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Johns-Manville Corporation Ken-Caryl Ranch Denver, Colorado 80217 {303)979-1000 . Executive Offices June 16, 1980 Mr. John Myers Union Carbide Corp. P.O. Box 579 Niagara Falls, NY 14302 Dear John: Attached is a copy of the text for our Asbestos Issue plant tour presentation. As I mentioned at the meeting, we will delete certain sections that are more pertinent to Johns-Manville and develop a version for use by AIA members. I would appreciate any cements or suggestions you might have. Very truly yours JFR:tW Attachment Director, Asbestos Policy RECEIVED JUN 2 3 1980 UCC-CALIDRIA NtACARA FALLS, ti. Y. GOOD MORNING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: I AM (namf)(title) OF JOHNS-HANSVILLE's .(plant or dept), WITH ME THIS HORNING ARE (name & title) FIRST, WE'D LIKE TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR JOINING US. YOUR PRESENCE DEMONSTRATES YOUR jmtfbest IN HEARING MORE ABOUT OUR TOPIC - ASBESTOS - A TOPIC THAT QEMOTIONAL IN NATURE. BEFORE VIE GET INTO THE SUBJECT, HOWEVER, LET HE TELL YOU WHAT THE AGENDA IS. FIRST, VIE WILL SPELL OUT THE DETAILS OF THE ASBESTOS ISSUE, AND THEN WE WILL FIELD ANY ` AIJD ALL QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. FOLLOWING THAT VIE WILL HAVE LUNCH. LET'ME INTRODUCE (name) FROM OUR CORPORATE OFFICES IN DENVER, WHO WILL PROVIDE SOME BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON ASBESTOS. ? t sV^THANK YOU (namf) LET ME ADD MY WELCOME TO ALL OF YOU AND THANK EACH OF YOU FOR COMING. ^?HNS-MANVILLE HAS RECEIVED MUCH NEGATIVE PUBLICITY ABOUT ASBESTOS, AND WE WANT YOU TO KNOW THE WHOLE STORY, NOT JUST WHAT YOU'VE READ IN THE PRESS. YOU PROBABLY HAVE MANY QUESTIONS. i* j ) ! :l ;j I] if i - IS ASBESTOS A CARCINOGEN? - IS THERE A SAFE EXPOSURE LIMIT? - IS IT A HAZARD IN TODAY'S OCCUPATIONAL SETTING? - IS AN ASBESTOS USING PLANT A HAZARD TO A NEIGHBORHOOD? - IS THERE A RISK TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN USING ASBESTOS CONTAINING PRODUCTS, INCLUDING A/C WATER PIPE? - DID J-i'l COVER UP THE HEALTH HAZARD? WE PLAN TO ANSWER EACH OF THESE QUESTIONS CANDIDLY, AND, IF MOST OF WHAT YOU KNOW ABOUT ASBESTOS AND ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES IS WHAT YOU'VE HEARD OR READ IN THE MEDIA, WE HOPE TO CLARIFY THE ISSUE FOR YO! & 10802 BECAUSE IT DEALS WITH HUMAN HEALTH. THE ASBESTOS HATTER IS NOT ONLY A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE, BUT ALSO A HIGHLY EMOTIONAL ONE, THE EMOTIONALISM OF THE ASBESTOS ISSUE IS OFTEN HADE WORSE BY THE CglfjrrAJi'fO PARTIES INVOLVEDRe, 'dE-US.LPAETCOICALLVLYA6P-LEA10INCTVI'FFS ATTORNEYS, AND^HFADLINE SEEKING GOVERNMENT^FFICIALS. SO, I ASK YOU TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND