy for consideration by the Association, In meeting with the AIA Executive ee on Octc ber 16, frcm subm ine ft it iecial counsel suggested that the Association and its members meets to CPSC and S?A pending completion and receipt of their y a ssessme r.c. It expected that more definitive input will be available from c2unsel w -V.in 3 ays. In the meantime, AIA members are urged to review closely issuesc and cueessttiioorn.s in the advance notices and cive consideration to collection and ::staratton of est ano information are oi particular applicability to their comp ar.ies - Also attached are the remarks made by AIA President at the September 19, 1979 Board oi hrectcrs meeting in Washington, D. C. This is a good review of the A IA activities. vVi/1 f* *ttacrjnent.s c": M. Carpenter - Stamford S. Weiss - Rochelle Park Wra. Carl - Irving Paul Tanner - Irving M. Parke - Stamford i i A EN TVF'S /.EXM1BnU ! Hooter  DZT.-S.- HE1 T O C .AF C OP. P D F A T I O N c o m m e n t ? ?.e l a t in g t o t h e 7 C T L A E C F '5 PP.CPO.'ED A S E Z S T C S ; ?e f p z s z n t e d a t t h e p u f l i c h e a p T O E E H E L D O N M A T C H 14. ?rr u l a t :c n s c: G.AF C orporation . h a s r e v irw e d the D e p a r tm e n t of L a b o r ' s P r o p o s e d A s b e s t o s Kc-.ruiatirns ( P r o p o s a l s ' , the N o tio n a l In stitute f o r O c c u p a t i o n a l Safety L Uonlth F.epor: (NIOSH1. and the r .c c o n m e n d n ti m s of the A d v is o r y C o m m ittee (Pocommc-ndati or.s). T h is h as been a c c o m p lish e d with the a s s - . s t a n c e o; C - A r 's E n g i n e e r i n ' . S a f e t y , E n v i r o n m e n t a l E n g i n e e r i n g a n d A V. L * 4 W N w. . W. 4fc^ # . v e i l o s P r o d u c t a n d P r o d u c t i o n M a r . o c e r s a n d o t h e r line m an agem en t, Due to the b rie f period of tim e sin ce the P e c u la tio n s w ere p ro p o ser: end the cote of `h is h e a r in ', wo h iv e not beer, ab le to c a r r y out a full study a s to the validity, c o s: and fees Ibtlitv -f the S t a n d a r d s . A d d itio n a l tim e is needed for a m ore com plete investigation . H o w e v e r . v-'e h o v e m a c e r p r e l i m i n a r y c o n c l u s i o n t h a t t h e P r o p o s e d S t a n d a r d i s w or ha o l e e u c e p t f o r t he c o m m e n t s a n d s u c o e s t i o r . s m a d e h e r e i n . G.AF p resen tly p ro d u ces the following a sb e sto s- c o n ta in in g products-. (1) victyl a s b e s t o s f l o o r tile- an d s h e e t v i n y l f l o o r i n g ; (2) a s b e s t o s c e m e n t O 0 Page 2 p ro d u cts c o n sistin g of siding, flat sh eet, c a n a l bulkheading and d eco ra tiv e b rick ; (3) a s b e s t o s felt and m illb oard ; (4) a sp h alt paints and p la stic s; and (5) a s b e s t o s fiber. F o r p u r p o s e s of this d iscu ssio n , our c o m m e n ts will be a d d r e sse d p r i m a r i l y to the S u b -S e c tio n s in the P r o p o s a l s . (a) A sb estos Dust. . II G A F b e l i e v e s that it can c o m p l y with the five (5) f i b e r S t a n d a r d within ap p ro x im a te ly two y e a r s , but only at g r e a t co st. G A F m an u fretu res a number of d iverse asbestos-containing products and different abatement methods and procedures are required for each. W hile our testin g p r o g r a m is fa r f r o m co m p lete due to lack of time, it h a s b e e n e s t i m a t e d that it would r e q u ir e an in v e s tm e n t of m o re than one m illion d o lla r s to redu ce to the five (5) fiber Stan d ard the a s b e s t o s dust le v e ls u n d er all conditions in the a s b e s t o s c e m e n t p lan ts, m o r e than $ 6 0 0 ,0 0 0 at the flo o r tile and sheet vinyl floo rin g p la n ts, m o r e than $200. 000 at the a s p h a l t p a i n t s a n d p l a s t i c p l a n t s a n d $ 4 0 0 , COO in t h e a s b e s t o s f e l t a n d m i l l - b o a r d p l a n t s . It i s e s t i m a t e d that it w o u ld r e q u i r e a t l e a s t two y e a r s to m eet the five (5) fiber Stan d ard at the r e f e r e n c e d p la n ts cue to the need for fu rth e r te stin g and study, and the design , o r d e r in g and in stallation of ab atem en t eoaipm en t. 0 Q Psge 3 ~ T h e N I C 5 K T e p o r i a n d t h e R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s p r o p o s e a tv.-o ( 2 ) T i b e r S t a n d a r d . In -our opinion, a n in c a lc u la b le but u n s u p p o r ta b lo - ,c o s t Hvould be re q u ire d to red u ce e m is s io n s touhe w o <2) f ib e r le y el an d in a n y c a s e , i t w o u l d t a k e c o n s i d e r a b l y m o r e - . t h a n ; t v r p y e a r s t o a t t a i r v o s u c h . -, T e v e i if in f a c t i t - c o u l d b e r e a d i e d a t a l l . - .A t w o < 2 ) f i b e r S t a n d a r d , w o u l d . - -req u ire th2 t G A P reconsider.-the e co n o m ic fe a sib ility o f continued o p eration *oS the a b o v e p l a n t s . T h e s e . p l a n t s p r o v i d e t h e . l i v e l i h o o d f o r m o r e t h a n r -- . =-4,000 em p lo y e e s.; c -:s. [ G A F o p e r a t e s a n a s b e s t o s m i n e in V e r m o n t . V J t h a v e b e e n w o r k i n g -- ' c l o s e l y w ith the B u r e a u of M i n e s in on a s b e s t o s r e d u c t i o n p r o g r a m at the . m ine. H ow ever, there is no econ om ically fe a sib le known m ethod to red u cee x p o s u r e at the m ine to the five (5) fib e r S t a n d a r d . T h e m in e i s ar. in t e g r a l p a r t of the G A F op eration and su p p lie s a s b e s t o s to a n u m b e r of G A.F a s b e s t o s felt plants and other cu sto m e rs. ] In s u m m a r y , while the fi.-c (5) fib e r S t a n d a r d c a r. be m e t at G A F fa c ilitie s (except for the a s b e s t o s mine) within a p e r io d of at le a st two (2) y e a r s by the ex p en d itu re of a p p r o x i m a t e ly $ 2 . 2 m illio n , the tvro (2) f i b e r S t a n d a r d would a p p e a r to im p o s e an u n s u p p o r t a b l e e c o n o m i c b u r d e n r.n G A F a n d t h e a s b e s t o s i n d u s t r y . T h e O f f i c e o f A s s i s t a n t  Page 4 S e c r e t a r y of D efense, Health and E n v iro n m e n t s t a t e s a p o sition with which we a g r e e in i t s l e t t e r to N 1C SH d a t e d 13 J a n u a r y 1 S 7 2 w h e n it a d v i s e d that the two (2) fib e r Stan d ard " i s too -stringent fo r us to m e e t. " G A F will attem pt to com ply with a five (5) fiber Stan dard for its becom e effective within two y e a r s fr o m the date the final R egu lation s a r e erected. "(a) E x p o s u r e tc> a i r b o r n e a s b e s t o s f o r a n e m p l o y e e s h a l l n o t exceed five a s b e s t o s fib e r s , g r e a t e r than live m ic r o n s .n length, p e r cub ic cen tim eter of a ir calculated a s a tim e-w eigh ted a v e r a g e e x p o su re over the entire working day; and during the w orkday no concentrotion of a s b e s t o s to which w o rk e rs are exposed shall exceed 10.0 fib e rs per cubic centim eter. The above Standard shall becom e effective two y e a r s after its prom ulgation. ec Other Methods. exhaust system .  