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To: S. V. S*.cn frm: Peter Keitl: ee: R. K. Yiais$ C> R. fiugaa 2. A. Xulbcrs Date: KxrsJi 11, 1969 Th foUm/ta^ arttela vhleh appeared la th Kareh l*-u of Safety Engineering it for your larorsatios. Z tilde It vouid bn vtll at til* tiaa, vith tie advice of coma el, to consider applying a vanlag or proeatrsionary label or statement oa *11 containers of produet* containing vcmeullte* Til* nay eld our defense la eases of produet liability elaina* Tie attached extra eoples are for distribution a* you wish. RTs-m* Peter Kostin SAITCBW IBIEIPCDIBE' Congressman Edward J. Pat* ten of New Jersey has introduced HR 2503, "1 bill to promote the safety of workers engaged in male* ing asbestos products for shipment in commerce, and for other pur* poses. It is substantially die same as die Alliestos Safety bill he intro* dueed. September 14. 1987. Last year when hearings were conducted on die proposed occupa* tional Health and Safety Act, Dr. Irving J. Sclikoff 0/ the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine testified in favor of the bill before the House Select Subcommittee on Labor. He is one of this country's greatest ex* perts on osbestosis, his research covering not only workers in as* bestos, but members of their fami* s and persons living near asbestos -plants or facilities using asbestos products. Dr. Sclikoff told of studies he had nude of some 531 members of two New York-New Jersey Asbestos Workers Union locals. According to medical yardsticks, over a 19* year period. 203 should have died. In feet, 255 did die. Of that man* ber, 37 could have bees expected to die of cancer. In Uex, 95 died of cancer. In addition, a disease which was considered so rare it was not tepa* rately coded in die International Classification of Causa of Death has been unmistakcably associated with asbestos and the number of cases has increased significantly. This is mtsotheliama highly malienant tumor. One disturbing factor in meso thelioma is the rather indirect ex posure a number of its victims had. In some cases studied in London. 31 had worked until asbestos, but nine merely lived in the household of an asbestos workerI Eleven peo ple lived within VS mile of an as* bestos factory! Early in 1958, Dr. Maxwell Borow reported in the "Journal of the American Medical Association" on 17 mesothelioma cases in- New Jersey. Fifteen were asbestos work* ers, two lived Dear an asbestos factory. Dr. SclikoFf statement told of other studies in South Africa. There were additional remarks by these doctors regarding the possible ex posure of all construction workers and of the bystander who unJaow* ingly breaches in the poisonous dust. The all of Congressman Patten against asbestosis has not gone un heeded. Johns-Manville, the U-S. Public Health Service, the Interna tional .. Heat k Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, and the Mt. Sinai School of Medi cine have joined together in an ef fort to eliminate or at least mea surably reduce the exposure of some 200.000 asbestos workers. This "nil certainly result in greater protection to the entire construction industry and die general public too. Ta: R. V. S*.crV froa: Peter Eostic ee: R. K. Ylaiatg c. r. Suqui 5. A* Euiberg Date: Hatch 11, 1969 The follovtag article vhlch appeared la the March lime oZ Safety Engineering is for your iaforsatioa* Z thialc It would Vs well at thli tiae, vlth the advice of cotaiel, to coaaldcr applylas a waning or precautionary label or atateaeat on all containers of produets containing venleullte. This any aid our defense la eases of product liability dalas. Tbe attached extra copies are for distribution as you wish. PS:Tag *2*4. Peter Koatic Congressman Edward J. Pat* ten of New Jersey has introduced HR 2303, "a bill to promote the safety of workers engaged in mak ing asbestos products for shipment in commerce, and for other pur poses. It is substantially die same as the Asliestos Safety bill lie intro duced. September 14, 1967. Last year when hearings were conducted on the proposed occupa tional Health and Safety Act, Dr. Irving J. Selikoff of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine testified in favor of the bill before the House Select Subcommittee on Labor. He is one of this country's greatest ex perts on asbestosis, his research covering nut only workers in as bestos, but members of their farm- s and persons living near asbestos -plants or facilities using asbestos products. Df. Selikoff told of studies he had made of some 632 members of two New York-New Jersey Asbestos Workers Union locals. According to medical yardsticks, over s 19year period. 203 should have died. In faet, 233 did die. Of that num ber, 37 could have been expected to die of cancer. In fact, 95 died of cancer. In addition, a disease which was considered so rare it was not sepa rately coded in the International Classification of Causes of Death has been unmistakcabiy associated with asbestos and the number of cases has increased significantly. This is mttolhclioma--a highly malicnant tumor. One disturbing factor in meso thelioma is the rather indirect ex posure a number of its victims had. In some eases studied in London, 31 had worked with asbestos, but nine merely lived in the household of an asbestos workerI Eleven peo ple lived within Vi mile of an as bestos factoryl Early in 1968, Dr. Maxwell Borow reported in the "Journal of the American Medical Association" on 17 mesothelioma cases in- New Jersey. Fifteen were asbestos work ers, two lived near an asbestos factory. Dr. Selikoffs statement told of other studies in South Africa. There were additional remarks by these doctors regarding the possible ex posure of ail construction workers and of the bystander who unknow ingly breathes in the poisonous dust. The call of Congressman Fatten against asbesrosis has not gone un heeded. Johns-Manville, the U-S. Public Health Service, the Interna tional -. Heat & Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, and the Me. Sinai School of Medi cine have joined together in an ef fort to eliminate or at least mea surably reduce the exposure of some 200.000 asbestos workers. This will certainly result in greater protection to the entire construction industry and the general public too.