AND TO DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS. AGAIN, LET ME EMPHASIZE THAT WE WILL ANSWER TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE FOLLOWING OUR PRESENTATION. A G803 ASBESTOS IS A GENERIC TERM APPLIED TO SIX MINERALS WHICH ALL HAVE A FIBROUS STRUCTURE. ^SBESTOS CAN BE DIVIDED INTO TWO MAIN CLASSES. \0 BASED ON .THE CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE OF THE HOST ROCK - SERPENTINE AND AHPHIBOLES. WITHIN THESE TWO CLASSIFICATIONS THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT VARIETIES.OF ASBESTOS: CHRYSOTILEr-Tk ^ c-<oct<UlC+4 w cuu^os/rc , _LbLI 111 FJn'h LtTTC EACH OF THESE DIFFER PHYSICALLY AND CHEMICALLY FROM EACH OTHER. pA*i %IILE ASBESTOS FORMATIONS ARE FOUND EVERYWHERE IN THE EARTH'S CRUST. CHRYSOTILE 95% /THE/WORD "ASBESTOS" IS DERIVED FROM-Ar ANCIENT -"-INPXTT--H--G--II-IS- HARI F." THE GREEKS AND ROMANS USED ASBESTOS TO MAKE WICKS FOR TEriPLE LAMPS. CLASSICAL WRITERS OF REPUTE -StD&A^Pym. WROTE ABOUT A SUBSTANCE WHICH, WHEN LIT, DID NOT BURN OUT- 7r^ OF^-AS^fTRS Wtoefet iTARCO^^WRO^i^R^HAV^I&^SEi^TREPRO.OF^SHE^T^TN'-S-rBER TA. IT IS ALSO KNOWN THAT ASBESTOS WAS USED FOR MEDICAL PURPOSES IN THE PAST AND IN ^CERTAIN COUNTRIES IT WAS USED IN THE MAKING OF LIGHT POTTERY ANDATHE BUILDING OF OVENS. HOWEVER, IN SPITE OF SUCH VARIED APPLICATIONS, FOR CENTURIES, ASBESTOS REMAINED NOTHING MORE THAN A CURIpfclTY. f\S- ^ TODAY PRACTICALLY EVERYONE USES ASBESTOS IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER. OVER THREE THOUSAND PRODUCT^CONTAIN ASBESTOS, USUALLY IN COMBIN ATION WITH OTHER MATERIALS, WITH PROPERTIES UNMATCHED BY ANY OTHER NATURAL OR MAN-MADE MATERIAL. ADEQUATE SUBSTITUTES FOR ASBESTOS HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED TO DATE FOR REINFORCEMENT. DURABILITY AMD i A '; G '6 0 4 j Ir ROT RESISTANCE IN PRODUCTS LIKE ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPE,'BUILDING & CL.Oot.niC>. expert 'S'-rO'SesT? PANELS, rLOORfjjjr, SKKT G00DSAAELPlU^TB-QkfOFING. COMPRISING tiSS- WAN ^ 35S OF SUCH PRODUCTS, THESE INCREDIBLY STRONG FIBERS ARE NOT FREE BULLIKE REINFORCING RODS IN CONCRETE, THEY ARE BOUND IN ... 7 "34 ttuLU- as PoT4-r^> cfHf=P77 fU*S&' ENCAPSULATED ... LOCKED IN WE BINDER^MAiEftiAt'. THE RESISTANCE /wwfAte<-s-r-;ii OF THIS MINERAL TO HIGH TEMPERATURE MAKES IT EXTREMELY USEFUL' IN %bH TEMPERATURE PACKING MATERIALS^^KETS AND^RICTION MATERIALS SUCH AS BRAKE LININGS AND CLUTCH FACINGS. THE SAME PROPERTIES HftU^A-SPHAlJT 8>AE3> HAVE MADE ASBESTOS.INVALUABLE IN THE PRODUCTION (F'COATINGS AND SEALANTS, TEXTILES SUCH AS THIS FIRE FIGHTING SUIT, AND INSULATING PRODUCTS. IN THE PAST- HOWEVER, THERE WERE SOME APPLICATIONS ' WHERE THE FIBERS WERE NOT LOCKED-IN BY BINDERS, SBSR&aLSueoSr=iaN, iTOLT'-'OR