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THE ASBESTOS INFORMATION COMMITTEE Oin MWUNUTON I1HEIT, LONtXIN WiX >111 >>14 Mil Please reply to: 77 Fountain Street, Manchester M2 2EA. Mr. R. It Mereness, Executive Director, Aabeatoa Information Associatinn/ North America, 18 35 K Street N. W., Suite 402, Washington, DC, 20006, United States of America. 11%^ 18th July 1976 Dear Bob, OSHA Enquiry I attach a copy of the TBA statement. We are a few days late but,as your hearing is now postponed, I gather, until not before the end of September, I hope that the delay is not material. The only sf provided to Hans Weill in expected number of death presented by Dr. Lewinsi ................. qe in this data from that ition of Table 3 of the ies in with the paper Conference last year. TBA consider that it would be wrong at this juncture to elaborate further on the raw data especially as the British Occupational Hygiene Society is at present studying this data prior to making a recommendation on the efficacy of the UK 1969 Regu* lations. Norman Rhodes and Steve Holmes are both ready to come out to Washington for the OSHA hearings if this is desired by you. They feel, however, that they should not commit anything more to paper but merely be prepared to answer questions as they come up at the hearing. There is one most important piece of data which I wish to add and that relates to the mortality figures in Table 3. Of the 348 cases observed there was not a single case of mesothelioma. 1 enclose- pulls of the first and second advertisements which the AIC has been Inserting in the UK press. Oir professional advice was that we could not hope to promote the cause of asbestos 1HB ASRST06 INTOKMATfON product* until we had allayed the fears of the general public. Ws hope that these questions and answers series will achieve this and we are awaiting a report from an opinion research group which Is monitoring what we are doing. With best wishes. Yours sincerely, H. D. S. Hardie ' HDSH/AW c: Mr. T. A. Dougherty