p2ge 5 ( c) .*:!! v.vv.-lo K e s r i r o t o r s . T o a l l o w f l e x i b i l i t y i:t the c h o i c e o f r e s p i r e t o r s a r.d a t th e s a m e t i m e tnrurc- e r tp ir y o e s' safety, the following w ordin g is s u g g e s t e d f o r this Section. You trill note that so m e of the p h ra se o lo g y is b o rro w e d fr o m p r e se n t OSHA R eg u latio n s. S u b -P o rt i -- Section 1010. lo 4 (b): "(1) "W here e n g i n e e r i n g m e t h o d s a r e not f e a s i b l e , o r do not r e d u c e the c o n c e n t r a t i o n s to o r b e l o w the l i m i t s p r e s c r i b e d In P o r n g r a p h (a) o f th is Section, approved re sp ira to ry protective d ev ices (r e s p t r a t o r s l shall be used and sh a ll be suitable tor the p u rp o se intended. (2/ No em ploy ee sh a ll be a ss ig n e d to t a sk s r e q u ir in g use of r e s p i r a t o r s i f b a s e d u p o n h i s m o s t r e c e n t etc a m i r a t i o n , the- e x a m i n i n g p h y sic ia n fin e s that s a i d e m p lo y e e will be unable to fun at ion w e a r in g a re sp ir a to r, or his health will be im pair id th e r e b y ." - .. - ittv"*' P rotective Clothim-. W o r k clothing is or.iy n e c e s s a r y in e x t r e m e l y d u s t y a r e a s , a r c sh ou ld be aued only when absolutely n e c e ssa ry . T h e p r o p o s e d w o r k c l o t h i n g r e q u i r e m e n t s , s e t f o r t h L:t X I G o H , w o u l d be c-tttremeiy c o s t ly to im p l e m e n t if such, sh o u ld b e c o m e n e c e s s a r y . In add ition to the need fo r the w ork clothing and c le a n in g t h e r e o f e m p l o y e e s would retru ire w arn up tim e a s well a s lo c k e r r o n m s an d s h o w e r s . C or.- Q O Page 6 str u c tio n of th e se f a c il it ie s in a sin gle plant could c o s t $ 1 2 5 ,0 0 0 . We re c o m m e n d the adoption of the A d v iso ry C o m m ittee r e c o m m e n d a tion that the em p loy er will provide em p loy ees with protective w ork clothing, w hen they a r e r e q u i r e d to w ork in an a r e a that c o n ta in s a s b e s t o s dust in co n ce n tratio n s g r e a t e r than 10 tim e s the p e rm itte d lim it of P a r a g r a p h (a). (d) P articu lar O perations and P roducts. (1); (2) and (3) -- We h ave no c o m m e n t r e g a r d in g these Section s which a r e p r im a r ily applicab le to the construction and related in du stries. (4) M ixing. The c o v e rin g or clo sin g of the m ixing p r o c e s s of the m a t e r ia ls m entioned in the P r o p o s a l s should only be n e c e s s a r y if su b stan tial am ount o f a s b e s t o s i s e m i t t e d t h e r e f r o m . T h i s i s not the c a s e ir. r e g a r d to G A P asbestos products. F o r ex am p le , our a s b e s t o s cem ent is m ade on a fou r-cylin der H atchek M achine s im ila r to a p ap e r m achine. A s b e s t o s is m ixed with w ater a n c o th e r r a w m a t e r i a l s ar.d h e ld in s u s p e n s i o n in the m i x f r o m the m o m e n t it s poured in to the m a c h i n e . T h e s a m e type of c o n d i t i o n s e x i s t f o r a s p h a l t paints and plastics.  O Page 7 F o r the r e a so n s stated, the Su b-Section should be am ended as follow s: " A s b e s t o s cem ent, m o rta r, c o stin g s, grout and p la stic sh all be m ix e d in c lo s e d b a g s or oth er c lo se d c o n ta in e r s only when the m ixing c a u s e s e m i s s i o n s of a s b e s t o s in e x c e s s of the p e r m it t e d l i m i t s p r e s c r i b e d i: P aragrap h (a). " (5) Waste and Scr2D. T h ere is a substantial amount of m a te ria l that might be considered w a s t e an d s c r a p in the m a n u f a c tu r e of a s b e s t o s p r o d u e r r . M o st, if not all, c o n s i s t s o f " l o c k e d i n " a s b e s t o s { i . e . a s b e s t o s w h i c h is; b o u n d an d e n c a p s u l a t e d in b in d e r m a t e r i a !) , ouch a s the t r i m f r o m a s b e s t o s p a p e r and m illb o a r d , a sb e sto s cem ent products, roofing, flat sh eets and floor tile. T his trim is g e n e r a l l y s to r e d ou tsid e the o p e ra tin g a r e a s for fu tu re r e c y c lin g or disposal. T h e r e art- su b sta n tia l q u an tities of this m a t e r ia l at m ost o p eration s c on ristir.r of fro m 6 ,0 0 0 tons fr o m one plant to o v e r a m illio n tens of tailing r o c k a vcr.r at our V e rm o n t m in e. If C r ` w ere req u ired to bag or c o n ta in e rise this s o - c a lle d w aste, it w ould s e r v e no health and s a f e t y function, yet c o s t s e v e r a l m illio n d o l l a r s a y e a r due to the sig n ifican t am o u n t of this m a t e r i a l e m a n a t in g fr o m the m . r ; l e c t u r i n g " rtu-u.s. F u r exam ::'..:, e x tra tile or sh e e t vinyl would be -v i ;x m Ji _ 5 .vy.ij rgB IvgS ^358 e PSC S T h e following r e w o r d in g of this p a r a g r a p h would e lim in a te the outlined problem s: "W here feasible, by v a c u u m c l e a n e r s . If s h a l l be util iosa in a c c o r - **5 (e) W arnin g Sign 's. C-AF does not take iss u e with the P r o p o sa l that w arning sig n s be located at certain a r e a s of a plant w h ere there is a sufficient quantity of dust to con stitute a potential h a z a r d . We subm it, how ever, the P ro p o sa l is too ior.g cr.s d e ta ile d c s i s the e x a c t w o rd in g of su c h a sig n . A sig n should be p o rted w h ere r e s p i r a t o r s a r e r e q u ir e d . When the sp e c ific a re s exceeds the p r e s c r ib e d limit, the following sign sh all be placed n e a r b y in a c c o r d a n c e with p r e s e n t C SK A Safety S ta n d a r d s: CAUTION ASBESTOS DUST AFTA entnn: o: the A sb e sto s Dust May bo H azard o u s to you Health - U se A p p ro v ed D e s p i r s t o r . * J A W arning Labels. T h e l a b e l s p r e s c r i b e d Ln t h e N l O S r : D e p a r t a n d i h e H e c o m m c