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BARBER v. PITTSBURGH CORNING CORP. ASBESTOS LITIGATION
Aaboctos Ebcpoaurefl in Pittsburgh Cornixig in Light of Public Health Service "Proposed Criteria cad tiocaan^oadad Interim Standard foy
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A copy of the Subject Standard is attached* In essence lb ^ScDcraenda tho
X2 Fibero/ML 5 Microns or greater in lor.gth recoBscondcd bVthe Threshold Limit Value Committee of A.C.O.I.U. Tho importenoar orsAi^dociEaent in regard to asbeetoa will bo noted by inference on Page 8 /f%A.hc rtjtacfcad, It Id the firot ouch Standard to bo published, therefore,^ U^th* Kunberr Ono Priority for'action under tho Waloh-lioaly Health and Safet&fitiu^tKfdo and under tho Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1969 lfgnaanaoofcoh^^ Vby Con&ruc#.
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Ia roviewing tho Asbestos Duet Studios id/iUs T^or and Port Allffgany Hants
&s by tho Fublla Health Sendee, tho &<bart/ia Lota tubes oa added >v
significance* Bowhero in ifcs unibostoa
AU assay were you
in compliance with this Standard. IprBSht iftotonces the dust data sbrnrad tbs
JStandard was exceeded by core th&a /five *old factor* basically tho eaoa
findings vara made at Tyler.
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While the proposed Standard vil provhqt against ajsfbooronlc, it fea* certain stated limitations, one of widufcjra that protest against r^ailgimaiodv. \
In addition to the Dust X strongly reoasx&end a
employees, as veil hazards of cigaret you in tho davelo
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naive annual xcodical e^nnination of ell unibeatos health education program concerning tho particular, ' t
in asbestos workers* X will bo pleacod to writ with l";^
so programs.
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lARBER v. PITTSBURGH CORNING fOR ASBESTOS LITIGATION
a. S. PubUc Health Service Kntlj^i
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Attached era topics of prpliniifctry reports of the U. 3. Public
- - flealth Service environ-icntal study4 ; : at year Tyler and Port Allegany P3
tot exposure to year employees
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vor protective Measures thn should be taken to reduce* t;tu potential
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hazard to employees being expo^bdnto air borne- concentrations in excess of
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the Threshold Unit Value foK^sbcKps of 5 million particle pur cubic
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protective reenrfros. I ftirthc-r ixco--end, hc:.vvc;r, thit th:; vialto ta
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dal-^td until f`ie co.^V te reports are received Sven the l. Public
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National Canter For
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Hr* L* 0* Griffith, Jr* Vnki Etaagar Pittsburgh-Coming Fort Allegany, Pen nsylvania
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BARBER v. PITTSBURGH CORNING COR? ASBESTOS LITIGATION
She preliminary results of th/lr^njcr Bcrplcs collected luring our survey of the Pitteburgh-ComiB^^nsuVation plant et Fort Allegany, Pennsylvania ere enclosed* >--X/
These series ware collected end counted according to the standard
stethod of the American Conbs^ncarof Governmental Industrial Hygienists
end ere comparable to
Limit Value of 5 million parilclej
per euMe foot established Sy^fhat body, Kovcver, since these samples
were collected for tra epidemiologic purpose of defining tho average
exposure of e group oiSj^rhers In a operation rather than for the
usual Industrial hybi^na fhrpos if locating end evaluating tha heavily
exposed Individual, tho^r^sulta cay not be comparable to industrial
hygiene survey
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filters vill, esaistanca
-ding the results of fiber counts on membrane to you cs scon es equating is eenplcted* Your ation ere appreciated.
Sincerely yours*
Jeremiah F. Lynch Asst* Chief, Environmental
Activities Held Studies Occupational Health I!rog:.\
Enclosure
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