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FILE NAME: National Gypsum (NG) DATE: 1970 Dec DOC#: NG058 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Journal Article - 1970-The Year Review [ASBESTOS} I? /?}-- TH YE4R IN REVIEW 1V70 Ins In1vii an active year fur the A sliest os Industry Ecology is uppermost in lliv minds of :tl! people amt imii'li effort is bring put forth in (he search for ways to improve the environment of mm. Eor inslanee, in response to I 'resi dent N ix o n 's message to the Congress in which tie stud die task of cleaning tip oui enrirotiincirt calls for a total mobiliza tion of all of us-- involving governments at every level and requiring (lie help of very citizen--the U .S . Department of the Interior sponsored a " National Environmental Pollution Conferenre and Hxpostioti" with the hope of coming tip with some productive answers to the search for new and more vffldcnt methods, appnadics and techniques for winning the hattie for a bctlcr nalitnal environment. 1his is not a new lidd of endeavor so far as onr Industry i.s concerned. I`W ituiiy years the A sliest os Industry has hern working toward lettering its techniques in control and virtually eliminate dust al the mines and al (lie manufacturing plants. These efforts are now' living extended to include dust suppression at constriction sites with the ultimate aim of improving the cnviroiuient of both (he worker and the general public. .Many rnmpaiiN's are now enforcing regulations and encouraging Iheir rinp overs at the joh situ to wear newlydevclojicd, elTeclive spiralorv equipment to combat the hazards of dust pollulnnlv Isufi-s of good housekeeping arc also being slrriiglhelieil and r-vn tiled to iniilaill dust al ihv conslritrl ion site mid li prereu! rts 'lease to Ilie alinosphcie. J.aw s and rrrnmmendtlioiis are hidrig issued not only hj indiislry lull also hy Irole associations ami governpienl agen cies. hollow ing is a h r if account of wlial has liccn icctinles! in A S H K S T O S during the year eoueerniug environmental ntid industrial liealtli and safely. ENVikONMENTAL/IMUSTHtAl HEALTH & SAFETY A research team Yon the Medical I''acuity of <Wrid/f /'YririT.rr'/y eonduclcd a three-year survey into the health of workers in O urhcc's asbestos mining industry. Among the findings of the study s that at present levels of dust ex{tosnre in inocLmi nshertos mills, even .10 years employment Paqe J A58ESTOS -- D*e*itib*r W 9 would pmlmbly imi carry any measurable risk of lung cau ri i. The ri'Mills art- eritemiraging in that they suggest the risk of coni raiiiug respiratory cancer is virtually confined to levels of (Inst exposure which arc inni Tollable, if not already conIrolled, in most Canadian asbestos mines and mills, T h e study was suppurici! h r snbslaiii ia, grants from the Institute of Occupational and Ihi viruna tenEat Health of the Quebec A s - . best ns Mining Associai inn as' well as from the U.S. Public Health Service and formed part of an international research program coordinated hr ihr Union Internationale Contre le t 'auccr. Tlic i escati h program will continue, with Asbestos 'Industry sii|>|hirt. for another live years, 'flic (''.S'. flrf>isrfsunti of i f faith, education and IVelfdre awarded a tirsi year grant to the University of Nevada for a studi of the "Anueons Surface Chemistry of Asbestos Min erals." ; 'flic Institution industry Hygiene Research Program wait inned to issue its quarterly Insulation Hygiene Progress'keports. Included in the reports were such items as ( 1) th testing of systems desiglieli to'red nrc dusts produced as a result of culling molded insulating materials with hand saws; 12 > field testing and subsequent utilization of a new plastic brig for shipping and mixing asbestos cement; ( 3) the pro mulgation ut iiiiviim orders gn-rrning the spraying, on con struct imi sites in New York City, of any insulation material ' containing adicrtr,-, : and 1-1 ) a study of conditions existing in eunuci lion wit li marini inn work on many types of ships. Mount Sinai S r hoof of Medicine sponsored an historical first in ficnipaliniial medicine by presenting a four-day post- graduate course on all aspects of the health rtTerl.s of Fiataste*. An "Occupational Health Program " was approved ortd__ nn agreement was made for its implementai inn-by the Trijsdees of the ! f i s t m i States Asbestos I f esitili Plan. The "I leali li & Safety'Council" of the Asbestos Cement II rn,flirts Associatimi is actively engaged in initiating, de veloping and dirci ting studies and public relations programs >- designer] to !,minify promote and foster such health and safety policies and programs for the adicstoseeinent industry as will lend to appraise mid resolve ;iiy health and safety problems 1peculiar to flint industry. 