POilTLAND-tEMENT. Affl TODAYH'HESEJAVE BEEN DIS- CONTINUED. Tp go HutT-= rIJ r' FROM ITS HISTORY AS A MI EfiA8 L* TdHAT SOCIETY, ASBESTOS TODAY iWnNsifopFni* tuu HAV " DOSE OF ASBESTOS 3ft CAUSE DISEASE, THERE IS N01JUESTI0N ABOUT THIS. BUT, THE KEY WORD HERE IS EXCESSIVE. ASBESTOS USED UNDER PROPER SAFEGUARDS IS NO M Yjk-'^r'^RYn/w. ujo^xa. ME DELINEATE THE HEALTH SITUATION. THERE ARE THREE DISEASES ASSOCIATED WITH EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS FIBER. _____ IIS, WHICH IS THE MOST PREVALENT OF THE THREE, IS A NON- CANCEROUS LUNG CONDITION THAT CAN BE CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE INHALATION O: AND RETENTION OF ASBESTOS FIBER OVER MANY YEARS. ASBESTOSIS IS A c: SCARRING OF.THE LUNG TISSUE AND IS ONE OF SEVERAL DISEASES CLASSIFIED AS PNEUMOCONIOSES, EACH OF WHICHJS-SAUS^ RV TNHA1 ^P(TFTr ttibN nAitKIALS 1NIU IHl LUTT? dcS'lt.e*s^r Vjj> THE SECOND DISEASE ISSUING CANCER. THERE IS LESS INCIDENCE OF THIS ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE THAN THERE IS ASBESTOSIS, BUT LUNG CANCER IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT IS THE CHIEF CAUSE OF DFATH AMONG PFRSONag) cYPnccn T^p^RF.sj-fv; HOWEVER, MEDICAL EVIDENCE CLEARLY INDICATES ,/^'"THAT flc^MT-jlf^ CIGARETTE SMOKING, THERE WOULD BE NO SIGNIFICANT EXCESS OFTMGCANCER AMONG PEOPLE OCCUPATIONALLY EXPOSED TO ASBESTOS. I WILL COME BACK TO SMOKING IN A MOMENT. ,A.<x,> 1--r9vlES-O--T-H---EL7IOjjA IS THE THIRD DISEASE IDENTIFeIEjpDmAuSi*HeA. VtINoG A RELATIONSHIP TO^EXjgSJfVE ASBESTOS EXPOSURE, AS WELL ASCERTAIN OTHER SUBSTANCES, IT IS A SsE DI'BSEeAcaSuEseAFF/ErCT/&ING THE LINeImNGS OF THE CHEST AND ABDOMINAL CAVITIES.HOWEYERA^8LMOST OF THE TALK YOU HEAR IS ABOUT EITHER ASBESTOSIS OR LUNG CANCER, I,S5* & SO WHAT WE HAVE ARE THREE TYPES OF DISEASES. NOW, IN ORDER TO FULLY UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH ASPECTS, YOU SHOULD UNDERSTAND THE DIFFERENT CATEGORIES OF EMPLOYEES WORKING WITH ASBESTOS. WORKERS IN MINES, MILLS OR FACTORIES MANUFACTURING ASBESTOS CON- f TAINING PRODUCTS HANDLING 100% ASBESTOS FIBER. THEY NUMBER APPRO-L XIMATELY 250,000. 'J-yf "pINSULATION WORKERS WHO WORKED WITH THE PRODUCTS W AND OTHERS IN r gM INDUSTRY PRODUCED'tt^ ^lK^ASBESTOS 'FIBER. THERE ARE Uf (AN ESTIMATED 30,000 TIEEEREM. f-ioplj. i* t cn>p- ~"PTHERE IS A THIRD CLASS OF WORKERS WHICH DESERVES COMMENT - WORKERS IN GOVERNMENT CONTROLLED ENVIRONMENTS, PRIMARILY WAR-TIME SHIPYARDS. , BY THE GOVERNMENT'S OWN FIGURES, OVER A MILLION PEOPLE FALL INTO A , G 6 Li O THE DISTINCTION OF THE SHIPYARD WORKER IS VERY IMPORTANT BECAUSE OF THE SHEER NUMBER OF PEOPLE INVOLVED AND THEIR INTENSE EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS. ALSO, THE EVIDENCE IS QUITE CLEAR THAT THE GOVERN MENT FAILED TO