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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1971 Dec 3 DOC NMA058
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Study Finds Risk in Asbestos Level
PS.37 York Times Current file Dec 3 1971 PhoQuest Historical Historical Newgapart ibe New York Times 1851 - 2002
STUDY FINDS RISK
IN ASBESTOS
Hazard Noted in Breathing Formerly Bafa Amounts
BY BREO . D BROY DY
New Standard Asked
Several researchers and the American Federation of Labor
and Congress of Industrial Or
the ganizations Department recently
of Labor to set a new emer
gency standard of two
fibers milliliter on grounds per fiber level represents a
serious danger to the health of
asbestos workers
.
The Labor Department sald under considerationconsideration the
Administration cupational Safety and Health level Acteu ven a a lel vell of y two
fibers per milliliter which in
thousan ofda t lither may
be hazardous accordtio nagn
other stubydDyr.
and
Murphy his colleagues They found that
floor some
who sanded as-
milliliter a
breath-
ing 15 liters of air
minute
for eight hours would inhale 10
million fibers
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