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i 6- Occupational tleal I11 & Sat'c-iy Lclicr. Vuutist 8. 1974 27. In rcsj'iVnsc to the dtlversc hoallli effects rmlcd Ml i|iil-stk>ii N'n 22. luve von cvci rccunmictKlcil anv (.lienors to minimi/e worker exposure In j particular Ira/ard1 Yew 28. Arc you jwaic of any incidents involving the suppression of oeeun.ilxm.il health ilata'' Yes 29. Have you ever testified at a workman's compensation ease hearing involving a winker employed al anv company wheie you were a physician? Yes 30. Do you, as a physician, see any conflict in liavuig to represent the company in a workman's compensa tion case? Yes 31. Arc you in any way, other than salary, economically affiliated with the company that employs you1 Yes Does the company offer you stock options? Do you own stock in the company by which you are employed? Yes Yes 32. Have you read the series "Annals of Industry-Casualties of the Workplace," by Paul Brodcur. winch appeared in the New Yorker Magazine beginning on October 29, 1973? If y es. how many of the serial articles did you read? What was your impression of tins series? Yes No No No No No No No No ASBESTOS INDUSTRY URGES EXPOSURE CEILING OF 10 FIBERS OVER 10 MINUTE PERIOD: The Asbestos Information Association/North America has suggested revision of the asbestos standard to include a limit of 10 fibers, longer than 5 micrometers per cubic centimeter of air as determined over a 10minute period, as well as work practices for the asbestos industry. In a letter to Daniel P. Boyd, Director of OSHA's Office of Standards Development, dated July 15, Robert H. Mereness, executive director of the Association, wrote: "We can report that there is an industry-wide appreciation of the health problems associated with asbestos dust in the workplace, requiring realistic understanding and remedial action where necessary." The recommendations were prepared by the Association's Standards and Technical Committee composed of environmental control engineers, industrial hygienists and safety and health directors, to assist OSH A in its review and possible revision of the standard by early next year. On the question of ceiling concentration, the Association's recommendation is as follows: "No employee shall be exposed to airborne concentrations of asbestos fibers in excess of 10 fibers, longer than 5 micrometers, per cubic centimeter of air, as determined over a 10-minute period by the method prescrilK-d. .Its recommendation would delete the requirement of exposure "at any time" and insert "over a 10-miiuitc period." The Assoeiation said that its reasoning was that limitations of the monitoring procedure make it impossible to determine instantaneous peak exposures. A 10-minute sampling period is a practical minimum, it said. In addition, it recommended that monitoring not be required in those situations where significant quan tities of airborne asbestos fiber are not released. That, in the view of the Association, would include usage of products where asbestos fibers "have been modified by a bonding agent, coating, binder or other material so that during any reasonable foreseeable use, handling, storage, disposal, processing or transportation, no airborne concentrations of asbestos fiber in excess of the exposure limits prescribed in paragraph (b) of this section will be released." Work practices offered by the Association for OSHA's review include: unloading and storing bagged asbestos fiber; introduction of asbestos fiber into manufacturing processes; asbestos dust and scrap removal and disposal; and housekeeping in the asbestos industry. The committee is headed by Edmund M. Fenner, Director of Environmental Control for Jolms-Manville. Other members: Harold L. Becker, Chief Engineer, Nicolet Industries, Ambler, Pa.; Charles C. Clarke. Industrial Hygienist. Bendix Corp., Southfield, Mich.; C. Nelson Codding, Corporate Environmental Control. Jim Walter Research Corp., St. Petersburg, Fla.; William Fassuiiotis, Director of Safety and Security. GAF Corp.. New York. N.Y.; John P. McGinfey, Director of Manufacturing, Asbestos Cement Pipe & Plastics, Certain-leed Products Corp., Ambler, Pa.; L.E. Moody, Plant Engineer, Southern Asbestos Co.. CTiarlotte, N.C.; Fraser Morion. Indus trial Engineer. Congoleiim Industries, Inc.. Finksburg, Md.; William H. Mortonson. General Manufacturing Manager. Flintkote Co., E. Rutherford. N.J.; Dr. H.B. Rhodes, Area Manager. Marketing and Technology. Union Carbide, Niagara Falls. N.Y.; Isaac H. Weaver, Director of Environmental Control. Raybeslos-Manhattan, Inc.. Trumbull. Conn.; Frank H. Zimmerman, Corporate Director, Safety and Environmental Health,' National.. Gypsum.Co.. Buffalo. N.Y.