TAKE RESPONSIBLE ACTIONS TO PROTECT ITS EMPLOYEES. THE BURDEN OF FAIRLY COMPENSATING THESE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES FALLS ^eSIJARELY UPON THE U.S. NAVY AND CONGRESS. >tT HE MOVE ON TO AN AREA THAT IN RECENT TIMES HAS HAD THE MOST 3 PUBLICITY --LITIGATION AND ITS COROLLARY: THE STATE OF MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ASBESTOS HEALTH HAZARDS. TODAY JOHNS-NANVILLE IS A DEFENDANT IN OVER 3,000 LAWSUITS. INSUL ATION WORKERS REPRESENT ABOUT ONE-HALF OF THOSE PLAINTIFFS, AND SHIPYARD WORKERS AND,IN A FEW CASES,SPOUSES OR FAMILY MEMBERS OF THOSE WORKERS REPRESENT THE OTHER HALF, AS YOU HAY KNOW, LITIGATION IS BASED UPON A FINDING OF FAULT (TO USE A LEGAL TERM) AND WITH RESPECT TO ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE, -ffi&RS^I'MPeSid^SSKEM --fflfe^EOF J-M,. |S>' mot ivt fauj-t DURING THOSE YEARS OF EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE THERE WAS NO AGREEMENT AMONG THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, UNIONS, THE WORKERS, J-M AND OTHER ASBESTOS FIBER PRODUCERS OF ANY HEALTH HAZARD BEYOND ASBESTOSIS. AND, THE^ASBESTOSIS DANGER WAS BELIEVED BY ALL TO DISAPPEAR WITH THE REDUCTION OF DUST COUNTS TO LEVELS RECOMMENDED BY THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE IN 1938. A" 'i C2 8 C 7 IT IS IMPORTANT TO RECOGNIZE THE LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT ASBESTOS HEALTH HAZARDS DURING THE YEARS. THERE ARE ACTUALLY TWO Tffi PERIODS 1H THE FIRST PERIOD THERE WAS GEHERAL KNOWLEDGE THAT ASBESTOSIS EXISTED AMONG ASBESTOS FACTORY WORKERS. J-I'l WAS PAYING WORKERS COMPENSATION CLAIMS ..FOR ASBESTOSIS TO ITS OWN FACTORY WORKERS & AS FAR BACK AS THE 1930's AND EVERYONE INCLUDING THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, INSURANCE COMPANIES, UNIONS AND WORKERS KNEW ABOUT IT. 9 ALSO IN THE 1930's. JOHNS-HANVILLE, OTHERS IN THE INDUSTRY AND OUR INSURANCE CARRIERS, UNDERWROTE MEDICAL STUDIES ON ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE. SEMINARS WERE CONDUCTED DURING THESE TIMES AND ATTENDED BY THE CHIEF OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL OFFICER OF THE.U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE AND HIS COUNTER-PART IN CANADA. REPORTS WERE PUBLISHED ONCE THE STUDIES WERE COMPLETE. ^1 IN 1938/ AS I SAID, THE U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE PUBLISHED THE RESULTS OF ITS FIRST STUDY MADE SPECIFICALLY TO CHARACTERIZE ASBESTOSIS AND IDENTIFY A SAFE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE BELOW WHICH ONE WOULD NOT GET ASBESTOSIS. FROM THAT STUDY RECOMMENDED STANDARDS FOR WORKING ENVIRONMENTS WERE ESTABLISHED AND IT WAS BELIEVED . THAT THERE WAS NOT ANY DISEASE PROBLEM BEYOND ASBESTOSIS. ^TRAGICALLY THESE RECOMMENDED STANDARDS FOR ASBESTOS DUST CONTROL LATER PROVED TO BE INADEQUATE*AND, DURING THE WAR AND INTO THE I960's,THERE CONTINUED TO BE EXCESSIVE EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS. FURTHER/ IN 19 J\hE GOVERNMENT UNDERTOOK AND PUBLISHED THE RESULTS OF ANOTHER STUDY WHICH INDICATED THAT INSULATION WORK IN SHIPYARDS WAS NOT A HAZARDOUS OCCUPATION. A ; C8G8 THERE WAS A CONSIDERABLE BODY OFMEDICAL KNOWLEDGE INDICATING THAT ASBESTOS WAS A SAFE PRODUCT IN A CONTROLLED ENVIRON MENT AND POSED NO THREAT TO THOSE WORKING WITH ASBESTOS-CONTAINING INSULATION PRODUCTS. (gf jTR\f/<06 THAT LEADS US TO OUR NEXT KEY.DATE - 1964, IN THAT YEAR DR/SELIKOFF SCV+aoi- /JO OF PIT. SINAI NesemL^f NEW YORK PUBLISHED FINDINGS WHICH CHANGED EVERYTHING? HE SHOWEDaL^ASBESTOS OVEREXPOSURE COULD HEIGHTEN THE RISK OF DISEASE AMONG INSULATION WORKERS AND 2) LUNG CANCER WAS AN ASBESTOS RELATED DISEASE, MAINLY CONFINED TO'CIGARETTESStmflG WORKERS. EVERY STUDY SINCE THEN HAS SUPPORTED DR. SELIKOFF'S FINDINGS AND RUNS COUNTER TO ALL FORMER KNOWLEDGE OF ASBESTOS AND HEALTH. .. # BECAUSE OF J-M AND INDUSTRY RESPONSE TO THE 1969 SELIKOFF STUDY, THE mcnirrieP-nf*NEW ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE HAS-BEEII MINIMAL SINCE THE !> MID TO LATE 1960's. THAT RESPONSE HAS TAKEN THE FORM OFT.) IMPROVED > Ai't MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE if IMPROVED EDUCATION OF WORKERS AS TO APPRO-' / PRIATE WORK PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES 3THHPR0VED DUST CONTROL EQUIP MENT AND WORK PRACTICES TO ELIMINATE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS. ^MONI TORING OF THE WORKPLACE BY INDUSTRIAL HYGIFN1STS, AND DISCONTINUED. HISTORY ASBESTOS CEMENT PIPE PLANT IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA, (NOW 2: YEARS OLD) THAT .THP^^^^ARE WORKING SINCE WE'VE HAD NO ASBESTOSIS OR ASBESTOS-RELATED LUNG CANCER CASES AMONG OUR WORKERS, WHOSE ONLY EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS HAS BEEN AT THIS LOCATION.- WE DO NOT KNOW PRECISELY WHAT THE DUST COUNTS WERE AT THE STOCKTON PLANT DURING ITS EARLIER YEARS BUT WE BELIEVE THEY WERE AS HIGH OR HIGHER THAN THE PRESENT OSHA STANDARD OF 2 FIBERS PER CUBIC CENTIMETER. WE BELIEVE THAT THAT "STANDARD IS EFFECTIVELY ELIMINATING^ I CEASE, (> ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO WE TOOK ANOTHER STEP WHICH WAS A FIRST FOR A MAJOR CORPORATION. WE MINED SMOKING AT OUR ASBESTOS-USING FACILITIES I WILL BE HAPPY TO EXPLAIN THE DETAILS OF THIS PROGRAM IF ANYONE IS iERECTED. DUT TOR MI SUIT ICC IT TO SAY THE OTOCT HAS ..BEEN (Jo. ** //77, J ^ 1 ^ O 0 9 dc*od(\. foOfcuS 'C4ula&*0 fo AS bsZ&s j odh'cA. cl**& (ouj dfoxA^xMjl & cH^r <lnot.S4.Sj ove. v^Ct fltSuJLt" e*<j>oSu**% *LO-30 i^tAyS Aj^o 6 jtohtS$utly kig&K -Vfi^uv- 5<y& !cs*J$, QJe, V*40? <4>t<r*f z^Ulic S />) I'll H&+^ Xv*. "Hul. I ^ C> 6 & j autod i Mj^lt4MtA<jtz\ 'jdju*.j ha*ue.y\ \ h^tuP YOU+J CJLi AS djStJtS& k-4Ct Su-Qjl A. O^Xu-uufec dtcctJit-e ih ashes?