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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1972 June 7 DOC NMA063 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Asbestos Code Kept Despite a Warning ASBESTOS CODE KEPT DESPITE A WARNING to The New York Times New York Times Current Jun 7 1972 ProQuest Historical Newspapers New York Times 1851-2002 1851-2002 1851-2002 file The Pg 91 ASBESTOS CODE KEPT DESPITE A WARNING Special to The New York Times WASHINGTON June The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ordered today a continuation of asbestos dust exposure limits for four more years despite the recommendations by a scientific panel that they be cut by more than half On the basis of mounting medical evidence of asbestoscaused cancer in the vicinity of plants using the material Secretary of Labor James D. Hodgson had issued a tempo- rary emergency standard of five fibres of asbestos per cubic centimeter of air for workers using the substance A celling of 10 fibres per cubic centimeter was set the maximum exposure for workers in an , eight day The called consensus standard originally promulgat- ed under the new safety and health law set a standard of 12 fibres per cubic centimeter and double that for an eight- hour day After setting the emergency standard on an appeal from the Industrial Union Depart- ment of the American Federa- tion of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations the Secretary named a scientific advisory committee that included doctors industrial hygienists and engineers to recommend a permanent standard This group proposed a stand- ard of two fibres per cubic centimeter of air and a maximum exposure limit of five fibres for an eight day The Secretary ruled today that the twofibre limit would become effective July 1 1976. The eighthour exposure limit was to remain at 10 fibres Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission