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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1970 June 24 DOC#: NMA160 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: WOR Radio Transcript - City to Propose Outlawing of Asbestos Spraying f K. RADIO TV REPORTS. INC. 4&MO STRUCT. KEW YORK. N Y Dl7 . rOT*StOO 1st / *- * jpi-t 's -eajcvILL.C c o r p o ratici; PROGRAM DATE Martha Deane June 24, 1970 10:15 AM TATXDN WOR New York CITY T O PROPOSE OtHTAT-TING OF ASBESTOS SPRAYING MARTHA DEANE: Now, CofMissioner Rickie, when you were hers in April you - new that, you know, us the r.cct - preoer meetings were conducted, first we take care of the old business, well I didn't take care of new business - >-ul y w c.vOuL re pr'" Ait r-^w bu '3~ '*>rr fro-- rr"-- .a *.*-v ,-y. rid of the asbestos spravinn. How's that oorjns alr>no? ROBERT RTCKLES: I think very well. Since v were here, we held outlie hearings on the problem, really, which were much nore shocking than I had thought t.he problen was. For instance, v.*c had th? Sccret2 r\* cf thr Asbcrtcs VorVcrn Ur.icr. rrrncM*' he reported that 50-. of the people in his union who hau died, their mortality rate is much higher than the normal population - 50? of his people had died from some form of cancer, which is really very startling, and another lot of asbestos, which is a ^ ^ ^ W *AW 3 . SWAM W AV. ^ i . U / U A . A A * L ; V / i O i i S w c o L w 3 W C / I ^ C r who smokes of dying is 92 times higher than that in the general populatiln. As a result of these hearings, the new city code, which is c C QPi'icca M mtw ron ec*Norr wc' anoc^ * w O. C- m m r A N C ia c o asm ( n o l a n o c n ic a s o 2 * going to be published in the city record, either next vec): or the week after, they're going to the printers already, will outlaw - will propose the outlawing of the spraying of asbestos in the city of hew York. The Mayor has already announced the abolition of spraying of asbestos on any city projects. So I think that, certainly by the fall, when the code will becone effective, we I J I will have stoppee completely the spraying cf asbestos now, and I th ink forever. In addition, w e 've initiated a project within the department to evaluate whether the demolition cf buildings that contain asbestos is a threat to the public health, and if it is, then within the next year we would propose to outlaw the use of asbestos in construction, however it's applied - whether r 'r applied in sheet ferr' or sor--v. Sue.-.urt_* v. 't wrr$ 1-r\ ICtoTc ^ *rr.t** *"'**(*-*.** vw ^ because however beautiful the building looks today, vs k-'ev from II1 cW York's history of growth and regrowth, that the b\ il^i: 1r going to come down at some point in the future, and if we cannot find a method of demolishing a buildina without the asbestos oettina into the ir. then I think we're coins to have to,outlaw asbestos. DEANE: And there are other kinds of fire prevention materials? RICEEES: Yes, this is own ur.dcrstandinc. At least two being evaluated now by the Buildings Department for approval. People iireproorea ouiaamgs long ueioxe miyjuiy suia;CU asacaru-. X /