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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1979 Aug 22 DOC#: FD144 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Asbestos Inter Qttice MEH0 TO FILE Car Engineering August 22, 1979 Subject: Asbestos The attached pages have been selec te d to represen t the increased a c t iv it y in n ew sle tters, "new spapers", and Washington re la te d sources in the tox/h az area, e sp e c ia lly concerning a sb e s to s. There are many more, but the important pressures are clear: 1 . The sla n t i s toward asb e sto s e lim in ation . 2 . There i s an in creased mood supporting "no sal's le v e l of exposure". 3. Imprisonment and fin e s fo r corporate managers are being stre sse d . h. Some members o f Congress a re becoming v o c a l. An example i s a quote using "a lag acy of fo u r decades o f cover-up........ " 3. I t i s being emphasized th at OSEA may issu e standards vithout substantiating the health b en efits. 6. There i s d ra ft regu lation in the works. 7 . There i s an advanced notice fo r proposed ru le making to TSCA. 8 . There i s an um brella being considered as an "o v e ra ll approach to c a n c e r".. .which supports those fa c tio n s favoring to ta l elimination of asbestos. 9. Gaskets brakes are sometimes covered s p e c ific a lly but, even more dangerously, would be su b je c t to broad gen eral ru lin gs where sp e c ific a tio n s would be more d i f f i c u l t . 33 . 'o S .V s \ AU.-STATE LEGAI. SUW Vf CO. 002953 PRODUCED BY FORD