* z - 'CeUJhtJ? abodes lu^/*%nibj X^ 'Wu. lit*'*. A '; C 8 , C SUCCESSFUL AND IS A CLEAR DEMONSTRATION OF OUR CONTINUING COMMITMENT TO PROVIDE A SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT FOR OijfL.EHPLOYEES. OUR CONCERN FOR7'EMPLOYEES' HEALTH - A LONb-fgffl CONCERN. CAUSES US TO WINCE WHEN SOME REPORTER ORTONGRESSilAN SHOUTS THAT WE COVERED UP THE HA7ARDS FROM OUR OWN EMPLOYEES WITH ALLEGATIONS THAT J-M C-QVERECT KNOWLEDGEJ8T ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASE. HOWEVER, YhE , EVIDENCE SHOWS JUST THE OPPOSITE. J-M SPONSORED ONE MEDICAL STUDY .,\AFTER ANOTHER/ IN FACT/ 30 MAJOR PROJECTS TO FIND OUT THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE PROBLEM. J-M ADOPTED EVERY CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION OF THOSE STUDIES AND LOWERED THE WORKPLACE EXPOSURE TO-Q^ BELOW THE STANDARDS ESTABLISHED. ADDITIONALLY/ J-M ENGINEERED AfflJ PIONEERED. IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF OVER 500^UST CONTROL PROCEDURES AND SYSTEMS* OVER THE YEARS AT B^COST OF OVER $100 MILLION. THE FACTS SHOW THAT J-M ACTED RESPONSIBLY AT ALL TIMES AND FULLY CONSISTENT WITH AVAILABLE MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE. TO DATE/ IN NONE OF THE CASESHPROCEEDING THROUGH TRIAL HAS A JURY AWARDED PUNITIVE DAMAGES/ THE INDICATOR OF COVER-UP<* WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE THAT COVER-UP ALLEGATIONS ARE WITHOUT BASIS IN FACT AND NO COURT SHOULD FIND US GUILTY OF SUCH CHARGES. THE JUDGE OR JURY HAS FOUND IN OUR FAVOR INn_ OUT OF THE 1 AST LEGAL CASES PROCEEDING THROUGH TRIAL. IN THE TYPICAL CASE INVOLVING AN INSULATION WORKER WITH ASBESTOSIS THE JURY MUST ULTIMATELY RESOLVE TWO ISSUES: FIRST/ AT WHAT POINT IN TIME WAS A HAZARD TO THE INSULATION WORKER REASONABLY FORESEEABLE THUS GIVING RISE TO A DUTY TO WARN? SECOND/ AFTER ANY SUCH DUTY AROSE, WERE REASONABLE PRECAUTIONARY STEPS TAKEN? RESOLVING THESE ISSUES IN ASBESTOS RELATED CASES IS HIGHLY COMPLEX AND IN THE CASES FOUND AGAINST US. WE BELIEVE THE JUDGEMENT WAS USUALLY THE RESULT OF -J.U- AN EMOTIONAL NEED BY THE JURY TO RECOGNIZE THAT COMPENSATION WAS NEEDED FOR THE PLAINTIFF. WHAT I HAVEN'T SAID AND WHAT WE SINCERELY FEEL, HOWEVER, IS THAT PREVAILING IN A MAJORITY OF THE LAW SUITS IN NO WAY ADDRESSES A FAR MORE DESIRABLE GOAL THAT OF FAIRLY AND EQUITABLY COMPEN/ SATING THOSE WHO HAVE SUFFERED IN THE PAST FROM THE INCOMPLETE f ^KNOWLEDGE OF THE DANGERS OF ASBESTOS EXPOSURE. THIS IS A FAR MORE pRESSING ND in OUR MINDS. WE HAVE DEVOTED COUNTLESS HOURS OVER A LONG PERIOD WITH KEY ^CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS AND REGULATORS EXPLAINING THE FACTS OF THEv'# ASBESTOS SITUATION AND OUR BELIEF THAT SOME FORM OF COMPENSATION : LEGISLATION IS WARRANTED. