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FILE NAME Brakes BRK DATE 1973 DOC BRK045 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Baltimore County Dept of Health from Towson Valley Motors with Survey Results - Asbestos Hazards in Brake Relining a . Mr. T. H. Devlin Mr. W. L. Phillips fob. se 1a sae July 25 1973 reer Weg Letter distributed regarding asbestos hazards in brake relining Attached are the results of our survey to determine the effectiveness ear of the letter distributed regarding asbestos hazards in brake relining vey ate AR Pat . William L. Phillips Director Ce Division of Air Pollution and Industrial Hygiene Services Te Bureau of Environmental Services as WLP . Enclosures . aan cc Dr. Roop . J. Beagan State - a : co, . ne wt - ane Us -; . - r} ~ / aaa we ue ; Date 2/21/97 Jo No. 2/21/97 2/21/97 2/21/97 by AAC 7 FIRM NAME Norris Ford Thompson Mercury Compass American Victory Villa Shell Neal's Texaco al Aero Citgo Eastern Shell Johnson Sunoco Smith Motors - McCall Truck Chesapeake Ford Detroit Deisel - Harry T. Campbell - White Marsh American Truck White Marsh Shell Keith's BP White Marsh Exxon Aero Motors Bodine's BP Middle River Mobil Woodlawn Shell Caton Anoco Brockway Trucks " Morgan's American ; . en rane or i ; . tk Catonsville Car Center 40 West Shell 40 West Porsche i Toyota West 40 West Volkswagen ; 7 ~ . '- Midas Muffler . RECEIVED RECEIVED POSTED RECEIVED POSTED RECEIVED POSTED RECEIVED P|OSTED LETTER LETTER LETTER LETTER LETTER LETTER LETTER LETTER LETTER LETER LETR Yes Yes Yes - Yes Yes Yes Yes _ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes : OUT OUT BLOW HOSE HOSE PREVIOUSLY AIR AIR PREVIOUSLY WITH WITH PREVIOUSLY WITH WITH WITH BRUSH BRUSH WAEND T CLEAN AND CLEAN WILL WILL SOLVENT VACUUM WILL SOLVENT SOLVENT VACUUM ] NOW VACUUM NOW VACUUM Yes No Yes Dust Mask Yes Ies Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Brake Work- WorkYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Ies Yes Yes : fes Yes _ Yes Yes Yes Yes ~ - WITH OUT i OUT BRUSH E RECEIVE~ POSTED HOSE WET CLEAN & RECEIVE~ POSTED HOSE WET CLEAN ' Monarch Mercury . . Champion Ford . Westview Dodge oe Plymouth t Jacksonville Service Center _ Loot. ae Kingsville Motors Kingsville Repairs Grean Chevrolet _ i Close Volkswagon ee co : oo oe oe an a Doug Griffith Chrysler . Yes No - No No 1 Yes No -. Yes - Yes No -T No | Yes Yes No Yes - | Yea -* | Tt Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes | Yes Yes | No No Yes Yes Dust Mask a Dust Mask _ Yes dk Res Yes 7 e: Yes * Yes {| Yes . Yes v Yes Yes Albrecht's American - Town and Country Datsun . ae . +| Yes ~ "| Yes Holly's Citgo Se | ; Yes Goodyear Tire Stores 2 oe oe Yea Polumabo Shell Service > McKeitham Sales and Service ; oo _ . Co 2. 7._ | i. a . . an /{ Yes No Jf Towson Dodge Hillendale Texaco Oakleigh Texaco Co on os Lot be re oe ve - * ro, Set 1 , Yea No Yes Perry Hall Citgo CML Auto Service Padonia Exxon _ a oo Coe ae oe - oo - | No Yes | Forrestors BP 7 oa ae : _| ; Yes Ovens Diagnostic Center Rayco Auto Center / ee . aren io:e ney a. | Yes .| aE, Yes Yes Yes No | Yes No Yes Kes Yes Yes Yes No Ies No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Ies No No Yes No Yes | No Yes Yes No No response No Yea Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes : ~ oF | Yes : Co - a No Yes : A & & No 5 at : Yes = a Providence Motors Pollards ARCO Toysontowne Garage Grays Auto Service Woodbrook Citgo & R Motors oLe. ST Yes No No - Yes ; . Yes Yes Yes Yes ~ S Yes Yes No Yes . Dust Mask oe Yes No | Yes No Na . | a No / No Yes Yes No response _ Mi 2 ~ sain iF : al eee - 1 es cee * - 7" y RECEIVED Posted RECEIVED Posted WASH BRUSH - BLOW BRUSH : BLOW HOSE BRUSH a; HOSE WET CLEAN * RECEIVED Posted Posted LETTER LETTER PREVIOUSLY AIR PREVIOUSLY AND ot WWIILILISOLVENT CLEAN CLEAN VACUUM FIRM NAME LETTER LETTER LLEETTTTEERR LETTER LETTER PREVIOUSLY NOW VACUUM PREVIOUSLY SOLVENT VACUUM WITH SOLVENT VACUUM Brooks Buick ~ Nationwide Motors Valley Chevrolet Marsden Chevrolet Timonium Plymouth Dulaney Mercury Chieftan Pontiac Brooks Buick Opel ; a , - . oe ; . ae er So | Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Towson Ford Towson Valley Motors Carney Towing Service , co . .. 