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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1970 June 24
DOC NMA160
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION WOR Radio Transcript - City to Propose Outlawing of Asbestos Spraying
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Martha Deane June 24 1970 10:15 AM
STATION
New York
CITY TO PROPOSE
OUTLAWING
OUTLAWING OUTLAWING
OUTLAWING
OF
ASBESTOS
SPRAYING
MARTHA DEANE
Now Commissioner Rickle when you were here
in April you - now that you know as
were conducted first we take care of the old business well I didn't take care of new business business - Put you all en
to prevent prevent prevent
new
buildings buildings buildings
from being
gprc~-od
gprc~-od
with
schneten
got
rid of the asbestos spraying How's that coming along
ROBERT RICKLES
I think very well
Since we were here
we held sublic hearings on the problem really which were much
more shocking than I had thought the problem was
Workers of
the
Ashestes
Ashestes
Ashestes
Workers Workers
For instance
he reported that
of the people in his union who had died
their mortality rate is much higher than the normal population -
his
people had died
from some
form of
cancer
which
which
is
is
really very startling and another 10 of asbestos which is a
the
the the
lungs
lungs
lungs . lungs
And
And
And the probability probability probability of an asbestos WOIRCT
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who smokes of dying is 92 times higher than that in the general
populatiln
-- -- a result of these hearings the new city code which is
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going to be published in the city record either next week or the
week after they're going to the printers already will outlaw -
will propose the outlawing of the spraying of asbestos in the
city of New York The Mayor has already announced the abolition
of spraying of asbestos on any city projects So I think that
certainly by the fall when the code will becone effective we
will have stopped completely the spraying of asbestes now and
I think forever In addition we've initiated a project within
the department to evaluate whether the demolition of buildings
that contain asbestos is a threat to the public health and if
it is then within the next year we would propose to outlaw
the use of asbestos in construction however it's applied - whether
it'ist's applied in shoot for or erres.
Because we don't want to
leave leave
a
a
time
time
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around
twenty or
fifty fifty
wees
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mad
because however beautiful the building looks today we know from
New
New
New
York's
York's
York's
history history
history history
of of
growth
of growth
and
and
regrowth regrowth regrowth
thtahtat
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bil a
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going to come down at some point in the future and if we cannot
find a method of demolishing a building without the asbestos
getting into the air then I think we're going to have to outlaw
asbestos
DEANE And there are other kinds of fire prevention materials
RICKLES
Yes this is our understanding
At least two are
being evaluated now by the Buildings Department for approval
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