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FILE NAME: Asbestos Textile Product Use (ATPU) DATE: K DOC#:ATPU DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: EzZ^WZZ ZZ>ZZd/ ASBESTOS TEXTILE INSTITUTE P. O. BOX 239 75 CENTER ST., POl.tPTON LAKES, N. J. 07442 U. S. A. ~".".I 8392216 Are~ C'Od. 201 6 November 1964 Mr. J. T. Griffis H. K. Porter Co., Thermoid Division P. C. Box 10516 Charlotte, N. C. Inc. PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT Ar1.S/ Dear Mr. Griffis: I am attaching three copies of ne,"'s releas~s A, Band C which were supposed co have been released to the press during the conference cn the Biological Effects of Asbestos at the Waldorf Astoria several weeks ago. FQrtunately, due to the alertness of Hr. Edward Schuman of J/H and ~~. Robert eCrryyor of North American Asbestos Company, these releases were discovered before their release, and the resultant objections that arosea in thoe meoeting/b~cause of the sensationalis~ of the material held up their issuance. rTtt 5.s my n!nn1.nrt that t.h:i.s who] e .s~.t.'.I".tion should be dj sClIsseci at the next Board of Governcrfs meeting but for my part I do noL beJ.ieve that any further seeps should be taken at this time. I also feel that this subject should not be brought to the atten..... ... '-tion or other than management or our several companies, as any general discussion on this situation by sales personnel with users .... , ,_ ... of our products, could possibly aggravate the situation and resul t in individual opinions which could be damaging. I feel that r.lr. Reycraftfs letter accomplished, for the time being, the fact that we, as an Industry, protest any i~responsible state- ments being made to the press. I would welcome, and appreciate, an expression from the members of the Board of Governors regarding this very critical matter. .U/j[ft~ truly y~ J,6HN~t.vB~O\YN, JR. -(PRESIDENT !l:ag att. ':'::.:: ::.:!.... York ..!.c::'..i<:!::.y olf' Sciences 2 2~~t 63r~ St~ee~ '( I:.::~.. XorK, r:e.... York T2=pleton 8-0230 l~r. S~~el Bur~e:-, Director of Public Relations FOR RELEASE: October 20, 1964 HIGH EC ID~r;CZ OF CANCER DEATHS FOU!;;:) IN ASEESTCS HaORRKKEERRS i ASSBESTOS II\ EiNr:.:\o!\:~~:T ALSO THREATENS CITY'{ DH:::LLERS Ke .... Yo:-k City, Octo:er 19, 1964. A gro'yJing nUl:1oer of reports on the occc=re~ce of asbestosis--a serious disease of the lungs d~e to the i~~~l~tior. of asces~os dust--and asbestos cancer, reflect the harcful effects uf exposure to asbes~os dust, Dr. H. C. H-.;e;er (NatiOnal Cancer Instit~te, Eethesda, 1':d..) told a Conference on Siological Effects of As':estos. The th:-ee-day Conference, sponsored. by The rre'yJ YorK Acadelri)" of Sciences, began tcday at The Waldorf Astoria. "Tc.e enor::ous ri~e in prcduction a'ld industrial use of asbestos during the p~st 50 years has resulted in markedly 'yJider.ed exposure to asbestos dust for a greatly increased number and variety of 'YJoorrkkeerrss,," said Dr. Hueper. Dr. !. J. SeliKoff and cOo--y'Joorrkkers (The Mount Sinai Hospital, ~~ee'yJ York City) told the Conference ~bout a st~~y --",.,.