7 , - Yes Yes Yes Jerry's Chevrolet Bob Davidson Ford Colonial Exxon So oo -Yes Yes Yes Beltway Shell Hollenshade's BP ae ae ee . Load a Yes Yes . Stu Berger Olds British Imports Ltd. | Meadowcroft Motors Spicer Auto Hereford 66 Garage Timonium Toyoto Yorktowne Shell SR a oy vo : : oo. ae - me Se . a Se an oa a , ST , Le Yes Yes - | Yes Yes Yes | No Yes Troy's International to ee _{ Yes Towson Valley Volkswagen , wae - Yes Adolph Sunoco Midas Muffler 7 Pikesville Shell Service ae ; an | - | Yes ~ | No ~ ns Yes Tollgate Exmn 1 ; | Yea Valley American Yes Owings Mills Shell No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No | No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No Brake Work Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No | No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No ' "| | Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Brake Work Yes No Yes | No No Yes Yes =| No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No | | Yes Yes Yes No Brake Work Yes Yes Yes No Yes No tt No Yes No No No Yes we Dust Mask Face Shiel No ae Dust Mask Dust Mask Dry Brush Tes Yes No vo No . | Dust Mask No . Yes - Dust Mask - . -} Yes a No. _ _ Dust Mask * coy Dust Mask ~ | Obs s . of Dust Mask _; No No * 2a 2 - a, * ae a aS . - FIRM NAME Painters Will American RECEIVED POSTED RECEIVED RECEIVED RECEIVED PPOOSSTTEEDD . RECEIVED POSTED LETTER LET ER LETTER LLEETTTTEERR LET ER LETTER LETTER LETTER No No Beltway American . _ Yes Yes Pikesville ARCO Pikesville Gulf Woodholze EXXon . . 2 . .. | Yes | Yes Yes | No a Yes No Crest Citgo Dave's Liberty Shell ase ae ; a 1 Yes No Yes No Deer Park Exxon No E. J. and D Service C & Auto Service Woodmoor Sunoco Joe Griam Ford a W. L. Neimayer _ | - 7 , _. : ; , 7 ' eS . ae . . oo. - . No No No Yes Yes Seymour Chevrolet = _ Basler's Truck Service a, ~ Bill Kirk Volkswagen , Len Stoller Ford - oo - ae oo C. R. Lynch Inc. oS Cie oe Ss _ . Yes Yes Yes | i Yes sO No No Na No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No _ nop ope - OUT OUT BLOW HOSE PREVIOUSLY HOSE AIR PREVIOUSLY PREVIOUSLY WITH PREVIOUSLY WITH PREVIOUSLY WITH ILLIM ILLIM HSVM BRUSH BRUSH BRUSH AND LAM TIIM SOLVENT TIIM SOLVENT SOLVENT SOLVENT SOLVENT i - CLEAN CLEAN 2 23 CLEAN VACUUM VACUUM - VACUUM VACUUM VACUUM Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yea | Yes Yes No tio Yes Yes Yes No No * Dust Ma " 2 No 2 No Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 No 2 = 2 | No No 2 Yes No No | ' Yes .. Dust Ma Yes Yes No Yes No No | Yes . No : Establishments 111010 EstablishEsmtabelisnhmentts s rn . an . Yea 86/24 Yes Yes Yes Yes | 51/59 | 81/29 | 80/30 | 23/87 ~ Reinspected | oD No No No No No - . , . r mL Towson TowTowsosn on Valley Motors 801 North York Road Towson . Maryland 21204 A.C. 301 821-8000 ov January 9 1973 MERCEDES > PORSCHE AUDI maty + 2 Baltimore County Department of Health . ; Division of Air Pollution and Industrial Hygiene Maryland Avenue and Hillen Road Towson Maryland 21204 ATTENTION MR WILLIAM L. PHILLIPS DIRECTOR Dear Sir Although asbestos dust is not a significant problem with the makes we handle please be advised that a new Company Policy has been established ; This new policy forbids the use of compressed air to dispose of brake . dust Instead a new industrial type vacuum cleaner was purchased to perform