n d a t i o n s >vi BtHk j * i i - p S v \ C > 12 P O E f s ^ i r C O i o ^ S L ( g . ? L N T C > ^'onrHfc-'E- T o c u t w r VoL W H ' C U ?tWll^c, - c l i e p t t *?iu ic&r^ 1 J ? ; 4 r' 1 i # i - i Li 0 Page 11 T h e m a j o r com ponent in m any of th e se p r o d u c ts is not a s b e s t o s . P a i n t s an d p l a s t i c s con tain l e s s than 177s a s b e s t o s by w e igh t, a s b e s t o s c e m e n t p r o d u c t s l e s s than 25% and vinyl a s b e s t o s flo o r tile l e s s th an 20%. One m u s t a l s o k e e p in m in d that c e r t a i n of the a b o v e p r o d u c t s a r e con su m er orientated, such as flooring and siding. A w arning la b e l would b e a s u b s tan*, i a l a n d u n n e c e s s a r y d e t e r r e n t to the s a l e o f t h e s e p r o d u c t s . Since th ese p r o d u c ts a r e not h a z a r d o u s u nder any conditions, they should not be labeled as such. T h eir d em ise could m ean the abolition of thousands of jo b s at the m anufacturing, distribution, con tractor and r e ta ile r levels. F o r e x a m p le , G A P em p loy es ap p ro x im a te ly 4, 000 e m p lo y e e s in it s a s b e s t o s plants and se lls to over 23, 000 r e t a ile r s and c o n tr a c t o r s . We o p e r a te o v e r 14 Building and I n d u s t r ia l P ro d u c t p la n ts. All w ou ld be a f f e c t e d , a s w e ll a s s e v e r a l h u n d re d s u p p l i e r s to th e s e p la n ts f u r n i s h i n g o v e r 20 m illio n d o lla rs of com ponent m a t e r i a l s . G A P f a v o r s l a b e l i n g w h e n it s e r v e s a l e g i t i m a t e p u r p o s e . G A P h a s a L ab elin g C om m ittee, whose function is to review and prov ide la b e ls for p r o d u c t s w h e r e v e r a p p r o p r i a t e . Y.'o h a v e , f o r e x a m p l e , a l a b e l or. b a g s of a s b e s t o s fib e rs which sta te s: CAUTION: Contains asb esto s fiber. Inhalation in e x c e s s i v e q u an tities over long p e r io d s of tim e r.tr v b e h a r m f u l O O Page 12 A v o i d b re a th in g dust. If a d e q u a te v e n tila tio n is not possib le, w ear r e s p ir a to r s approved b y the U. S. 3u reau of Mines for pneum oconiosis producin g dust. T h i s l a b e l is n e c e s s a r y s in c e the a s b e s t o s f i b e r c o u ld b e e m itted in s u b s t a n t ia l q u an tities if the b ag w a s im p r o p e r ly op en ed. H o w e v e r, sin c e there is no need fo r a l a b e l on o u r a s b e s t o s p rod u cts due to the "lo c k e d in" c h a r a c t e r of the a s b e s t o s , we s t r o n g l y oppose su c h a requirem ent. (f) M onitoring. G A F does not op p ose any r e a s o n a b le r e q u ir e m e n t on plant m on itorin g We a g r e e with the g e n e r a l p r i n c i p l e s outlined in the P r o p o s a l s and m a k e the follow ing su ggestio n as to frequen cy of m onitoring. "(iv) Sampling periods shall be of such a n u m b er and pattern a s to r e p r e s e n t a c c u r a t e l y the e x p o s u r e of e m p l o y e e s o v e r th e i r w orking p e r io d but not m o re than once annually. " (g) Medical E xam s. W7e a g r e e in p r i n c i p l e w i t h t he R e c o m m e n d a t i o n s o f t h e A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e r e g a r d in g the a b o v e . H o w e v e r, the r e q u i r e m e n t that an e x am ir.a n o n be c o n d u c t e d m o r e ;h ar. e v e r y two y e a r s fo r t h o s e w o r k i n g l e t s than 10 y e a r s sh ou ld be left to the d is c r e t io n of the e x a m in in g p h y s ic ia n , who is the b est judge of the cm pl ' y c e s ' pkysicnl condition. 9 O P a g e 13 T h e ioilov.nr.c is r e c o m m e n d e d : *'.A c o m p r e h e n s i v e h i s t o r y a n d p h y s i c a l e x a m i n a t i o n s h a l l b e p e r fo rm e :: on w o rk e rs and applicants. T h is shall include a ch est ro en tgen o g ram ( p o s t e r t o r - a n t e r i o r 14 X 17 i n c h e s ) and b a s e l i n e p u l m o n a r y fu n c t i o n i n c l u d i n g forced vital capacity (FVC) and forced expiratory volum e at one second (FEV 1.0). P e r i o d i c m e d i c a l e v a l u a t i o n is r e q u i r e d a n n u a l l y o n w o r k e r s w ith 10 o r m o : e y e a r s e x p o s u r e to a s b e s t o s a b o v e the p e r m i t t e d l i m i t s o f P a r a g r a p h ( a ) a n a e v e r y two y e a r s on o th e r w o r k e r s an d t h o s e w ilt, l e s s th an 10 y e a r s exposu re, u nless a plant physician provides otherw ise. com prehensive termination m edical exam ination sh all include f ' J ~ *U-: i e x a m i n a t i o n , c h e s t r o e n t g e n o g r a m , F V C a n d F E V 1 . 0 , a n d qc esti:utnaire for resp irato ry sy m p tom s. The initial and term ination m edical evaluations sh a ll not be req u ired, if a sirr.ilar c o n e r e h e r .siv e m e d ic a l evalu ation h as b e e n T >criorm cd within a 12 m o n t h p e r i o d (h> Records. G / t F p r o p o s e s the follow ing r e c o r d k e e p in g r e g u l a t i o n s , u t - to the confidential nature of these m edical re co rd s. O O Page 14 "M ed ical r e c o rd s shall be maintained by ph ysician s and other em ployees c h a r g e d w ith the im p le m e n ta tio n of the m e d ic a l r e c o r d s . O nly those p h y sic ia n s d e s i g n a t e d a n d a u t h o r i z e d in w r it in g b y the e m p l o y e e s , s h a l l h a v e a c c e s s to the m e d ic a l r e c o r d . R e c o r d s sh a ll be m ain tained fo r 10 y e a r s . " In c o n c lu s io n , C A F e x p r e s s e s g e n e r a l a g r e e m e n t with the P r o p o s a l s of the D ep artm en t of L a b o r, except a s noted h erein and resp e ctfu lly req u est that c arefu l con sideratio n be given to all G A F su g g e stio n s and recom m en d atio n s to m ake the P r o p o s a ls econ om ically anc tech n ically p c s s ib le . M K R H Q UE-D D O C U H f c P T \ A * V \ ( 0 ( u i i T w U O S feo T O co r v o *vr - c o o k j^ ^ l- d,. Cs. C o i P - V L 5 v t o V . R . - C-UlS-'-H" T \ U | L , r ^ i1i a? ,,* <: * ` i. i * Jo h n s - M anvills COLORATION PiPE DIVISION A$T O T K ST**T * *W TC'U !