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FILE NAME: RT Vanderbilt (RTV) DATE: 1976 Dec 12 DOC#: RTV205 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Public Citizen Letter to Morton Corn 15- Publication "OSHA Serves 8 Corporate Client" dated December 15,1976 y j {Pages 2040-2043) FDR RELEASE WEDNESDAY A.M. Oyblyc DFDECREMFUBRETRHE1R5, IN1F9O7R6MATION cmzen CONTACT: P(2E0T2E3R C8R7E2E-0N3E20 2 OSHA SERVES A CORPORATE CLIENT: IGNORING ASBESTOS IN VANDERBILT INDUSTRIAL TALC SP etatefrf AA.ssGorceieantee H ealth Research Group December 13, 1976 H ealth R esearch group 2000 p street, N.w ., Washington. d .C. 20036 . (2023 872-0320 2041 December 1 3 , 1976 DArs.siHstoarntotnSCe comre ta ry of Labor 200fo Cr oOncsctuitpuatitoionnaAl vSeanfueet,y Na.Wnd. H ealth Washington, D.C. 20210 Dear Dr. Corn: Ta aClco.r"WpeorsautebmCitlieton ty: ouIg nthoerinagttaAc hsbeedstor es p ionr tV, aenndteirtbleildt I"QnSdHuAs tSreiarvles V andYerobuilat reCowmpeallnya. wIanrec .,ofo tfhefiolrownaglk, , inCteonnsneecetifcfuot,r t wbiyth thtae lcR.T. mfroinmesOiSnHAfi'eswleYgoarkllyS tac toen,s ttiotu tkeedep a si tbse stiol lse gsataln d"taermd .porary r e lie f " your pTrheodugehc etshseo rs, pMe cr.iaJlohpnrivSitleengdeesr, foyoru Vhaanvedearbssiultmeodrigf uinlal terdespwointh stoib tialkitey afcotiro ntheto wsrtoonpgdtohienmg., sin c e you know the fa c ts y et refu se To b r ie f ly summarize: 1972, 1i.n cl0u5HdAin gprothmeulmgaitneedraal tlreegma lo laisteb esinto si t sh edaeltfhinsittaionnd a rodf in asbestos. Ameri2c.a, Vb uatn dn oe rtbaillte, r ot neenooufghth eto tecnomlmaerngteosnt tthaelc apsbroedsutocsersstainnd ard binegforIne i1t9s73I,mtpolesmuebnsttaatinotnia, lluyndreervtoios ek athep esrtsainsdteanrdt ctoamepxacilgund,e s tthaer t itnrecmluodelidte pirne ssi tusre tafrlocmfrfoimv e thmeemdbeefrsin oitfioCnonogfreasssb, etshtroese. oTf hwehocmampaign rceomcepnantyly prreecseidiveendt. campaign c o n trib u tio n s from Hugh 8. V a n d e rb ilt, the ru3l-e-mInasktienagd porofceredquureisrinsge t thoautt Vina nthdee rOb iclct'usparetiqouneasl t Sgaofettyhroaungdh hHiegahlthranAkcitn--g coOmSHmAenpte, rshoenanrienl gdsr,easmuebds taupn taia t"itoemn poofradrye criesiloienf--"-some mechanism to avoid p ub lic rulem aking. to c e*rit. ifyT htihs e r eabl iseenf cec oonfsiastsebde sotofs twino pi tasrtsta: lc (aw)ithaolluotw pinrgo vVidainndgerbilt sc ie n tific evidence to verify th is claim ; and (b) redefining the H ealth Research Guour 2000 p st r ee t. N.w ., Washington, d .C. 2003f (202) 822-032" 2042 Dr. H orton Corn -2- December 23, 1976 dtriemmenosliiotens paanrdticclheas r afcrotme r icsotivcesragoef ainn athseb essttaonsd af irbd e er veton ethxoculugdhe they a re, in fa c t, a form of asbestos. govern5m. enItn ocfof inctiraaldsichtiaovne ftoounthde thp aotlicwyorokferOs SaHrAe'aexlepaodseedr s ,to oathsbe re sto s wN haitlieo nuasl inI ng sVt iat un tdee rbf oilrt Ot aclccu.p a tTiohnesael Sfianfdeitnyg sandhavHeeablethen (NmIaQdeSHb)y,- athnde, bayd mOSinHiAs*t3raotiwvne f ilaewld Jucdogmep. liance o f f i c e