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FMSI-0098 Chicago Tribune, Thursday, pecember 2, 1971 ,, N Section 3A ~~3 i Asbestos Pollution toWN^fm^r The new asbestos regulations also -would he required to use proposed by the Illinois Polio* the best available technology tion Control Boardwill.for the to limit asbestos discharge into . first time in Illinois,' aim at water;'-' . V ', >r- \ \' r .. controlling a pollutant-on a In construction* trades, 'but- prson-to-person basis. side spraying of asbestos on , proposed regulations, buildings would -be prohibited which probably will be adopted after March 31, If the materi in mid-December, provide for al, in wall boards for-example, regulating the use of asbestos is used .during construction, it as it is manufactured, used in must be handled under a cover construction,, and used hr demo or in an enclosure. Visible em lition procedures. During bear issions of asbesto would be a ings earlier this'year, several violation of regulations. doctors linked ' asbestos' with The regulations will require lung diseases, including cancer. that buildings with "asbestos be wetted and the asbestos strip .Coven Wide Variety ' ' ped by bend during demolition.' The regulations will go far ther than Chicago's ordinance, which requires only that asbes tos spraying be. limited to en closed areas. . .. Under the hoard's proposal, madufaeforing plants and oth. er facilities mat use asbestos will be required to provide fa cilities where, `employes can change their work clothes. ' Tim Harker, an aid to the j board, said the .provision was added because testimony indi cated that asbestos workers and their wives have a higher incidence of lung; diseases be cause they often come in con tact with the substance. '' Limit on Emissions "This is a unique proposal,'' Harker said, "because it iden tifier the individual as a pollu ter.'' . . '' ; Under the regulations, asbes tos manufacturers would be al lowed to emit no more than two, fibers of asbestos for each cubic centimeter of air. Plants 1.2. FMSI 02873 T