*, *. T. Ti.f*0*i: liXINSTON J-UOO iu gu st 7, 1961 Xr. I . C. loch Orangeburg Pipe D irisian ' 37$ Perk ITeaue Sew Tork, X Tork Deer S i : In settin g op your pipe operations, i t is assiaed that you hare knowledge of the fa c t th a t there era certain hasardoua conditions in the manaiaetura of i s beatea Caaeat products. la you icnov, there can be a hazard from I s bet tea lib e ra as m il as S ilic a . In ad dition , working with epoxies nay gire o ff f e s which *\_J spaipye bepcloamnetst, ovx*ic htsoTt caetrtteaminptetydpetos osef tinods iraiddenquaaltse. Ienquaiplml eonat r to prdhet our esploywes in lin e with accepted co m a rclal technique! Ue are assuaing that theae haaarhs hare bea takes into account i_ tin deaign o your asbeatoi ceaeet o p e ra tio n . 7/ 1* Tery truly yours, V ? * / {/it e . : tf. L. VanDerbmk Vine Preeidcnt and Prediction H inder I C A N A D IA N - J O H X S - M A W I U E CO.. L IM IT E D P.C. B O X I 5 C O ASBESTOS, q l t . k a h l v. uNPt;i. ;VED JLl.V 10 1958 o r r ie r o r the p re sid e n t June 4, 1968 Dear Sir: We would like to advise that, to date, we have forwarded to you documents (list attached) regarding the biological effects of asbestos. . Should you r.Gt have received one cr several of these documents, please .tv:si the undersigned so that we can correct tna situation as promptly as possible. Sincerely, Chairman of the Executive Comaittet Institute of Occupational Environmental Health Q. A. M. A. M ay 2, 1968. Following is a l i s t of all the litera tu re w e s e a t to the p erso n s on the attached li s t : 1. S. 2864 - A B ill - January 23, 1968 .2. Fact Sheet. .. for mem bers of Congressional Action Committees re "Labor Legislation" - dated Feb. 28/68 and having No. 204 3. S ta tem en t by Wm. H. STEWART - - F e b . 2 0 / 6 8 4. Statement by Arthur P. GILDEA - - Feb. 28/68 5. Statem ent of the A m erican Industrial Hygiene A ss o c ia tio n on Occupational Safety It Health A ct of 1968 - - F eb . 2 8 /6 8 6. Statem ent on Occupational Safety it Health A c t of 1968, p r e se n te d by Leo TEPLOW -- Feb. 29/68 7. Statem ent of M iriam SACHS, M .D . - - F e b . 28 /6 8 8. Statement by J. Sharp QUEENER - - Feb. 2 9 /6 8 9. Statement of the National A ssociation of Manufacturers before House Com mittee on Labor -- Mar 5/68 A 10. Statem ent by R. Lom ax WELLS, M .D . - - M ar. 5 /6 8 11. Statement by Alan BURCH - Mar. 6/68 12. Statem en t of Donald C. O'HARA - - M ar. 6 /6 8 13. Statem ent by John O. LOGAN - - Mar. 7 /6 8 14. Statement of Frank BURKE -- Mar. 8/68. 15. Statement' of Anthony MA2ZOCCHI - - Mar. 7 /6 8 16. S ta tem en t of John J . . HANLON, M. D. , M . P . H . , - - M ar. 1 1 /6 8 17. Statem ent of the Indusa-ial Medical A ssociation - - M ar. 1 1 /6 8 18. Statem ent of the A m erican A cadem y of Occupational M edicine - Mar. 11/68 19. Statem ent of Lloyd D. UTTER - - Mar. 11/68 20. S tatem ent of Ricardo M. MONTOYA - - M ar. 13/68 . . . /2 s L ite r a tu r e ( c o n f d) . .. /2 21. S ta tem en t of Josep h V. MORESCHI - - M ar. 1 3 /6 8 22. Statement by George MEANY - - Mar. 14/68 23. Statement by Hawey A. WELLS, Jr. --M a r . 14/68 24. Statement of the Government Employes' Council, by John A. M cC art - - M a r .il/ 25. "Up and Down Wail Street" - excerpt from "Barron's" page 27 26. Pneumoconiosis Research Unit - Asbestos k Cancer - Feb. 22/67 27. Problem s Arising From The U se of A sbestos, memorandum of the Senior Medical Inspecto's Advisory Panel, London 28. D r. McDonald's 1st year p rogress report to Executive Com m ittee - - F e b .B /6 8 29. "ASBESTOS" Bodies : Their Nonspecificity excerpt from A m erican Industrial Hygiene Association Journal - Nov. D ec./6 7 30. "A sbestos Found In Urbanites' Lungs",-Toronto Star - Mar. 2 7 /6 8 31. Report of Proceedings of the 21st Convention of International A sso c ia tio n of Heat it F r o s t In su lators it A s b e s t o s W orkers - Sep. 5 - 7 / 6 7 32. A sb esto sis Research Council, 10th Annual Report -Oct. 1/66 - - Sep. 30/67 33. On-Job Health P er il Is Cited at Hearing - Washington P ost, F eb . 2 1 /6 8 34. O ccupational Safety Sc Health - House hearing No. 5 - by N a tio n a l A s s o c i a t i o n - of Manufacturers -- Mar. 5/68 35. Letter from United Steelworkers of A m erica, from Frank Burke --J a n . 3 /62 36. P le u r a l calcification s connected with exposure to a s b e sto s dust. . . N o . 2721 37. R esearch on Health Effects of A sbestos . . . . No. 2818 38. Pleural calcifications in A s b e s t o s is .. . No. 2779 39. Community Effects of Non-Occupational Environmental E x p o s u r e .. . N o. 2774 40. E ffect of Some Industrial Dusts on the D ehydrogenase A ctivity and O xygen Consumption by C ells Obtained from the P er ito n ea l Cavity of A lb in o R a ts . . . No. 2814 . . . / 3 f .Literature (coat'd) .../3 41. Evaluation of the U sefulness of Membrane and Fibrous F ilters for Concentration M easurem ents of Industrial Dusts of Different S h ape.. . No. 2813 I 1$ 42. Ovarian Cancer and A s b e s t o s .. .N o . 2758 4 3. T a lc in A t m o s p h e r ic D u sts', by H. W indom, etc . . . . N o v ./ 6 7 5? 44. Statem ent by D r. Irving J. SELIKOFF, b efore the House Committee on Education & L a b o r .... Mar. 7/68 45. A s b e s to s E xp osure, Smoking and N e o p la s ia , By D r. I.S elik o ff, MD, J A M A ............A p r il 8 /6 8 i. f 46. Book : "Research On Health Effects of A sbestos". i T. A . D E N T vict G A F Corporation 1 4 0 W e s t 51 S t a t C T New T o *.N e w Yo 1 0 0 2 0 March 9, 1972 4 ' -J Mr. A. R. Hooker, Jr. General Sales Manager The Flintkote Co., Inc. 400 Westchester Avenue '3 White Plains, Kew York 10604 Dear Art: Enclosed please find a preliminary draft c f GAF's testimony for v.he OSKA asbestos hearing, March 14 - 16th. This is for your information and concents, particularly as to any conflicts you might see with your cun tasstisony. Very truly yours, P.S. testify the purpose. Any chance of your sending us a copy since -4 it will be public informCion in the record! Also, as Flooring Coordinating Chairman, I would like to circulate this to others fo. the purpose of identifying any con flict if you have -,o objections ^ 1 A \ li 4 TrrZ A. rt. r - . - J . J < pH A F T 3/8/72 OCCUPATIONAL SA FETY L HEALTH ADMINISTRATION PU BLIC HEARINGS ON PROPOSED R EG U LA TIO N S CONCERNING ASBESTOS DUST WASHINGTON. D. C. - MARCH 14. 