this task . ; Thank you for bringing this matter to you of our fullest cooperation in the our attention and may we assure future when the health of our employees and the enviroment in general are concerned . %. . . . - eho. aay cote , truly yours FO an . . . . + r . . Peter A. Rafaeli Vice President TOWSON VALLEY MOTORS INC rn cg ^' 2 * : : . sw Fa if Sy remade et Te FID Ss Be. Gy TR nay al at te oo PAR ges ' 2 af MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FIFTH of The City University of New York AVENUE AND 100TH STREET YORK N.Y. 10029 | od = /3 ( UNI OF NY NY CITY NEW THE a KYORK OUNDED 1847 OUNDOUNDED ED Department of Community Medicine December 27 1972 Mr. Barry I. Castleman Division of Air Pollution & Industrial Baltimore County Department of Health Maryland Avenue at Hillen Road Towson Maryland 21204 Hygiene Dear Mr. Castleman Congratulations on the brake dust potentially an important problem looked at exposure that has memorandum hardly begun This is to be The purist might say that without surveillance there will be little enforcement I don't know whether this is entirely pertinent for most shops this memorandum will be their first introduction to the problem and their awareness may accomplish much more at this stage of the problem than the most sophisti- cated regulations We are approaching the situation in two ways of both the work site and the general areas environmental studies These include measure- ments to obtain data concerning general environmental contamination from the occupational sources Further we are examining lung specimens obtained from individuals with brake area work history to estimate their asbestos fiber lung burden for comparison with like individuals without such history I would very much appreciate a note from you concerning response to the memorandum sent out Perhaps you could about this your call early me With best wishes for the Holiday Season Sincerely yours IJS ... Irving J.Selikoff Professor M.D. BALTIMORE COUNTY MARYLAND OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE Karly Dr. Donald J. Roop through TO__ Robert G. Crawley Karly Karly Date___ January 4 1973 rst Karly ee A SUBJECT_ ee ee em me em ew ee ee ee ee ee eee This is a report of the status of our project to promote safe health practices among brake mechanics who are exposed to asbestos hazards The first week of December we mailed circulars to about 140 businesses where brake work is done or phone to date No response has been received by mail We are now distributing these circulars to all service stations in the County which comes to 300 to 500 premises We have also sent copies of the circular to the State City other larger County health departments No response has been received any of these either and from One copy was sent to Dr J. Selikoff foremost world authority on the subject of asbestos health hazards He commended our effort and asked us to call him with our results letter attached As we operate on funds which are earmarked for air pollution there is some trepidation about further involvement in this project However this is potentially an important problem that has hardly begun to be looked at in Dr. Selikoff's words As such a thorough study of this problem would be a service not only to us in the County but to many other health departments in this country and elsewhere in the world This is what we can do 1. Randomly interview a significant number of the establishments contacted and tabulate the findings how many took preventive steps how many did not etc. after a two month time period from first contact has elapsed 2 Publish our findings in a periodical such as American Journal of Public Health medium tional This survey will tell us what reaction sized businesses when they are notified of cancer