-- -;-- , ~':l-:' in the Kev YorK-Nev Jersey Metropolitan area. Of the 307 ....ho had died during the past 20 years, 20 per cent had cancer of the lung, probably a - .. ,~- p co:plication ot asbestosiS. Another 20 per cent died of cancer elsevhere "1'., r_. in the bcdy vh1ich caa.y have resul-ted fromQ exposure to tl.sbestos. About five to six per' cant died of asbestosis. Only a little more than half--55.per cent--died of all other causes. X-ray ~xa=ination of the lungs of 1,117 of the surviving asbestos ir.s~laticn 'YJorker''Ss revealed that many of theo had ascestosis. Of those ~h~ first ceban ~o 'yJork '.Jliith asbestos 40 or core years ago, 94 per cent gave X-ray evidence of asbestosis. Of those ....hose first expc~ure to asbestos ' . .) 2-;" ~stcsto5is. Dr. S~li~off co~cl~~ed that the health and lives of asbestos ir.~~~tion ~or~~rs ~re cr~atly er.danG~r~d by their occupation. :!"c::: Z:lcl~nd. ccr:es 3. report by Dr. \-1. J. S:::1 ther (Asbestos Research CC;J~c:l) ~bou~ 71 asbes~os W'or!~ers W'ho have died Since 1957. All \.JIere er::plcyed. by a f~cto~ i:1 Lonio:1 W'hichn has been ~anufacturins asbestos prod~cts for 50 y~~rs. T;'e =ean a;e at d~ath of these 71 W'orkers ~as 57 years. Although tucerc~osis ~as present ~uch less frequently than among those ~ho died befc~e 1957, t~~re \.Jlas a defi:1ite increase ir. the occurrer.ce of lur.g cancer. And t~e rel~~lvely hi6h nur-oer of cancers starting in the pleura and peritoneuc..... the ~e=~rar.es linin; t~e chest and acdo~ir.al cavities and covering the orga~s ~ithin t~ese cavities ..... su=prised those er.~ag~d in the study. Dr. ~. Kivil~o~~ (Ta~;ere Central ncspital, Finland) told the Conference abc;.:~ calcified. pla.q;.:es found. i:l the ple;.:Z'o. eof seyero.l hundred persor.s J 1'::;:::; in the vicinity of two Finnish a~bestos ~ines, but not ecployed in the =in:r.6 industry. Other X-ray evidence of asbestosis ~/as :lot fo1.md. in ::ost o!.~ <:h~=. The plaques, once thought not to have serious clinical significance, are chaZ'acteristic of early changes found in the pleura of asbestos ~orkers. These ~eople have ~hat is now called endemic asbestosis, unrecognized before '.. _-....:.1$60. Dr. KivUuo'to pointed OU't 'that, because asbestos dust is indestructible .,. '.. -~"ar.d insoluble I even a brief exposu:e r::ay res uJ. t 1n severe lung daI:age r::a:lY yea!"s later. The urban dveller 1s now inhaling ~ore asbestos dust, said Dr. J. C. Th~::~cn (Z:edical School, Ca~e Tc...,n, Africa). This is due to increasing CO """---'~n .............;:' ,,_"" .,.-~ ......1l00I0 ~l"/ersH'r - ""'J "M'~. "~~ez of asoestos .':.-. ~itics and to its ;ir~;.::.l i~~es~ructibility, he said. Dr. Tho=.scn told about the search that \;as ~ade for "~sbestos bod.ies" in the lungs of 5CO deceased ~ersons over 15 yea:-s of a6be in Care To'ffl, South Afr1ca, and 5CO in Niaci, Florida. (Asbestos bbcddi.ieess .., J -(~ , ;:.:.~ ::!.:"c~stos ~'i=~~s co;::.ted \lith an iron-cont.:l.ining substance.) The results ~~:~ ~i=i13r in ~~e ~~o groups. Asbestos bcdies were present in no less th3~ 3~ [-ecr c~nt of t~e =::!.l~s and 20 ~er cent of ~he fa~ales, he said. "\n i:-.c=~~se in tr..e ocec!"re::ce of ecac-nneeee!" of the pleur3. and Feri tonel.Xl, in u!":'.:l:1 e.'.:elle:-s l\.f;as foreecst '!:ly Dr. Thocson as a result of this ne.... for.:; of air pollutio:1. Sceh e~ncers can occur ....hen there is only a small conee::tr3.t:on of .:lsoestos fibeers in the lo....er part of the lcng, he saie.. Inves~ibato~s engaged in experi:ental asbestosis research told the Co~~e:e::ce 0;" t~ei!" fir.d.i::Gs. ~e .... l,:ays to detect the "invisible" asbestos fHib:eers in ~iss'~:s ..~re :ie:lcri':ed o:;y Dr. C. Eerkley and co-...orkers (Mount Sinai Hospital, .