1072 STA TEM EN T- O F JO S E P H G. H A L L My nar.e is Joseph G. Hsll. I am Group Vice P resid en t of G A F C o rp o ratio n 's Building. F looring and in du strial P ro d u c ts D iv is io n s. I have been asso c iated with G A F for y e ars and have been involved with a s b e s t o s products and their m anufacture for years. G A F a p p r e c ia t e s the opportunity to p a r t ic ip a t e in y o u r public h e a r in g s on the P r o p o s e d A s b e s t o s R e g u la tio n s. We w ant lo c o o p e r a t e in this im portan t a r e a and to a s s i s t in the w riting of S t a n d a r d s w hich a r e both p r a c t i c a l and yet p ro te ct the health of e m p lo y e e s . I w ould.like f i r s t to give you a b r i e f outline of G.AIF a c t i v i t i e s an d policies. G A F Corporation is a worldwide company which m an u factu res and d is t r ib u t e s a wide ran ge of p r o d u c ts in five r e la t e d c o n s u m e r an d in d u s t r ia l m arket a re a s. The areas are: chem icals, building m a te r ia ls, photographic O ? 2ge 2 film and equipment, office sy stem s, end industrial products. The common b o n d '- m i r i n g t h e p r o d u c t g r o u p s i s c h e m i c a l r e s e a r c h a n d t e c h n o l o g y , f r o m 1 which G A F ' s " c o n g e n e r i c " n a tu r e e v o lv e d . H e a d q u a r t e r e d in New Y o r k `df --Zv5- C i t y . v.*e e m p l o y a p p r o x i m a t e l y 2 0 , 0 0 0 p e r s o n s . At its m o r s than 70 m anufacturing and p r o c e ssin g plants throughout the United S t a t e s , G A T e n d e a v o r s to be a r e s p o n s i b l e m e m b e r of the b u s in e s s ic Si com m u n ity . In fact, the c o m p a n y 's M an ag em en t P o lic y s p e c if ie s that G A F ? "w ill continue to co its u t m o s t . . . to be a c o o p erativ e and useful citizen of t he c o m m u n i t i e s in w h i c h :.t o p e r a t e s a n d to c o n t r i b u t e to t he p r o g r e s s a n d w elfare of these co m m u n itie s." We have met pollution control req u irem en ts as prom ptly as possible to the extent p erm itted by e x istin g technology. S o m e t im e s , solu tion s to p r o b le m s m u st be delayed until the technology of how to so lv e the p ro b le m has beer, developed. O v e r a l l , G A F spcr.t a t o u t $5 m.illion I s s i y e a r and w i li exp en d in th n c i o h b o r h . o o d of S5 m i l l i o n t h i s v e a r or. e n v i r o r . m . e n t a l c. u r o l e c u i p m e r . t . 0 0 Page 3 I cite th ese fig u re s only to illu stra te that my com pan y i s to tally c o m m itte d to its role of a respon sible and concerned citizen. The ever-changing and som etim es conflicting regu latio n s of the m a n y a g e n c i e s o p e r a ti n g in the e n v ir o n m e n ta l c o n tr o l f i e l d n e c e s s i t a t e s our having a fulltim e staff of corpo rate environm ental e n g in e e r s to update an d m o d e r n i z e o u r e q u ip m e n t an d f a c i l i t i e s to m e e t s t a n d a r d s . T h i s e f f o r t a l s o in c lu d e s r e s e a r c h In th o se a r e a s w h ere th ere is p r e s e n t l y no te c h r .o lo sv to combat certain problem s. The GAP Building, Flooring and Industrial P rod ucts D iv isio n s utilize a s b e s t o s in the m anufacture of a n u m b er of p ro d u c ts. T h e s e p r o d u c t s c o n s is t of the following: (1) a s b e s t o s cem ent p rod u cts, c o n s is t in g o f sid in g , flat sheets, canal bulkheading and sim ulated brick facing; (2) a sb e sto s fe lt a n d m i l l b o a r d . - (3) a s p h a l t p a i n t s an d p l a s t i c s : {-.) v i n y l a s b e s t o s f l o o r tile and sheet flooring; and (5) a s b e s t o s fiber. V e e m p l o y 4, 0C0 e m p l o y e c s at 15 a s b e s t o s p r o d u c t p l a n t s a n d the a s b e s t o s m ine, and have s a le s of products containing a s b e s t o s of spp. oxim atelv $ 1 1 0 ,0 0 0 ,0 0 0 . Our cu sto m ers include many thousands of d is tr ib u to r s, con- i * ! 0 Pge 4 t r a c t o r s 2 nd r e t a i l e r s ,. T he p r o p o se d re gu la tio n s will s e r i o u s l y affect their o p e r a t i o n s , a s w ell a s those of G A F . In addition, the ab ove plan ts a r e su pplied by s e v e r a l hu ndred ve n d ors front whom we m ake p u r c h a s e s am oun t ing to over $30, 000, 000 yearly. Sin ce wo will be subm itting, for the re c o r d , a detailed w ritten statem ent. I will highlight our p o sitio n a s to the P r o p o s a l s . G A F h a s ir. p a s t y e a r s , s p e n t s e v e r a l m i l l i o n d o l l a r s on a s b e s t o s d u s t c o n tro l and b e lie v e s it will oc ab le to c o m p ly with a five (5) fiber Stan d ard , e x c e p t for an a s b e s t o s mine in V e r m o n t , with the v'rpcr.uv.ure of an e s t im a t e d S 2 . 2 m illio n d o lla r s . H ow ever, this sta n d a r d cannot be fully m et fo r at l e a s t two y e a r s due to the time n e c e s s a r y to design, o rd e r and re c e iv e a b a t e m e n t e q u i p m e n t . Only a f t e r r e a c h i n g the five (5) f i b e r S t a n d a r d would it be o o s s i b i c to a s c e r t a i n the f e a s i b i l i t y of fu r t h e r r e d u c t i o n in e m i s s i o n s b a s e d r r 1 - m o n i t o r ins and d e s i g n i n f o r m a t io n cair.ec. If a f u r t h e r r e d u c t i o n w u s l a t e r c a l l e d f o r , t he p r o g r e s s v, 1d h.ri'/ c c f r.rvc c s " it v to c>o c o n c ' C ? r * ' '"1v s lo w e r . We b elieve that a stan d ard su b stan tially below five (5) fib e rs cannot be g e n e r a l l y a c h ie v e d in this d e c a d e and that such, a re d u c tio n could only be a c c o m p lish e d at a cost which would m ake questionable, the econom ic feasibilit J ot c o n tin u e d o p e r a ti o n of c e r t a i n of our f a c i l i t i e s . 0 o Page 5 M axim um em ission levels have been studied for y e a r s by a num ber of e m i n e n t d o c t o r s . D o c t o r s h o v e . c o n c l u d e d that the f o r m e r 12 f i b e r l i m i t w as not adequate. They have not ag reed , however, that it is n e c e s s a r y to go belnw the five (5) fib e r S ta n d a rd . We r e q u e st that f u r t h e r m e d i c a l stu dy be c a r r i e d out s o that a c o n c e n su s can be r e a c h e d a s to the p r o p e r lim it. At that tim e, if a new lim it is re q u ire d , it could be se t w ith a r e a l i s t i c tim e schedule for achievement. In addition, I a m e x tr e m e ly con cern ed with the p o s s i b i l i t y that a label will be re q u ire d to be placed upon a sb e s t o s - c o n ta in in g p r o d u c t s . I s tr o n g ly r e q u e s t that this be rev iew e d in light of the " l o c k e d in " n a tu r e of the a s b e s t o s in many p ro d u cts ar.d the d e le te r io u s effect a w a r n in g la b el would cre ate with r e g a rd to distribution of these p ro d u c ts in the m a r k e t p l a c e . G A P d o e s not op p ose l a b e l s when they s e r