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ACTIVELY PROMOTE. 77THIS SOLUTION BECAUSE IT WOULD PROVIDE THE MEANS FOR PROMPT AND SETTLEMENT VERSUS YEARS OF DELAY AS CASES DRAG THROUGH THE ^ ~ COURTS. ALSO/ IT WOULD GIVE OUR OWN J-M EMPLOYEES A WAY TO PARTICIPATE IN EQUAL COMPENSATION. THEY ARE NOW ONLY COVERED BY WORKERS COMPENSATIONALASNOD EXCLUDED FROM THE THIRD PARTY LITIGAT ION ROUTE. IT WOULD AVOID THE HIGH COSTS OF COURT ADMINIS TRATION AND ATTORNEY FEES* oW -SorH sV&es. . WE HAVE%EN VSSY ENCOURAGED LATELY BY THE RESPONSE WE HAVE RECEIVED IN WASHINGTON. A NUMBER OF SENATORS AND CONGRESSMEN ARE OPTIMISTIC THATTpfMUCH-NEEDED LEGISLATION ON ASBESTOS ^> br\t RELATED COMPENSATION IS FORTHCOMING. ' 'w ^ANOTHER AREA OF GOVER'VNQMEONPTOISNVPO.LL.V"E"MBEVNT IN A<*KTO^THA3S=3 (fcp&c. J is the PRftjwn the use of OR ELIMINATE ASBESTOS IN FINISHED PRODUCTS. A NUMBER OF THE A ; ca o REGULATIONS WHICH WOULD RESTRICT THE USE OF OR_ELIMINATE ASBESTOS ARE CURRENTLY BEING CONSIDERED IN WASHINGTON.WE BELIEVE THOSE PROPOSALS ARE HOT SUPPORTED BY THE WEIGHT OF SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE AND SHOULD NUT BE ADOPTED. ADDITIONALLY. SUCH UNWARRANTED REGULATION WOULD DEPRIVE SOCIETY OF PRODUCTS WHICH HAVE THE SUPERIOR PROPERTIES SUCH AS RESISTANCE TO FIRE AND DETERIORATION AND STRENGTH ASBESTOS AFFORDS AND WHICH NEED POSE NO HEALTH HAZARD WHEN P&fiPERLY INSTALLED AND USED. .,1 FURTHER ,Tf THE USE OF ASBESTOS VWwE BANNED, THOUSANDS OF WORKERS P` WOULD LOSE THI JU. &S / ACZiJ * trcfc?Zc / 7~L 1/ s ieu4- JfirVK. BHdtVES MHNLV I HAT ASBESTOS CAN BE USED' AND WE WILL DEFEND THE RESPONSIBLE.USE OF ASBESTOS SO LONG AS THE MEDICAL EXPERTS TELL US THAT ASBESTOS CAN BE PRODUCED AND :a SAFELY, /iV THE PROPOSEflpGira rtI*`v. Y. THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS AND OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS AREJEAKING ISSUE WITH THE PROPOSED REGULATIONSBECAUSE THEY RECOGNIZORS A TEST CASE FOR FUTURE RULES ON SUSPECTED CARCINOGENIC SUBSTANCES AND, THUS, AN ISSUE WITH CONSEQUENCES FAR BEYOND OUR OWN ASBESTOS INDL rr\oi . -r** discin' bZTeOXSX&t* C' \ i >* Y'***' +~un ..._A_NC_C_ _.T_HLE SSUUBBJJEECCTT"FFOORR.AA nMQOMfCCfffrfpjTFROf CUMMGJCkMSTfieit'tpf4* OYkt*OJUL 7M^A**Y'IIArAVC^-'*InICARO QUESTIONS R/ClSCD ' mpnre'iTrr rnrr'T pip: ah-b-agdcotoo rclatcd health iiamids.1 LET HE PUT ANY FEARS YOU NAY HAVE TO REST. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT ASBESTOS IN DRrl_ip(f5fIlSnfiWA5E#JR HAS ANY KIND OF IMPACT ON INCREASING THE RISK OFrSM&K. STUDIES ON POPULATIONS EXPOSED A . Go : 3 UA.  