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A@ A/C Pipe Producers Association Board of Directors International Affairs Committee P. (/YePPP-------- FROM1 j. F. Welch, Vice President Corresporv lence August 7, 1984 SUBJECT Public Education Program (SOP-01-04) - AACPP Trade Release REF: (1) JFW correspondence, same title, July 6,1984 (2) JFW correspondence, same title, November 14,1983 (3) JFW correspondence, same title, October 14,1983 (4) JFW correspondence, same title, September 23, 1983 (5) JFW correspondence, same title, August 5,1983 (6) JFW correspondence, same title, June 29, 1983 (7) JFW correspondence, same title, April 30, 1983 (8) JFW correspondence, same title, February 16,1983 ACTION REQUIRED: Review for information Enclosed is a news article published as a result of a trade press release made through AACPP's Public Education Program. This article appeared in the June, 1984 issue of Journal of Environmental Health. Its source, suprisingly, is A/C Advisory #12, "No Apparent Relationship Between Imbibed Asbestos and Levels in Urine." Magazines often retain press releases for use at later dates. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call. JFW/ajb Enclosure cc: A. Kahn, Esq. copies to: Board of Directors L. Ambler F. Layton L. Taylor L. Cejudo J. M. Couture 0162080701 Chrono International Affairs Committee E. van der Rest A. Junes G. Zaviezo C. Barton H. Hudson P. Hart V. Pattabhi S. Al-Tarkait C. Saeng-Xuto M. Delcourt A. Lluch D. Dorner E. Costa J. Schmaus F. Mansour R. Hobbs A. Saoulis R. Jalan B. Dubois M. Elola B. Giboin J. Bryant CAPCO JEN 0033428 , '* a s- ingested Asbestos Study A small group of people in Everett, v>. '.-'vr''r`-'-?-1-,*,i-- all in good health and without his- Co^letSd^^ii^^S^ S5STS: ;yX:t w-' "`>v'' sumed - drinking water containing Researchers at the'University1 of V -V >:1' approximately 200 million fibers per Washington Department of- Environ--- liter. This group was compared to a According to a news releasqjrom the AC Pipe Producers Assodaticn, the investigations concluded that al though the concentrations of fibers in the urine samples varied throughout the sampling period, none were con sistently and significantly higher than mental Health have, completed a. 21:^?;^* . control group of Seattle, Wash., resimonth-study oftheratio of asbestos:Vp:).^rir,-^i.'..`icats where levels of chrysotile as- fibers retained or excreted by persons-r;>r'-X'r7i^-l,_cstos iQ the drinking water are 100 'the concentrations of fibers estimated for the- control waters- There was, however," a significant difference consuming drinking water.containing y. }' ~- Vs--- times less (2 million fibers per liter), high levels, of asbestos.-The-study,"-' r." ' ^'i 'Urine samples from both groups were funded by the- U.S. Environmental..?';. . -taken over a 21 month period and (p=0.05) between the counts of fi bers in the urine samples of persons who had been residents of Everett for Protection'Agencyj-.wasjdesigned..to| vJsr?;^^i-i asbestos fibers counted by means of a less than three years compared to per determine whether .'asbestos , fibers; ^transmission electron miscroscope. sons of more than 24 years residence! were present in the urine of residents ' ' r~ * Limits of detection ranged from 70,000 to. 300,000 fibers per liter, The study revealed that the concen -of" asbestos fibers in. the tration of fibers in the urine samples ; water ranged from 0.3 to 5.0 of Everett donors combined' (0.97 x - micrometers; -fiber length'in the urine- 10` fibers per liter) was not signifi- j >ranged'.''.froni 0_.5-'to'?l-2 . i caritly-different- than the-concentra- wahi'ofitheUhttinal.`trart^whetheri-,-.i.;ii^.-.5is;Emic:rometer:s--: '3 asbestos--fibers-are:found.m-.other.or^v^^j^:;i^ftt^.y.-^.-;<.r/:-. 56B-14 JOURNAL OP' cnnc-.nf.th^-hni^V'.and'.m.hodv fluids:-.^!--rr-y*:*.-,-. ENVIRONMFNTAl HPA1T tion ; for.^Seattle/Bellevue-j.control .- donors,.even, though the-numbers of fibers-in the drinking .water of .the ; * flatter were-at least-100 times- lessf^-.- , .y'. The report says _that-.althoiigh-.the data is-.-inconclusive^the-study sug- "gests there is no relationship between I high concentrations of asbestos fibers j - in drinking water and the numbers j .estimated for voided urine..-' 1 i CAPCO JEN 0033429 ii