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,riwwwifit LETTERS Asbestos Safety Reaffirmed . oi athrow. Ia the meeatiau, however,. tha divines will ccaoaue to promaie -, tha application of known control i . To Tin Earroa: Tha articlo tided > fomeetbia future to completely re metbodi m that tha workplaaal can, "Asbestos: Awaiting TriiT" (CV, place txbostoe m the many applications be kept u beeitby ea possible. / Seri. 10, p. 32) eoataia many into- for which it ia now used. Any syn* Muuur C. Baoww, M.D. curieca. which have led to erroneous thetica would have to prove superior Chief . assumptions and felee concluuoac. - to natural asbestos end be economical* Division of Occupational Health Briefly, the (ecu m thceet -- ly competitive. ' Department sf Health. Education (1) Asbestos it a uniquely useful Aa to health aspects, in June of thin 4 Welfare " product terriag the needs of modem '. year the US Surgeon General ap Public Health Service man and society, and it ia not liiceir . peared before the Senate Publie Works Wubingsoa, D.C ' to be replaced by economically feasible Subcommittee an Air and Water Pei* synthetic polymers, or scything sue. ., . huien, with Scstator Edmund Muekis CW It fleettd to ret the record' in the foreseeable futura. of Maine as chairman, to diacsiaa var* ureifht. Seme of theta InttraUwtd ` (2) No published reports, area tha matt speculative, support the getsal* loua problems relating to air-petiutioa abercmeoL Surgeon General William appannttp drear unwarranted eoncliM deep from mtafjicieru end diskless/ iacd statements la your article regard* Stawart anumcrated a number of rob* date--Prti inf health effects of possible exposure ` itaacm ia common use. including 11 to ashestee. piashes and ashrams, about which be (3) There is no basis far the tugfss* - said: "The publie health hazards that tion that Congress "may sol* regard* may ansa from these aspecti of tn* ing asbestos use, for no such proposals viroemcnul conumiaetioa have not arc being considered by Congress. We ' been adequately documented, fa each are informed that the coagreaamaa 'iaatanca further utvcstiptioa is eroded quoted as predicting action disclaims - to determine whether health is indeed any knowledge of health evidence ' threatened and whet central measures relating to asbestos or of proposals ' ' nay be necessary." to control its use. In throe days when ell robetaacro (4) No evidence csioca to show that' ' . ia our air end water and evea tha ' aibcsios poses health risks far tha tea* . food wa eat arc constantly ueder eral public or to shew that rvoa lit scrutiny, aa to their effects on ths pub* of Americana have "mild chrooie - lie, tha fact that asbestos is among the - itbcstona." much less tha 40* Ague subjects of invesligatioa it not surpria- you give ia your snide. ' lag. In fact, wc have always supported (J) Regarding your list of ``sources and will continue to support inveatiga* of airborao asbestos." then era no tune by tbs US Publie Health Service .MEETINGS tame, at (Msbl Amiydmi OweisIs. mnual meesiss*. Twin BsWgae Masriott Metro Haul, Weshtagtea. DJS, Oca. 10*13. Tsebeitro leiemsileeel sjwtadroa an tsaeawllea ia aroiydml chemistry. Slat* lss-HHiaa Hotel. New Yack, Oeu 11*11. ' Dsag, Oiwlml A Allied Trndm Aasm. I aaneel neeuse. Hollywood lsieh Hotel. I HeSyweed. Ft*. Oct. 1*23. I r|mmmriil Oweieml PoveleyeteeS Arne, dneeroino of is tune Drake Heaai, CMaaga, Oct. X4-1S. Nellwml Asm. Ctwavwi Graay, at Pwckahag Afcast. snnnel fall eoafwenca. I I i Caetieealil Plaza Hotel, Cueaee, Ocl 37. . data to ntppen tha contention ia your article that the "man oa the swat" is exposed to asbestos from these sources, sad other research sciantass. Roots Hacxmsv Vice-President Seaietr at Enbasash* Science, fourth lechaial metis*. North findha Stale Usbasnty, Relaiab. Oct. 31-Nav. 2- or iadeod that these sources contribute asbesto* to the ambient air. ($) We know of no data to rapport Johsu-Maeyflle Corp. New York AsMskro SecfeQr far Mceaifc'aaiicnal. owul ooagress sad esposesea. KeCro*' akk Place, Ckiaa#*, Om. 31-Nav. 3. i your claim of a sixfold increeee in to* callod "asbestos-related cancer." As you doubtiea realize, tha proper conduct of our business requires sa to keep abreast of iricnilAn davslopmena regarding asbestos, both nsedical and technical. Ia ia our opinion that lysw thetio polymers are not likely ka tha CW wdeoman csptmiitxn of opiaioa from resderv Tha only requirement*: that they bn per* tuwiu, u brief aa poaabla . Addresa all correspondence to: H. C. E. Johnson, Ownical Week. 330 Wed 42ad St. Nam York, N.Y. 1003*. '` To Tits Enrroa: In referesce to yaw article, "Asbestos: Awaiting Trial*" (Sept. 10, p. 32), am know of no scientific evidence supporting . tha statement that *40% of alt Aaeerleans have mild, chronic cases of Even ia the aabesaoa industry, wham morn la known about exposure levels that among tha gtaanl population, them it impenciaa knowledge about tha health afToets of expoura to u* beams. With ilia ooopention of labor and industry, ths Division of Oeeupsdonsl Hsahh has under way s long-range, is-dapth uudy to answer this question, u wU u to develop better ehwin far the safe handling and aauiamure Peeeasai Dm* Asm. eeoaal maw. don. Suihs-Hikaa Hotel. New Yack, Nev. 1-4. FenOfaar lndnhsy frimra, MayOewar Hatei, WeeSsegtsm. DjC, Harr. 1-L Tin Seelsm ef ike Wawlae laduaay, IIU pksatia (Una. sseetia* sad cotstd fabrics ceeferanoe, Weldasd-Astaeia Halei New York. Herr. S-lfi caaferaaro ea calluler plasties in tnaspcreiloa. Steer araam Bcask Hotel, Chleeae. Nav. IJ-17. 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