v e a l e g i t i m a t e p u r p o s e a s shown by our longstanding p ra c tic e of labelling b a g s c: a s b e s t o s fiber, but I s e e r.o r e a s o n a b l e p u r p o s e to be a c h i e v e d by a l a b e l on p r o d u c t s in which the a s b e s t o s is thoroughly bonded. A w arning la b e l, in our opinion, would s e r i o u s l y affect the future m ark e tin g of s n u m b e r o f o u r p r o d u c t s . Vinyl flooring, for instance, is often sold directly to the c o n s u m e r and c o n ta in s'ro iy e'e a s b e s to s which is se c u re ly "locked in ". T h e r e is no ev id en ce of h a z a r d related to the application or - s o of vinyl flo o r in g and I ? O O Page 6 oth er " l o c k e d in" p r o d u c ts, n or in our ju d g e m e n t i= t h e r e any potential h a z a r d due to the n a tu re of th o se p r o d u c t s . A la b e l on fl o o r i n g in p a r t i c u l a r would be highly --isleadin g to the public, ruinous to the en tire r e silie n t flooring industry and would m ean the lo ss of many job s and po ssib le plant c lo sin g s. W here there is no need, there should be no label. It i s im p o rta n t fo r you to h a v e an u n d e r s ta n d i n g o f the s i z e and im p o rta n c e of the a s b e s t o s industry . A s b e s t o s s e r v e s h u n d re d s of e ss e n tia l u s e s a n d h a s b r o u g h t s a f e t y f r o m ih e h a z a r d s of f i r e to 311 of u s . A s b e s t o s c o n s t i t u t e s a billion d o lla r in d u s try and p r o v i d e s the liv e lih o o d for m an y t h o u s a n d s o f w o r k e r s . It is a s t r o n g , d u r a b l e , f l e x i b l e a n d f i r e r e s i s t a n t m a t e r i a l . I: i s unique in the s e n s e that no o t h e r m a t e r i a l d u p l i c a t e s a l l of i t s u s e f u l c u a 1 t i e s . C n the o t h e r hand, we c o not q u e s t i o n the p o t e n t i a l a d v e r s e e f f e c t on h e a l '.'.; o f t h i s m a t e r i a l wh e n o n e i s e x p o s e d f o r m a n y y e a r s t o s i g n i f i c a n t c o n c e n t r a t i o n s of fre e f i b e r s . l:i this r e g a r d , raw a s b e s t o s fib e r should be controlled a s well as any dangerous em issio n s from asb estos-con tain in g products. In c o n c l u s i : ' - ".. G . * . " d o s s r. at o p p u r e r c a sur... a l e s t a n d a r d s w h i c h a r e ru::o_-..s i tu t:.v p r o b i urna a n d u pon a l l th fu e t . O u r s t a t e m e n t , wniuh <> * d -T uj %% P2ge 7 we a r e su b m ittin g fo r the r e c o r d , has been a s s e m b l e d within a v e ry b r ie f tim e p e r io d sin ce the e m e r g e n c y stan d ard w as en acted in D e c e m b e r and subsidiary recom m endations were published as recently us 2 1/2 w eeks ago, when the A d v is o r y C o m m itte e iss u e d its R e c o m m e n d a tio n s . M o r e tim e is needed for study by G A F and, in our opinion, by the L a b o r D e p a r t m e n t . C -A F jC o rp o ratio n p le d g e s its co o p eratio n to the D e p a r tm e n t of L a b o r and r e q u e s t s that all the fa c ts be co n sid e re d b efo re a s t a n d a r d is e n a c te d , and that each standard, when enacted, will regulate only the p ro b le m a r e a s and not n e e d l e s s l y p en alize w o r k e r s and industry through e n a c tm e n t of suocrftuous controls. Thank you. RESILIENT FLOOR COWERING INSTITUTE 1030 * fiin !"trppt N'.V Sniff 350 Waslunttfr-n L>r. 20000 202 033 203:, August 10, 1977 TO: RFC! Members SUBJECT: N10SH list of Products Please find enclosed list of trade name products containing carcinogens regulated by OSUA. The majoritv of the items noted contain asbestos, some of which are cements and felts. 7t is perhaps a matter of time until producers of floor coverings will make the NI0SH list on the asbestos issue. Kind regards. Robert 0. Maurer Managing Director RDM:tm end: .V ~ -c I' t*r", /V. 1 10,931 NIOSH LISTS TRADE NAME PRODUCTS CONTAINING CARCINOGENS REGULATED BY OSHA T re J c .Vein* MeKtifactii'cr Percrnlose C errniog,H /Vice era! 1M0? AtroU-m! 219'* I'a rt A All (rfW5r joint system ( Ailco Michigan Adhesive Engineering Co. Hamilton Materials Inc. C Ashes tu 9 Astiestos t Asliesto* Alum nn.itia GO1 asbciln* fibred aluminum ronfiti,; Republic l'ov.dered Metals Inc. H Asbcsto Aluminum a.` lntoi Standard O Cs. 50 Alestos ( Aluminum roof eating Aluminum roof roiling Aluminum roof coating Arrelco adhesive A ru n tro n - epoxy resin A-6 & activator John--Manvi.'Ie Ccrp. Montey Products Co. Mortell C> American Elastomer Co. Armstrong Product* Co. Ine. 7 Aslicstoa 10 Asbestos 3 A.lestir* B A she. to* 23 AsbCjto.e Armstrong tile cement S-90 Asbetiie cement Arm strong Cork Co. Johrj-M .invie I'D T S Corp. f Asbesto 10 Ash As'.d itbs 7R-05 Johns-Manvilie Corp. . A ihestoj fibrous roof ami equnelation coating Johni-ManvSiie Cor;. 9 9 Asbesto*. 5 Asbesto* Asbestos plastic floor cement A tl*>:int J_s ( i x ) Asbestine Midwest Troduet of Iflinois . !n_:emationaI T aic Co. I n c P n ie r.In e . 19 Asbeito*. 25 Asbeste*. 99 Asbesto*. Asbestos fiber 7WV* A*he*tos fibre shorts 7M-90 Asbrst No. 352 Tohm-Minville PDTS Corp. 99 Asbeae Thomp-on-1 iuy-.vari Chemical Co. 99AslctO)u Johns-M ar.rti'.e Ccrp. 99Asbrstos- Asbestos plastic roof cement D W itt Produc? Co. W A sbesto Asphalt fiathin;; cement Asphalt plastic cement No. 050 Kxrnak Chemical Corpa American Metrenna 2?Asbctto: 13 Asbestos Rabbitrite --30 r.arrot aluminum roof coating Barret K22056 wall covering ecrr.mt Benzidine base . I'.itucole sealer R'acl: plastic cement r.beM:r>- plastic roof erment Blind nailing erm rnt Blue trip 371 -SI 1 -- C-15S eric? Kuril n n 't r r W137] adhesive Uniting A- Foli-hing rTnpound IliilV eye plastic cement Butyl ti'.r butyl rubber m ilk 'Ilabbitrite PraOscis Co. Cclotetc Corn. Crlotex Corp- 7 Asbestos 9 Asbestos 9 Asbestos Allied Chemical Corp. Bifucote rro u a e ti Co. ( 99 Deni tdioee 3 Asbestos Tobni-Manv'lte P D T ? Corp. 10 Abeto* Southern Protrteiee Pdts Corp. 5 Asbestos Monscy J'ro-luets Co. 12 A sbestos Reliance Universal Inc. Kation.-d Starch it Chemical National Starch & Chemical Harrison Co. lr.c Gardner-Martin Asphalt Corp. Dumi-Rainey Co. Ine. f (> Q doroetE jyfene ' 2 Asbe.no* 12 A sbestos 1 Aslm tos . 10 Asbestos1 Astct.toi C-13-CI U vdralt SW-13 CM Scaler* Cnlidra renin grade 2-5-1 Carbonitv par kin? material Catbrxint No. 11 green 2G45I6 Curey mastic heavy trowel grade damp resi-tart coating Ce!Utfi..iv Cilo-i-. t 409 birch Ceramic and quarry floor tilecemeuf Crrmltale Chaikin*,glaring compound Chemical scaling SM-902 Clirmv - iff) C. 1-ry.