'Hie Council recently published a ASBESTOS -- Decembrr i970 Pag 3 pamphlet il " Recommended Practices for Fabrrenting, i hand ling and Applying Asbestos-Cement Products in the Building and Construction industries." The Sprayed in fra ! Fiber Manufortiirers Association issued ft .statement advising that Mete York C ity regulations for spraying a d t ' os fm-p-coofirig materials on large build ings are being followed fully and carefully to keep asbesto4 d ie t from spreading into the air at const rue! ion sites. S ic M I A issued a revised code of work practices for il.s mem ber companies and (hear employees, designed lo further imp rm e the safe liandFing of asbestos-containing pro-duels in tender I for spraying. The I '.S , linrenu o j M int's is m i dueling Kederal inspec tions and is enforcing, as of Ju ly d lst, I'Ydcral health and safety standards for operating non-coal mines. HfiA i J t l . ]>tihlished a comprehensive and in formative description of the format ion and activities of die "Industriili fleafth I 'nit, IR sd-H ipR " l 'nder the new Asbestos i\ego laIions now iti ft ace in the T in ted K ingdom , llic proleition of workers from infinsi rial disease which might arise from the inhalation of asbestos Inst became a statutory obligation wherever asbestos ma terials arc used in such a way ns fo give risi* lo Ilie emission of dust dangerous to the health of employees, b'or the assist ance of those concerned with control of working conditions in accordance with tin- Asbestos licgnfatimis, the Knvipmini-jifal ( oriliol ( olnforllcr of |br f lArt/uvii AV.ovrrrA ( oun t i l prewired a series of right " t 'ontiol and Safely t brides. "A sb estos: Ileaflh 1'recantions in industry" is the lopir of the d illi in a scries of booklets entitled "H ealth & Safety At \Y o rb." prepared l>v the Deportment i>f /iiuptoy.inriil mid 'radtu tk'ity and the ( rii irai Office of Inform ation, l.ondoii. bugia nd "'The Asbestos liti If" wilt take efh-cl Ju ly 11. 1`b l , tliercbv making <hit ansimili the lirsf Siali- in . Hsfraiiti fo introduce a Unte controlling work with asbestos-and to pm relit the ociopatinnaf disease ''astir -.1osis." l ire ('nintdiiin Institute r>( Miniiit; and Melnttnnjy printed various articles ill the T f \ l linlFelm concerning I lie conimi of dust. Among them a re: 'T'ilrtous Host Its lea mi renici it anil C ontrol." "D ust-- Sampling btesearrh and Its Appfica- 4 ASBESTO^ - pnc-mbitr l70 TOSINO ITALY ir <; ASBESTOS CEM ENT REQUIRES EXPERENCE We offer ihot experience wg got by constructing and sefr ting operating 50 onrpfefe ptanis alt over 1ht world* SLURRY PREPARATION j ( Automatic dotage of the asbestos mix -- Pneumalk asbestos transport --- Asbestos fibre processing by Kofterganc -- Pneu m alic transport and automatic doscgo of cement -- Surry prep aration by lutbamixer - r - Normal and forced feed -- Hydros pviper -- W irier recuperators. ~'-/'C PIPE PLANTS 3 -4 S -6 mts. pipe machines -- Mom. diameters 50 to 800 mmi. with fully automatic equipment -- Automatic ond semioufomatfc loaders for pipe machines -- Centra! ccnltof-board -- Pipe ma-_ Turing conveyor and tunnel -- Automatic todies for csbestofcement pipes and joints -- Automatic testing presses for pipes and joints. SHEET PLANTS Variable speed sheet machines with 2-3-4 sieve cyindert i-- Automatic cuffin ;/ bonefr and pneumatic cortugofors -- Stacker ' -- Street maturing tunnel -- Rotating and bridge type Oeslacker -- Aloufd tubricoior. We are not onJy a c oaslifting office but we have been constructing ex* clusWcty machines for the asbestoi-ccmenf Industry for 20 years. R. C. M . Cono P. Cofrelio 85 Tol. 23 .38 .2 3 - Cable add. ERCIEMTOMNO .* Telex 21307 - P .O . 0O X 4<53 T0100 TORINO