Document NGkxMk4NBbL69d016gLYBN188

r r. ^ : ?.-.2i-..\vi V-Dr. Eula Bingham r.mns'Ur. v-'ss.vvi^ -ASSISTANT SECRETARY-OF LABOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH 'h-T{ REMARKS AT NIOSH NEWS BRIEFING April 17, 1980 r*.r.u^ Thank you Dr. Robbins, and good afternoon to all of JV- you. ,. > . . fc. ` * / .. . ' 'For quite s' om' e ..t..i.m......e...,.....a......n...um-ber of us in the public \^ v V"v x veffe-' x health community, both in and out of government,! expressed concern about the health effects cr&jeV .re to asbestos. In recent years, the substcQ\$i te-p^icorae the focus of public attention as welkC^'^bes-tos' is now perhaps the foremost symbol of thiSvcounw^'s concern ^\v '. * about toxic substances 'in theN^j^irorim^jFrt: and in the workplace. Consideration^^: 'asbestos health effects and regulatory protec^^'^hav^|&ways been complex, and ..controversial. In .J^iis ^i^l^ the current data and solid recommendarj^jyhs fto febme out of this HIOSH/OSHA *4 ^ project are welcome ana important# Thevt4p^rt fc^leWsed today is certainly a cause for concern--concern for the numbers of workers still X1 . exposed ta*dangerous levels of asbestos. But this .rCv** repatjtq^and OSHA's response to it, should also be a for hope among American workers everywhere. '"O ^hould be a cause for hope because it confirms that occupational health research is not a static ' more - EAB (HIK573