-. =3 Coat castrol rrgal Cold application erment Cold application cement No. 203 Cnncrv-ive 1170 part A & It Concrccive No. 1 Mart A KKntki.te Co.' Ridco Sealants Union Carhide Corp. 3 Asbestos \ 45A.be.tajW A sbesto Anchor Packing Co. Carholinc Co. V Asbestos 5 VJxrMos Celotex Corp. The Phillip Carey laiksluntos Co. Div. Cetluln Co. laurenee-David Inc. SO A sb esto s 3 Asl-to* ( Chicago Mastic Co. International Tale Co. Icc. T rtm eo M:*S. Co. Chemical Scaling Corp. 2 Asbestos 20 Asbestos2 Asbe.tta. 1 A sbestos Goodyear Tire 3c Rubber Co. C.clluit Co. Mortell Co. Johns-Manvilie Corp. Ifrnry, W W Co. Adhesive Krjtinerriti; Cn. Adhesive linginesrin; Co. 47 Chlort*tb iylcne 50 Abesto4 Aheto ( 10 *\I*C5tt'S 1 .Asbestos 4 Asbestos 2 Aslstu* i 10,931 1977, Commerce Clearing Hotrsoe, Inc. 1 3 --T? New Developments 11,707 Trode K am r M am tfacinrer F trcea tiJjr C oreixi& m ( Cooling system in te r Co;* seal Culvert pipe joint compound talcote CuMom seal cope eat 1'enray C a Bideo Sealants Hydro Conduit Corp. Bitco Sealant Inc. 4 Asbestos 34 Asbestos 14 Asbestos 37AsIwstos ( I)*yjl Urxtcrcoktinjr Mostell Ine. S Asbestos Dayco \\<v0 filler polden oak Day, James B fl: Co. 8 Asbestos Double to v e n je cement Karuak Chemical Corp. 10 Asbestos I 3 Du rex flashing cement Metropolitan Roofing Supplies 23 Asbestos Puxscal ealing compound Johns-Manville Corp. 50 Asbestos Dynel Union Carbide Corp. 60 Qiloroethylene F.005 EWJkmuI 122 Elastic roof tealer Protective Treatments Inc. Furane Plastics Inc Monsey Products Co. '1 Asbestos ' 20 Asbestos ... 20 Asbestos Elastigum roof coating Ela.itipum roofing cement Epihc-nd 1210 Celotex Corp. 5 Asbestos Celotex Corp. '' 20 Asbestos Furane Plastics In c 5 Asbestos F.i-ocast 2-D F-xpoxo floor coating-orange Exterior caulk 2541 Furane Plastics In c ' American Abrasive Metals Co. Southern Protective Pdts Co. 1 Asbestos 1 Asbestos 1 Asbestos FM-37 Core .plice adhesive form AM Adhesive Metals C a 1 A sbestos covering Falcon expo-non slip coating Fetlror saierr floor and deck Fibre glass roof coating American Cyanamid C a American Abrasive Metals Co. Monsey Products C a 8 Asbestos *1 Asbestos 1 Asbestos Firctite bestos fumacement Fisher specification 1145 Ft-her specification 1237 Jolins-Msnville Corp. Chemical Sealing Corp. Chemical Sealing Corp. ( F ib e r specification 1300 deadener Fisher specification 1309 F slicr specification I486 Fixative concentrate 1S52 Klcxigum roof coating Frueliauf adhesive compound Morteli C a Chemical Sealing Corp- Morteli Co. Roymal C a Celotex Corp. Siedi Products 2 Asbestos 26 Asbestos 10 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 5 Asbestos 8 Asbestos 34 Oiloroethylene 5 Asbestos 1 Asbestos C15-3 Aircraft sealant GT-4-5 {'on er roll cam cleaner-lube Cron 222 Ccon 552 Glaring compound Grav metal sash putty Grip master rement Gripmaster polishing wheel criprat G rin ly saftigrip 316037 General Sealants In c Ames Supply C a Goodrich, R. F. Co. Goodrich, E. F. Co. Drshler Products Co. ' Pecora Chemical CorpLea Mi f C a l.ra-Michigan In c kfaremont Corp., Grizzly Div. 10 Asbestos SS Chloroeriiylene 60 Oiloroethylene 54 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 3 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 57 Asbestos ( Hamli-Gard a-hestos roof U caw ilurv roofing coating Heavy dtirv sealer Hcrcuies asbestos furn.v: cement Hercule; sta put plum! - putty High velocity 10-103 H yrnr 12D4 x 1! Hvilrocide plastic heavy fihrated Hand! Products Co. Southwestern Petroleum Corp. Fcnray Co. Hercules Chemical C a Hercules Chemical C a In c Chicago Mastic C a Goodrich, B. F. Co. Sonneborn Building Froduets bifumirtettu amproonn^ ervmrwmnU C Mwlrocidir fibrate! ao.lualt acmi* }|vlro%faI bUck erment 1PM 3 33 Insnlkotr summer grade ln>ulma-iie Soimcborn Building Products Gil>on Homan Co. Gib-on Homans Johns-Manville Corp. Armstrong Cork Co. 6 Asl*stos 5 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 7 Asbestos 16 Asbestos 2 Asbestos Chlnn>rth 4 Asbestos u Aiuc&tm 9 A&l**tos 9 Asl-esto* 15 Asl*sto* 5 Asbestos Kmploymen? Safety and Health Cude 1 10,931 ? I t 11,708 New Development* ta e-l-77 Tro'e ,Yme K-32A KK^-36AS.I' Karra's flashing cement Krr.:l: iiiiulation adhesive Kama* plastic flashing cement Karnak trover! mastic S6 KAYLO .KAY 1.0 17 Knickerbocker rof coating Liquid asbestos fiber roof coating Loomie talc l.uxall fix it plastic cement M212 Elastic glaring compound MS plastic Mack 231fM5 Mania tradesman plastic roof cement Mann* bond safety step non-lip paint-black Marinero eoatings-alumlnum and mastic R-13 Ma*tie Metal deadener " 31.1 Metal due: scaler gray 10-104 Metallic sealant Monsey r*v,f fix Mortite 7-1D3R Mufirrr compound Nienlet asbestos ripe line felt No. 15 No drip tape No. 1-773 Light p a y anti-skid No. 7 Roof cement No. 1? Ashesto* finishing feltperforated No. K'5-HX) Stapon C tank coating white base No. K ij.ini C. Stapon C tank coating blue base No. 202 Tineher seal No. 351 cement No. 352 Mortar No. 979 Textured vault spray No. 12-v5 Vinyl Noah's pitrh Nylode .YY-l/A.kB/.'O/SK 2009 OEM aluminum roof coating FTI 707 Architectural sealant ' Pahec. wet-patch wet surface plastic Palmer mirro mastic Pee Ra P.C 15$ butyl rubber I 'ceora acitite cemrnt type Q D 25m K Pccora blk specint mirror mastic Ferm-E-l^vstic placing compound Term seal caulking compound Perma gum chords Permagtim sealant 5 10,931 M omifacttirer Kalman Paint & Chemical Co. Kahnan Paint A* Chemical Co. Kalman Paint & Chemical Co. Kalman Paint A Chemical Co. Karnak Chemical Corp. Karnak Chemical Corp. Karnak Chemical Corp. Kamak Oiemical Corp. O'vcns-Corning Fiberglas Corp. O'vens-C.orning Fiberglas Corp. Seaboard Plasties Corp. Dc W itt Products Co. International Talc Co. Inc. National Mfg. Corp. Pecora Clicmieal Corp. Union Chemical A Oil Co. Morteli Co. Seaboard Plasties Corp. F rrcentngr C arcino^tm 4 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 25 Asbestos 10 A sbestos 10 Asbestos 19 Asliestos IS Asbestos 11 Asbestos 1 Aslvestos 4 Asbestos 25 Asbestos 12 Asbestos 3 Aibestoa 20 Asbestos 16 Asbestos 19 A sbestos Manus Products Co. 4 Asbestos Unicom Chemical Coating In c 10 Asbestos Overall Paint Ine. Intcrcoastal Paint Corp. Chicago Mastic Co. Imprex In c Mnn*ey Products C o . Morrell Co. Morteli Co. Nicolet Industries 16 Asbestos 9 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 2 Asbestos 10 Asbestos 25 Asltesttxs - 2S Asbestos 69 Asbestos Morte!! Co. Matrote