hazard but not threatened with any can be expected from small and an easily rectifiable occuparegulations St ee een = ne cen eg rere Se teenie cee a ee ee cee ee Dr. Donald January 4 page 2 J. Roop 1973 In March of 1971 the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency declared asbestos and two other toxic agents hazardous air pollutants These materials have subsequently received special attention as provided by the Clean Air Amendments of 1970. The Director of the Maryland Bureau of Air Quality Control has also expressed his interest in identifying all uses of asbestos beryllium and mercury Where such materials are found special efforts should be made to insure that no adverse occupational exposures or outdoor air pollution occurs We are now requesting your approval to carry out a complete survey as outlined above BIC attachment Barry Barry I. Castleman PHE Technical Services Section Division of Air Pollution and Industrial Hygiene MOUNT SINAI MOUNT 10 MSM SCHOOL FMEDICINE et MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE of The City University ofNew York FIFTH AVENUE AND 100TH STREET YORK N.Y. 10029 Sng Department of Community Medicine February 26 1973 Mr. Barry I. Castleman 305 West Biddle Street Baltimore Maryland 21201 Dear Barry I was very much attracted to your idea of interviewing the establishments contacted by circular in Baltimore County to see how many took preventive steps and how many what did not reaction As can you say the survey would tell you be expected from small and medium size businesses when they are notified of an easily rectifiable occupational cancer hazard but not threatened with any regulations If it would be of assistance a field investigator in all to you I could likelihood provide The more areas in the more properly I look at the air sampling results from which brake drum repairs were being made concerned I am that the problem is not being studied and controlled Sincerely yours IJS jlr Irving J. Professor Polikoff M.D. AT em eee oe ete ee TTR memes ere emencne car 6h am meen eR ee Gn ne eee eneenmenie Be noe ee ee pe ee Baltimore Maryland Maryland Maryland 21201 j March 19 1973 ee Lat AU ee to the Health officer - requesting approval for two of ; repof l the ry eply Lasson is enclosed I work and expect survey intend Occr what you approval is this Auran Magzocchi the leaflet ) be interesting I'ain for in published form as this does brake , e MOUNTSINATES MSMMSM SCHOOLO SCHOOLO SCHOOLO FRICINE MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE FIFTH of The City University ofNew York AVENUE AND 100TH STREET YORK N.Y. 10029 Department of Community Medicine July 11 1973 Mr. Barry Castleman 305 West Biddle Street Baltimore Maryland 21201 Dear Barry I am enclosing a number of recent reprints pamphlet including the NIH Your diligence and determination concerning possible health hazards associated with brake repair work is only to be commended Little is known of this yet but it may turn out to be important and its neglect over the past two decades will be recognized as a serious environmental oversite The Bendix Research Laboratories in South Field Michigan have recently completed study for the Environmental Protection Agency which you may wish to peruse It was written by M.G. Jacko and R.T. DuCharme and is entitled Brake Emissions Emission Measurements Sources and From Brake and Clutch Linings From Selected Mobile is identified as report 68-04-0020 It was prepared for the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Air and Water Programs in Ann Arbor Michigan 48105 While not directed to the study of asbestos contamination of brake repair work sites it provides much useful information relevant to the problem Sincerely yours IJS ace enclosures re cr ne ee eee ee ne oe