~~'\"o".' Yo-''''' f"' ""' i ... .".".'J.. ) Localization of the fibers by electronic ashing has proven hiG:lly satis!'actory, they said. Dr. J. !jills (Readin3 VUnivers i tyI England) said that in 3uinea pigs I finely divi~ed particles of asbestos seec to be more activ~ i : t=~ prcduction of 1~r.6 :i:rosis than the larger particles ....hich produce asbestos bcdies. In spite 0: tr.2 fact that the experi~ental anicals ....ere exposed to asbestos dust i~ s~ale~ cha=cers, s~all amounts of dust gained access to the animal room and ~any un~=eate~ 6ui~ea pigs developed inters~i~~3.l pne~eonia, he said. ~e :ost i~peortant co~ercial varieties of asbestos are chrysotlle, crocido- o,~o11te and amosite. Chr/sotile, eor white asbestos--a silicate containing ~a;nesi~--co~es from serpentine rock and occ~rs as tubular fibers an~ s~eets. Crocidolite, or bl~ asbestos--a silica~e of sodium and iron--co~es f:oc= ba~~ed ironstoce rock and occurs as solid fibers. A~osite, fa~-colored--a sil:~~te of =agnesi~ and iron--also oCcCcUu:Ss in banded irons~one as solid fite~s. ?~e ~=e3.test use of asbestos; both chrysotile and crccidolit~, is in the =~nuf.:lc~~=e of as=es~os cecen~ products. These ?rcducts, ~anufactured in =ost co~ntries of the ....orld, consist of pipes, flat and corrugated sheets, shingles, a~~ others. The seconi largest use of asbestos is in the rwanufacture of asp~al~ a~c. vi:::!.!. asces~os floor tile". fH F/./'f'"IffI , ( J FOR RELEASE: Octooer 21, lS64 .':'.52::::5 :'CS Lr.i:-<ED TO SEVS?AL r.'~L IG :::'.?(C :25 ; l~':"Y ?)..V'E lU..y FOR CIGA?T~-I:'!)UC'ED C"';!\CER CitYI Octocer 20 1 1564. In EnGl3.r.d, :~ales and Scotlar.d ove=- 50 ;er cent of ~ales recer.tly deceased and kno~n ~o have had asoestosis also h:ld cancer .Y.,i t!:in the chest cavity 1 Dr. W. B. Bl\chanan told the Con:ere:;ce o~ 3iolo~ical ~::ects of Ascestos, sponsored by The ~~ee'y" York AC3.de~y of Sci.;nces. '!cc.c:.yts n:eeting, the second of' 'the 'th:ee-day Conference .y.,as r..eld a.t The i-ialdori'-Astoria. Dr. 3~c::ar.an (E::'nistry of labor, londo~, Englar-d) 'oased his s't3.'te~ent on an ar.3.1ysis of all ~~e death certificates en ~hich ~he presence of asces~os:z is recorced from the 'thre~ countries. Up to the end of l563, 584 s~c~ ~ea~~ certificates have :een received, he said, and the annual n~ber of 'the= is increasing. A relationship bet~een asbestosis and cancer "y'iithin the c~~s't ~as susl=ected as lon~ ago as 1947, and there nooYv see!!:S to be li'ttttlle douot Two Cerean physicians, Drs. G. Jacob and M. Amspach, .y.,ho studied such cases, noted that there vweere twvo kir~s of cancers. So~e of the cancers were bro~chesen1c--that is, they began in the lillir.g of the branches of the ~ind- pi:f:e v\lhiceh carry air into the lung. =:sothel~c=~~, start in the pleura--the cembrane ~hich lines the chest cavity ar.d covers trt-ee l~nGs. T~ey also round soce cesothelic:.as .y.,hhiich began in tthhe~ Feri~o~e~~=-- Jrs. Jaco~ a~~ ~~s:ac~ said that there ~as a relatively hieh inci~ence of pl~~~al =eso~~elio;as a~ong ~eople who live in the vicinity of the Dresde~ asces":os ..:orks. .... =:. J::-. C. ;:2.::".::o::ci. ;;.r.~ c~-\lo::-I~e!"s (~:t. ~i::2.l Hospit.J.l, r:elJ Yor!c City) .;~::e :J~:.-:::-is~d ~o ~'i:....i a i.. i.:;~ lncidence (,20 :;:e!" cern:) of C.:l.ncer of tr.e :::.::::..:~ ~~:! i::~.':!sti:::.l t!".3.C~ in 307 deceaSed insul.3.tion ....orke!"s in "he ::~~: Yo::-::-;:-=.: ':~rsC!.y :':e t!"o;oli t=.n area. 