TO ASBESTOS IN DRINKING WATER FROM NATURAL SOURCES IN AREAS WHERE ASBESTOS IS A PART OF THE EARTH'S CRUST AND ON POPULATIONS RECEIVING DRINKING WATER THROUGH ASBESTOS-CEMENT PIPE HAVE UNIFORMLY FAILED TO DEMONSTRATE ANY RISK ASSOCIATED WITH THE INGESTION OF ASBESTOS IN WATER. s V \Jj COES ASBESTOS-CEMENT PIPE CONTRIBUTE ASBESTOS TO DRINKING WATER CONVEYED THROUGH ITY^THIS PRODUCT HAS BEEN IN USE FOR OVER 50 Fiec&P&F&z.ft a*Jcj3 YEARS AND HAS AN EXCELLElWRECORD. AS LONG AS THE CEMENT BINDER THE RELEASE/ IF ANY, OF THE LOCKED-IN FIBER IS HOWEVER, CERTAIN CORROSIVE OR AGGRESSIVE WATERS WITT ATTACK ANY PIPING MATERIAL. WHERE THESE TYPE WATERS EXIST/ THE USE OF ASBESTOS-CEMENT PIPE IS NOT RECOMMENDED. IN MODERATE f AND NON-AGGRESSIVE WATERS, FIELD MEASUREMENTS CONFIRM EPA LABORATORY RESULTS THAT A/C PIPE DOES NOT CONTRIBUTE SIGNIFICANT, OR IN MANY CASES, EVEN MEASURABLE AMOUNTS OF ASBESTOS TO DRINKING ' WATER CONVEYED THROUGH IT. THESE JUDGEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED , BY SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED AUTHORITIES IN THE WORLD. ' sr 9 ^ FIT. SINAI'S DR. IRVING SELIKOFF/-A- LEABTNG-ft&SEARCHER--IN~ASBE-S-T0St- OTS THAT''INSOFAR AS ASBESTOS-CEMENT PIPE FOR PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES IS CONCERNED/ THERE IS NO DATA DEMONSTRATING A HAZARD .'^TH IS CONCLUSION IS SUPPORTED BY THE CANCER INSTITUTE. IN SUMMARY/ CAN ASBESTOS PRODUCE DISEASE? YES, THE EVIDENCE IS j._ CLEAR THAT INHALATION OF AN EXCESSIVE DOSE OF ASBESTOS IS "^COiiNEaEDJIITH DISEASE^ f,^jpOKERS"RUN Aj^pTIrtES GREATER CHANCE OF GETTING LUNG CANCER THAN NON-SMOKING ASBESTOS WORKERS.y IS THERE A SAFE LEVEL OF EXPOSURE? ALL OF OUR EVIDENCE TODAY INDICATES THAT THE PRESENT 4 STANDARD OF. TWO FIBERS PER cc IN THE AIR IS A SAFE LEVEL. CAN ASBESTOS BE USED SAFELY? YES, IF PROPER HANIPD/gWoDffoinekrsfflnuTitHTI^HN) DURING MANUFACTURE AND APPLICATION ARE OBSERVEThauMSttfcPTN FIBERS IN PUBTOCTa CAN STILL BE OF GREAT BENEFIT TO MANKIND. . 1 Vj|?LL J-M STAY IN THE ASBESTOS BUSINESS? YES, WE WILL STAY IN THE ASBESTOS BUSINESS SO LONG AS MEDICAL EXPERTS KEEP TELLING US THAT WE ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING TODAY WHICH WOULD CAUSE FUTURE DISEASE. GENTLEMEN, LET ME NOW TURN THE MEETING BACK TO CusmfT WHO WILL BRIEFLY DETAIL SOME OF THE PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES USED HERE IN _)_ _ TO ASSURE OUR WORKER'S SAFETY. FOLLOWING HIS COMMENTS WE WILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS. (PLANT MANAGER) BRIEFLY REVIEWS GAINS MADE AT PLANT - DEMONSTRATES TESTING AND SAFETY EQUIPMENT - OUTLINES MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM -- COVERS DETAILS ON WASTE, DISPOSAL. Q. AND A. A 08 b