Co. In c Rutland Fire O ay Co. In c Johns-Manville Corp. 16 Asbestos 7 Asbestos 31 Asbestos SO A sb esto s Standard Paint A Varnish 1 Asbestos Standard Taint A Varnish 1 Asbestos Imprex Inc Johns-Manville Corp. Joluis-Manville Corp. L A W Paint l'rodnets Co. Lilly Industrial Coating In c Celotex Corp. Dart Industries In c Electric Paint A Varnish Co. Protective Treatments In c Napeo Corp. Palmer Asbestos A Rubber Corp. Pecora Chemical Corp. Pccora Corp. 2 Asbestos 99 Asbestos 99 Asbestos 3 Asbestos 23 CbloroetSwIene 10 Asl*etos 20 Asbestos 5 Asbestos 1 Asbestos 10 .Asbestos 6 Asbestos 3 Asbestos 2 Asbestos * T or Chemical Corp. i 'feciio.i Model Products Co. Timesavrr Prohiets Co. Inc. Virginia Chemicals I n c 1mnont Corp. 32 Asbestos 6 Asbesto* 5 Asbestos 40 Asbestos 30 Asbestos 1977, Commerce Gearing Kerase. I n c e c c ( ( -s I .1 ..J 1 New Developments 11,709 Troie Komr hlennfaetnrer Ptrcmtarjr Cerciofrr Fcnna-*eal Caulking compound knife grade *2 6 pray IVrmatex pipe joint compound 1`crmroot u-et surface type Phoenix iwpKaJt plastic cement Plastic ela>t:cum l 'lnstic roof cement Plastic roof cement P!atite roof cement Plastic roofin* cement Plastic roofing cement Plastic roofing cement r u s tic roofing cement Ko. 204 Plastifcal expanding joint compound Presstite products *40, 22 sealer Pressure sealer JC 4SO P ro seal 700 Quaker coat unriercoatiog Quaker koat solvent type vndereeating Quxkrreotecmulaion type under-coating RT5H 5*11 Medium chrome green RHH 541.1 Chrome yellow paste RUM 54IS Light chrome yellow KI1H 5415 Molyhdat* orange . RBH 5430 Vmylite pastr wachtung red Radiator sealer Keily coat rain patch 406 N T P Roof cement Roof coating asphalt Roof finish roofing cement Roof fix coating Roof kooter 732-00 Roof patch Roof preservative, tar A asphalt types Rutland Ko. 4 roofing cement SC-150 SG-210 Sealant S. t. S. rrir.rnt SM 475 Staler SM-856 Chemical sealing Santo flex 13 Saran Sheruan Williams kemak (R) hard set B 1365YA Staiutess rutty Supereote roof preservative T l .-5--27-14 Olivetti gray TL-500-6-6 Medium raphael hlne I.xjue T I.-500-0-10 Editor 2 blue TL-500-27-19 Praxis gray T!^500 27-24 Dove pray T1-*500 42-2 lexicon tan TI.-500 42-4 Sandstone beige Talcote cold plastic sewer joint compound Timetavers Produets Co. Inc. 6 Asbesto* rermatex In c Republic Pondered Me-j.lt Inc. Fry, IJoyd A Roofing Co. Celotex CoryAlcatraz Co. In c Henry, W \V lne. Coopers Creeks Chemical Corp. Celotex Corp. Jolint-Manville Corp. Overall Paint In c Hr. r y .W W In c . , Johns-Manville Corp. 3 Asbestos ` 2 Asbestos 18 A sbestos 16 Asbestos 15 A sbestos 5 Asbestos !0Asl>estos 20 A sbestos 20 Asbestos 10A sbestos . 4 Asbestos `10 Asbestos Inmont Corp. r. Birma Products Corp. Teledyne Intu Teledyne Const. Pro-Seat Dnr. Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. Southwest Grease A- Oil 2 Asbestos 7 Asbestos 5 Asbestos 10 A sbestos 22 A sbestos Quaker State Oil Refining Corp. 10 A sbestos Inmont Corp. Inmont Corp. Inmont Corp. Inmont Corp. Inmont Corp. Permatex Inc GiUenite In c Dewitt Products Co. American Petrofina Monsey Products Co. Monsey Products Co. Grow Chemical Corp. Garland Maintenance Products Tremeo Mfg. Co. Rutland Pire Clay Co. In e Relianee Universa! In e Cenerai Scalanti In e Celotex Corp. Chemical Sealing Corp. Chemieat Sealing Corp. Monsanto Co. Amtech Ine Sherwin-Williams Co. Black Swan Manufacturing Co. Garland Maintenance ProJuets Sprayon '- c Sprayer in e Sprayon Products I n c Sprayon In c S|iraj-on Inc. Sprayon Inc Sprayon Inc American Petrofina 20 ChlomrthyTme 15 Chlnroethylene 15 Oiloresethylene 13 O ilorecthyfene 20 Chlorocthyleae I Asbestos 14 A sbestos 14 A sbestos 6 Asbestos 10 A sbestos 4 Aslicszos 5 A *1esters II Asbestos 4 Asbestos 12 Asbestos 30 A sbestos 5 Asbestos 10 Asbestos 5 Asbestos 16 Asbestos 2 a-AmJee^liphertyJ 13 Cblm-oethylene S Asbestos 3 Aslrestos 2 Asbestos 16 CblomethyTene 16 Chloroethylene 16 Chbiroetbj-Jrne 16 Chkn-nelhyicne If Chiom e tlivlene 16 Chkwoethy Iene 16 Chiome thylcne 18 Ashe.tos Employment Safety and Health Guide 10,931 11,710 New Development! 3 S-a -7 7 Trad' Xomr K taiuifarlurrr Vrrtrm inpt C crrvitrpni Thcrm ohesloi pip insulation Thixoit I* Tite eat T-25LW Topaz C77HC1I4 T ran'ile conduit paint sealing compound Trcnicn Rlaeing compound dark nfeen Ticuici* mastic roof cement Trrm co 102 t e x t u r e coating Trrmco .cam ealer Trcmcn tremfix emergency roof repair mastic Tremfix emergency roof repair mastic Tropical rcoikooter Tru-seal Tuff kote white Johns-Man ville Corp. W itraker C o rp ., Dayton Oiemiea Products Div. Radiator Specialty C a Shcruin-Williams Ca Johns-Manville PDTS Corp. 3 Ashesto* 12 M rthylenets (2-OOoroaniline) 4 .4* 2C>A sbestos 50 Chloroethylene 10 Asbestos Trrmco Mig. C a 2 Asbestos . Tremco Mfg. Co. Trcmco Mig . Co. Trcmeo Mig. Co. Trcmco Mfg. C a 15 A sbestos 13 A s!testo 2 Asbetos 16 Asbestos Trcmeo Mfjt. C a . 16 A sbestos Grow Chemical Corp. EIiaer Industries `Tuff Kote C a In a 5 Asbestos 13 Asbestos 8 Asbestos UK-1120 Uiril'e*te>* Unipar mi!s-70I68 Thiokol Oiemieal Corp. .Pittsburgh Cornine; Corp. Farker-Hannifin C orp. 41 Asbesto 71 A sbestos 2 Asbestos Y5233 Pulling agent top coat VS 6001 cement Vulcatrx P. G. cautkinf compound Wat! hoard adhesive No. 36 Want* brake hoe* W catherired plastic cement Weatherproofing compound C 13A WVIrft.w Cl. 2iK> White hydrn>eat --559 W inter plastic Wood fdler paste R A Oiemieat C a Moyen, C P. Ca Grace, W. R. & C a Ohio Sealants In c Raylwstos-Manhattan Inc. Celotex Corp. Klintkote C a Youngstown Sheets Si Tube Co. Paheo Paint Corp. Union Chemical fc Oil Co. l.awrence-MeFadden C a 12 Chloroethylene 30 Chloroethylene 30 Asbestos 12 A sbestos 46 A-Jb-stos 1A lleslo s 8 Asltestos / 2 Asbestos 8 Asbestos IS Asltestos 19 Asbestos 5K04 Asbestos 7K05 Ashesto* PA Kesin 511 Catalyst " 54 Acoustic R-200 8557 Macnrsium insulation -113-2 Kpoxy MC /-S Epoxy 2W.tr |la*e No. 352-7M Retractory cement 421. S3 60ft Putty 62? Tnmt'u fdm mottrx --61JU T. Wet patch pta>tic rrm rnt #7SS Asphalt . . . . 22X> French provincial wiping rain 544-P9-181 2510-la lnsulmat 5030 Hardener 5030 Resin Johns-Manville Corp. Johns-Manville Corp. Magnolia Plastic Inc Magnolia Plastie In a Roach Paint C a Ine. Johns-Manville Corp. Aldrstik Laboratories Ahlestik Laboratories Adhesive Eneinerine Co. Johns-Manville TOTS C o rp . Inmont Corp, Ihinn-Rainry Co. In a Morteli Co. Marvin C o rp . Tntercoasta! _I".int Corp. Reliance Universal In a Morteli Co. 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