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RICTIOJ:.; l.L:i.TERIALS ETAliDAR!JS INSTITU'.1.'E, INC., E. 210 RClUTE 4, PARM1US, N.J. 07652 TO: ASBESTOS STUDY COMUITTEE SU.dJECT: ACTIVITY CONCERNIHG ASBESTOS December 26, 1973 Mr. I. H. lTeaver, Chairman of the Committee has kept me abreast on various activities in government, industry and in the press concerning asbestos. Because of the considerable amount of literature I am only foniarding articles that your Chairman specifically suggested I send to the Committee !!embers. These articles are: 1. "Type of Asbestos and Respiratory Cancer in the Asbestos Industry" (Types of asbestos and their carcinogenic potentials). 2. "Asbestos Health Question Perplexes Experts" (A summary of the Durham, N.C. meeting on the biological effects of ingested asbestos). In addition, I have listed all the articles received from Hr. ~.Jeaver which are related to the asbestos problem. Should you wish a copy of any of these articles, please let me know. One item is a 16 page booklet entitled ';CAUTION: ASBESTOS DUST I do not have extra copies of this booklet but they are available at a price from ChanninE L. Bete Co., Inc., 45 Federal Street, Greenfield, !lass. (or directly from lHOSil). See attached price list for this booklet. The foregoing is to keep the Committee posted concerning literature on asbestos. E\ID:llz Enc. E. P. Drislane Executive Director FMSI 06652 FRICTION MATERIALS STANDARDS INSTITUTE, INC., E. 210 ROUTE 4, PARAMUS, N.J. 07652 ARTICLE (SYNOPSIS) SOURCE/AUTHOR DATE Asbestos, Talc and Nitrites in Relation to Gastric Cancer (A summary report on talc injections into hamsters indicating no carcinogenic effects) American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal May 1973 The Medical Surveillance of Asbestos Workers (Exposure and Radiological Surveillance) Lewinsohn, H.C., Royal Society of Health Journal April 1972 Don't Drink the Water, Don't Breathe the Air (Reserve Mining's Discharge of "Tailings" into Lake Superior) Nader, R., Harris, R., Environmental Action September 1973 CAUTION: ASBESTOS DUST--- (A booklet) Published by Channing L. Bete July 1973 Co., Greenfield, Mass. Available from NIOSH A review of CAUTION: ASBESTOS DUST~-- Swetonic, M., for Asbestos Information Association July 1973 The Locus of Pathogenicity of Asbestos Dust (Pathogenicity results frompolyfilamentous structure) Gross, P., Harley, R.A. Arch Environ Health October 1973 Asbestos: Underrated Peril (A synopsis of Fritsch & Castleman allegations - primarily asbestos in industry) Environmental Action Bulletin October 1973 Anti-Pollution Device Approved for Asbestos (The JM PENTAPURE Impinger) Asbestos Magazine October 1973 Letter, Asbestos Information Association to Department of Labor (Comment on amendment to CFR permitting immediate public disclosure of monitoring results) Mereness, R. H., of AlA October 1973 Criteria for Hazardous Exposure Limits (An overall survey on establishment of permissible limits for exposure to hazardous substances) .., s:: The Asbestos Industry Struggles to Comply with-Tough en New Standard (Industry approaches on OSHA Asbestos Standards) 0 Q) Q) wen The New Dimension in Occupational Health (A history rf the asbestos standard) Hatch, T.F., Arch Environ Health October 1973 Snider, R.J., Occupational Hazards Occupational Hazards October 1973 October 1973 -2- ARTICLE (SYNOPSIS) Asbestos Dust is Linked to Disease (Asbestosis, Lung Cancer, Mesothelioma, and Gastrointestinal- brief summaries of Dr. Selikoff reports) Crisis in Silver Bay (The Reserve Mining Co. court case concerning asbestos fibers in water) Occupational Health Factors in the United Kingdom (Diseases related to asbestos exposure) Data Sparse in Asbestos Scare (Reserve Mining Co. asbestos in Lake Superior - difficulty in establishing asbestos and gastra intestinal cancer link) Conference on Biological Effects of Ingested Asbestos, Durham, N.C. Reserve Mining Report (Dr. Paul Gross testimony - in direct opposition to Dr. Selikoff testimony) Health Effects of Ingested Asbestos Debated Inconclusively (A summary of the Durham,N.C. meeting) Type of Asbestos and Respiratory Cancer in the Asbestos Industry (Types of asbestos and their carcinogenic potentials) Asbestos Health Question Perplexes Experts (A summary of the Durham, N.C. Meeting on biological effects of ingested asbestos) SOURCE/AUTHOR Occupational Hazards TIME Magazine Lewinsohn, H.C., Holmes, S. Medical World News Mereness, R.H., of Asbestos Information Association report Special Report Environmental Health Letter Enterline, P.E., Arch Environ Health C & EN DATE October 19 73 October 19 73 October 19 73 October 1973 November 19 73 November 19 73 December 1973 November 1973 December 19 73 .., s: C/) - "ee0nn ,..CJI 'c