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FILE NAME: National Gypsum (NG) DATE: 1962 Sept 13 DOC#: NG008 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Air Hygiene and Manufacturing Committee Meeting Minutes with Attendee List A IR rilG H irZ ilAirJFACTGEIHG CCH-.ITTEZ m eeting S eptember 13, 1962 Attending: - Jk J . L. M itchell, W. C. AtldLnson D. T. Austin J . E. Cerny H. E. Palm Jack Rainey C. L* Sheckler R. B. Smith 'Sans Walter Chairman H. K. P orter Company, Inc. Johns-Hanville Corporation U. S. Rubber Company Tallman-HcCluskey Fabrics Co. Raybestos-Hanhattan, Inc. American Asbestos Textile Corp. Johns-Manville Corp*' Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. -American Asbestos Te x til e Corp* UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SRVEI The "O bjectives and General Plan fo r Occupational Health Study o f the Asbestos Products Industry" by the D ivision of Occupational Health, Public Health Services of Department of H ealth, Education and Welfare dated August 21, 1962, was presented to the rep resen tativ es of each member company. This s ta te s th a t the General Plan of Study w ill be: A. Record Studies TrrPirrwa-trtrm pin thw jta<rfc are4 .present jyvt rrannr* j j f th e asbestos pro blem and i t s magnitude can be obtained through an analysis of m o rta lity -jhtH -mfrrhSrH-ty itot-a -no la-iriTW -fen aahPBtn>| riJirTSPrl Tjm"rm*0 . JhftSe ST22CeS w i l l include wor kers who have l e f t th e in d u stry during th e "last 25 y e a rs, those p re sen tly exposed, and those who w ill be leaving the in d u stry , a l l on a continuing b a s is . , 3. Laboratory Studies Laboratory research i s necessary to develop sampling and appraisal techniques which w ill permit a d etailed defin itio n of asbestos dust exposures. In ad d itio n , animal stu d ies are needed to evaluate any re la tio n sh ip between asbestos f ib e r exposure and tumor formation. C. In-plant.Environmental Studies The environmental stu d ies w ill be designed to define the working en vironment of the various p la n ts . P a rtic u la r emphasis w ill be placed on le v e ls and nature of exposures to asbestos d u st. Exposures to o ther a ir contaminants--s i l i c a and mineral d usts, fumes, m ists, vapors, and gasses--which may be associated with asbestos or i t s processing also w ill be carefully assessed. D, In -p la n t Medical Studies The n ed ical studies w ill be designed to develop sp ecific inform ation r e la tiv e to the e ffe c ts of asbestos dust and other associated exposures . on h e a lth . They w ill include medical examinations of a su b sta n tia l of the asbestos-workers in the asbestos---- ---- -- 1 Minutes : Air Hygi.ene u .u r.- ;ee Page 2 The nedical findings w ill be re la te d to the various aspects of the environmental exposures. P resid en t W. S . Kough advised the committee th a t b l , 000,000.00 has already been appropriated fo r th is study and th a t Or. Crawley as head of th is work i s anxious to get along with th is . The committee recommended to the Board of Governors th at Dr. Crawley be in v ite d to address th is committee for the major portion of the f u l l se s- sion o f th is committee a t our next meeting in December a t Philadelphia H i - i s a ls o th e -iTscnminenriatin n a f -th is-c ommit te e to -the -Board th a t -member ,>compatrijes he .in v ite d to .sfg n i th e ir x cmpaay doctors -to -th isjse ssia n - -th a t company 'h y g ie n ists a ls o h e in attendance We f e e l 3 r . Crawley wi 11 welcome th is opportunity and th a t member companies w ill want to be fu lly informed in more d e ta il on the methods and procedures of the study* (These recommendations were unanimously approved by the Board of Governors.) DUST CONTROL ET SPINNING AND TWISTING DEPARTMENTS Following d iscussion a t our l a s t meeting one member brought .blnepr^nts jof - pr opose t o t r y . This was a th r e e -sta g s p la n , each ste p more rfftta-iTwri . i f the precepting ste p nr sta p s :da gnatvarieqila te ly unec t "th e -g u st cont r uL problem. th e method i s adm ittedly expensive and w ill require a ra th e r large a i r movement I t i s q u ite sim ila r to th e hoooing arrangements already in operation in some other member companies' plants Dust hood designs in carding were also discussed a t length. OPEN HOUSE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH DIVISION AT CDICH'SIATI The I n s titu te and some member companies have received in v ita tio n s to a tten d an Open House o f the Occupational Health Division in C incinnati la te in October. I t was f e l t some re p re se n ta tiv e from our group should attend The Board o f Governors voted to send Dr. Shaw as the representative of the In stitute MEMBRANE FILTERS Dr. Shaw advised the committee th a t Dr. Crawley and his Division are giving serious consideration to th is type o f f i l t e r . The committee received copies of a paper from the A sbestosis Research Council of England l a s t month in d icatin g th e ir favorable consideration of th is dust determ ination method. M