'I::cy be lieve that in rr.any of these c,::::,"ss~~!!:j I t::e C.3.::c~:- did not a!"i~e i'rc::: the cells that lir:e the insi:'e of ttt"'.1"'! G~3t=oi~~esti::.3.1 t=ac~, but frc~ tha cells of the ~eritor.e~. Such cancers ,;.:!:::e ~ui ':a p::-ooa': l.y , the!"ei'ore I z:esothalio:::as con::ected in sor::e ....ay '~'i th ex;os~!"e to astestos. !!'l I!"alad., !)!"s. P. C. El::es ar.d O. L. l.fac.e (Queen's Unive:-sity, =eli'ast, I!"el:.::-:') st~.ii.::d 42 prov-:d. cases of pleural I:esothelioca, and found. that i!'l 32 o~ t::ese cases the:-e ',.,as a po::;itive history of f:xposure to asbestos. 8a As~~stcS ocdias--asoestos fice:-s sur!"ou::ded by an iron-contai~ing substa::ce--- ...a:-e :o~r.d. in t::e lunss of per ce::":. of t::ese patients. These fi:::':'::';s are furthe:- eVidence that asbestos plays a role in pleural I:~sotheli=~~s. vi. I:l't::e laboratory) Drs. E. S::ith and L. !H.-itlillleerr (Fairleigh Dick:::so:: Unive:-sity, Madison) N.J.) found large tumors in the chest cavities of h~~s~ers--possibly ~eso~heliomas--after a single injection of asbestos into ~!:~ ::~...::~:cs. '1'hey n:por"C~d. ~hat the kinds of asbes"Cos ....hich s~!::.ulated colored ascestos. iron. Botn are silicates vi =ag~esi~. Amcsite also contains The sa:e resear.che_ras_ sa.id they had " car:cer in har:sters by intrcducing the ,:c.e l~::;s v.'.-, 't:'e air passages. au~} '.:ce:-e i:n:-c:!~::ed ::'~-:o tr.e air ~assages "oeen sar::e ,.;hen .... i th . unable to produce bI:on~h.'~ g-= =:i.:: t:.IO kinds of asbestos into either chrysotile or altosite a c:lnce:--prcd.ucing substar..:~ "...::ce:-. :.::e cancer-prcd.ucing agen~ ....as In't:-cduced alor:e. There fore, t!1.e 3-!3 ~~:o~~tc~y ~~StS cor.:i=~ the epi~e~iolo~ical evidc~ce that ~3cestos c~~. ca~se . --~-"---r~..-...~..-'" -1~.: sot~ -.~. _"_o-._~_s _~nd y ~.~... e :i~~r.o.:1.ce w..w~oke -c-~ncer -_- - _o~- ca'ucl'r:'0- :!.ctivi ty cd c::e=icals k~o\;r. to :prcc.'..!ce bronc~o;:;enic cance~. Ot~er l.:.::c:-:.::.C:-J" researc:~e!'s re~orted i : i~ :s ~;'e .:.sces~os itself or that they sor-ethin~ are nO\l tryinJ to find. out asscceiate~ \lith i t ~hich ~eca".lse tnose '.. or!\r::e!'l ..hno acquire asbestosis are entitled to co:::er.satio:1.) ~e:~i::ite sta~:'.:.rds already exist \lhicen :z:easure the seve:-i~y oo~::.i ..ed of i~ca;acei~ation. :':-0::: c::'est X-rays J Such standarcs are based physical exacination, and. on infor:ation tests of l'..u:.g fu:"'.:-::'cn. ~, . . . 4 .oJ.. ",,11'1 " I. I,,, I11I HII . -.' c Y , 0: 1J"..\,'!"-= ~"\l.l\l o:-,~ "n'CeJ :.,,' ~r..y 0:. S ci~nc~s o3rd 2 :~~t St:~~~ ::e\l i:~\1r'<o-r:", Yor!~ ,:,:::::,le ton 8-C230 r;;.'. S~::W)l durcer, Director of Public Relations FOR RELE.\SE: Cctober 22, 1564 SC:C::TIS'J:'S cCrrr!':: GRC~'!I1\G ASES'I'CS HAZJ\RDSj ,,\5;( ?OR SAF":;TY r..EASL"RES AND ~URTHER STllDY I~v Yo~~ City, Cctober 21, 1564. The incraasina occurrence of cancer a=onG o.sc~steos \.torkers is, ironicCllly, a re flection or their improved uorl<in8; cc~citions aelnnd loncer life span, scientists were told tcday at an intern~tio~~l Conference on BiolOoGGical Effects of Asbestos. The Conference is s;c:1sorad by TT1h1..::: l\e\l Yorlt Acadecy of Sciences. Tcday's r..eeting at Tee !!~lc!o:,:~-';storia brinGS the three-day rteetina to a close. In the early days of the industry, said Dr. J. C. Gilson (N.R.C. :::euno.:cn:'osis Research Unit, Gla::or6a:l, ~'lales L r:.en ....orltlng for only a f~\I ye~!"s in an asbestos-lad~n atz:csphere develo~ed asbestosi:3-excessive sc~!"