r s , and confirm ed by an to th e6. v aElvidenityyoou,f wOeSHuAn'sd ecrustrarne nd ,t hr eavl ei e ef xtporeVssaendd setrrboinltg. d ou bts as V a n d e7r-b ilAt ltla tlhce, wanhdileco, nwsuomrkeersrs dionin gth ehommeinreesp, aiinr s f wa cittho r isepsa cuksliinn gg compound and the lik e , are exposed to asb estos in the ta lc . p r iv ilYeegte ys o. u re fu s e to ta k e d e c is iv e a c tio n to end V a n d e rb ilt's c u rr eWn etlyknoswtu dthy iantg NXthGeSHmainnde rtahleo gNicaatlioannadl mB uerdeiacua loaf sSp etacntsd aordfs are V a n d e rb ilt t a l c . We f u ll y su p p o rt th e s e s tu d ie s . th e sHc ioewnetviesrt,s wae t dNeIpOlSoHre anthde Nf8a5c at gtrhe ae ,t OthSHaAt ethnifnokrcsemi tenpt roopf etrh, e and cloemg ea l oafs bthees tossc isetna nt idfai crd s itnu deief fse. c t Tbheis sussupbevnedretsd , thpeenldeingga l thseystoeumt and tu rn s the b a sic valu es o f due p rocess on th e ir head. h e a rinI gt s ,t e sl ilns c ec ittihzee nr es a tlh acht anognelys gthoe onn abiveeh inndeedc lotseesdt i fdyo oarst . p uObnlcice Tonheat coi smpoannye rgeeatsso na wfohoy thyoould mwusitthiimn mOeSdHiAa,teolyth reorso t aoreu t s ua rlel itol l efgo alllo w . procedures. c o u rsTeh, e i so thtoe r sarevaesothne toh eeanldth Voafn dtheerbpiletr'sso ns sp ewchioa lhaarnrdalneg ethmee ntta, l co.f cy c le Tohof uVgha nOdSHeArb ielxt etraclics e s{MoEnSlAy, pthaer tMi ailninJ ug rEisndfoicrctieomnenot vaenrd thSea fue tsye SAadfme tiyn iCstorma tmioisns,ionsu rcvoenytsro tlhs e comnisnuems earndg omo disll)s, ; ththe e a Cc toinosnusmeor f POroSHdAu ct are highly prominent and in flu e n tia l to the o th er agencies. We, th e re fo re , p ropose th e fo llo w in g s te p s : which 1r.e d eImfimn eeddiaVtealny d reerbt rilatc at s bFeies tlod s Inffiobremr aatiso nn oMn -eamsobraensdtuoms f7i*b1-e9r2., 2043 Dr. Horton Corn 3- De camber 1 3 , 1975 V an d e2r.b ilItmamlleodwiaintegly three t rcaomc tpanSye ctroe tasreylf -ScteerntdiTe ry's-- cl eotntterar ryto to f a c t __ the "lack" o f asbestos in Its ta lc . V an d e3r-b ilItn tdaivl cid uthaallty thwearnta lacl l ciodnetanitnisf i aabs bl ee smtoasn uafnadctmu ruesrts beu shinagn dled CinoncsuommeprliaPnrcoed uwctithS aOfeStHyA'Cs oamsmb eissstioons stota nwdaarnrd .consCuomoepresraatnedwliathb etlh ea l l asbestos-containing ta lc . V a n d elr.b ilGt ivt ae l cto. p p r i o r i t y to in s p e c tio n o f a l l p la n ts u sin g such 5an. i lIlnevgeasltigs ae trei e sth eo fpeevrseonntsn etlo anodcctuhre anpdro cpeedrusriesst wf ohrichso allloonwge. d Dismiss those persons found to be resp o nsib le. a c c e s6s ,. anRdeforermc o ri nd st e ronf aal lpl romceeedtuinrge ss btoetwr eeeqnu iOr eSH: A o(af)f i cp iuabllsic anlids tin g emxotrdai-faicgaetnioc yn po ra retxiepsl;a n abti)o np uobflich eraellteha saend osfa faeltly resqtaunedsatsrdfso, r and a ll replies. d eservTehey ochuar rgpeesrs ocno na lta iantetedn tiino nth aisnd r empoostrt r aapreid s ereripoluy .s . They S in c e re ly , SP etatef fr AA.ssGorceieantee E n c lo su re PAG/cft D irector