!"i:'b of the lungs d~e to i~~alaticn of the asbestos particles. Of~cr. the~e =en died pre~a~urely because of the cc:plicaticns of asbes~czis-pneu~onia eor tuberculosis, he said. ~~en !a~tory condi~ions \tere altered so that pn~uconia and tuberculosis n~re nu longer such a problem, Dr. Gilson continued, the late effects of ,.... _-_.. asbestosis ,"ere ccltmonly encountered, including severe bronchial condi tiC::3 and enlargecent of the heart. Hore recently; said Dr. Gilson, t~cs~ ~:or!:er~ .. i th c,l-.ly mcAe:;{ate Y.ti:grt::e~ of as:es~csis have survived long enough to develop cancers originatin~ in the orcnc~i~l ;assages. ::0...: q,uite -:.i!~ ~~eS t ar.d. h~...e had or.ly ~helic:3s ~~e u::e:q:ectedly I n:aligna!'lt 'tt;.r;:ors ari3 ing ac.io::ir.al cav1t1e:a -r;esothelicz:as -a.re slight exposure to asbestos 40 or core to asbestos are also being found a~ong frol:l the llr:.iIl';s 0:: occurring in 'Wo:-:{e:- 5 ... 2.0 years previously. ~:esc~eople \tho live r.ear 2-\: - - ~~~~~~os. t:l.r.es -~!':d o~Io~ctor.les, ~n.~.. ~=on;; ci ty c.~:ellers \./hose enviror.::. co~t3=i~~ted by 3s~estos used in insulation and e13ew~ere" e:1t is !)!.". Gil~on t:ofr.ted out tr.~t it is icpor-:.:..nt to fir.d out ....hich kinds of ~S~~St03 ~ice~s do tc.e leas~ har~ ....ithiirn. the bcdy, so that the s v~riet:es of fibe~5 cay be r:ore cor:=or.ly used in the futu afe~ The GeoGr~pcical location of the asbestos re. C0:1:.~i=-utin3 to its capacity to cause deposit is an i:po~tant factor disease, Dr. K. t,L Soeith (Johns-i~anville Cor~cra~ion, ~:anville, N.J.) asserted.. associated ....ith so:e deposits, he said. Chro=e, ni;kel or radioactivity are These contaminants are kno....n to be c~nce~-prcducing in their vvn right. Dr. J. C. Hagrn.er (Pr.eumoconiosis Research Uni-r., Gla::o!"gan, Co~:e!"~r.ce that it is not known exactly how asbes~os causes Hales) toali tee. it kr.o~r. ho.... the ascestos fibers migrate 1n the disease. Nor is r:esothelic:as--r:alignant tumors arising bed.y. He said that ple~al from the lining of the chest cavity-- ahnadvea~oocsciutrered in an~ls following the injection of chrysot1le, crcc:dolite, --the major variet1es of asbestos. Pleural ~sothe11omas have also been ~te ~esult eof injections of silica, which occurs naturally in sand and Ot:.e~ inve::;tigators from England: Ireland ar.d. Scuth A!!"ica :!esc!"i'::e~ - ~ .- - nature of the %tesothe11oma 1n detail. They ~resented clear-cu the prove that ascestos, or something asaociatei with it, does indetedevcidauensecethtoese the presence ot asbestos Iu ~n: kno~n exposure to asbestos and ficers in t~ors and lungs are significant. The r:e~ York Acader.!Y ot Sciences, ....hich is host to any thousands of scie~~~s~s at ~he :ore than 20 :ajor inter~ational scientific s~!"'.:.~t :J. $25 z:il11on tlorld.Sc1ence Center in the heart of ~e.., York City. .. 3-C . \ T!lll A.c:;.d~::,y, '~'hcsa 18 J cco ::e~lle:--scienti5ts represent all 50 states c28 ::o:--:i':::l ccun~!":!.es} ho;es to cor:~leta the ~!orld. Scier.ce C~nter ar::i - in t~e to c~lebr~~e 150 years of service to ~h by 1567} cc~~~~itJ. e worlce scientific S~~?ort fo~ ~he projec~ is ceing sough~ free individuals, fQ~~d.~tior.s, ~r.d. gover~ent agencies here and abroad.. / 1 //11//1/ 111 " j,7[;I-;;:r -. ,. ......,~....