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FILE NAME: CertainTeed (CERT) DATE: 1968 M ay 29 DOC#: CERT042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: M em o with N ew spaperA rticlesA ttached FORM NO. 003 INTER-OFFICE COMMUNICATION ~ zr REPLY: SIGNED \ I fcV > , v * REPLIER'S COPY-RETAIN FOR YOUR FILES DATE SIGNED Castleman.CERT000278 THfc NASH V ILLfc BANNhK. Wed. Jan. 17, lV)>_V*t e U \ ACROSS V I sl*p i 4-St n fHi i t-fr** hefc*< 3- 4SBeveraf fc Dntant imrMSS* Vewi . A^<T i 7 I 1 8 A i ^ C - S I llHealth Board Advises Castleman.CERT000279 THE NASHVILLE TENNESSEAN N a sh v ille, Tennessee December 12, 1967 ( p - l ) Asbestos Pipe, Cancer Tie Hit n JIM SQUIRES Still Correspondent NEW YORK - There js no evidence to support i 'recent statement 7fy aNp^Tyilfe'Boclor that use of asbestos--ce m ent water pipe might cause cancer, a noted cancer re searcher said here yesterday. Dr. George Wright, chair man of The Institute (or Oc cupational and Environmental Health, said lie did not think such a relationship "will ever -be established-1' ----------- -- WRIGHT. HEAD of the de partment of medical research in internal medicine at St. Luke's Hospital in Cleveland, Ohio, said a letter (rom Dr. James Snell, an assistant prolessui at Vanderbilt Univer sity school of medicine, sug gesting such a relationship "apparently arises out of an incomplete perspective" of the problem. Wright spoke to nine Metro coitncilmen here to lour a Johns-Manvllle plant In New ark, N.J., a manufacturer of asbestos-cement pipe. Snell sent a letter last month to Metro waterworks director Robert L. Lawrence supporting Lawrence's deci sion to prohibit asbcstor-ce- incut manufacturers (mm bid ding on Meno watrrpipc pur- cuascs. The emule 11 eomimllec on purchasing liad, suggested Hut La v\ m ice allim aslieslos-cc- nient manufacturers tu bid be cause the pmducl is less cv- "THERE IS._A great up swing in the use ul a-bcslos filler, but llic nicidciKc "( cdiiccr lias actually lallcu off," Wright said. Wright said asbc-Ms ceim-nl pipe, consisting ol 20'- abestns ( i b n , hav iii-rn in pensive than the cast iron pipe water systems in sonic c m now being used. (or as long as 30 yc.u- In SNELL WROTE that asiles- manv instances, he s a i d , tos is s known cause of can there is no evidence ol wear cer a n d can contaminate in lliese pipes to release as- drinking water. The physician lieslns liber said he did not believe tins "After this many ycats of fact had born brnuglit to the attention of the U.S. Public Health Service Wright ar odvisci In the U.S. Public Hcullli Sen ice. said Ilie ;ish< slos-ccmrnl pi|>c industry had long been aware n,' a link between certain ly|ies of asbestos fibers and lung canec' and with Me sothelioma a rare malignant tumor found on 1tic lung cov ering and the gastrointestinal tract. He pointed cjuL. Uu'VCvcr. that asbcstosis fa lung tissue disease l and lung eanccr are caused only by, mlialation of certain asbestos fibers ill laigc aimwnis and over loog periods ul luue. MESOTHELIOMA, hr said has never been linked pomlively w i t h s vi- a I I o w c d amounts of asbestos and is "c'lrrm rly rare.'' experience, if lliese libers were to be a source of Meso thelioma -- a dramatic tumor -- ft would be know n," Wright staled. "THIS tvniT.lt not escape. This is not a new point of inleirst to the industry," he added. Wright said manufacturers of asbeslos products were among the first to discover ilv possinlc biological eifccd and have spent "milliuin of dollars" in the field The doctor said he -s prr paring a wri'ten answci w Snell'-- statement "I dim l know Snell nr h. background in this a ir a ." Wright said, "bill no (lucior is knowledgeable in all areas 1 have spent much n( mv Me io l!iis field, and even I am not " SNELL WROTE Law m ice "Evidence of research indi Nov M. slalmg hi uimld cates that virtually overyunr ennsider Ilie use of asbeslos- `is cvnosed If asbestos tillers cement pipe "a medical haz lie said "In lad . it would ap ard of significant degree" un pear reasonable to assume til lhe U.S. Public Health Ser that there is no such lliing vice had checked it out com as not having been exposed. pletely. If mere exposure is a cause, Officials nf the Johns-Man- we would all liavc it " villc Co., asked about this yes Wright cited widespread use terday, said the Public Health of asbestos fibers In insula Service is among its custo tion, electrical wiring and mers. ilove ovens and loastcri. "Wc have sold them thou sands of feet of pipe," said Jay Baker, product manager. " I feel certain wc will sell them much mnre."" TIIE COUNC ll.MEN a r e scheduled to tour the manu facturing plant and research center Today. The company claims its product will save Metro 1300,000 a year on pipe purchasba. . i /. / . . i Castleman.CERT000280 V . y In : ' V > .; ,.. . , t : . { / j} /^' y y v* \ a .-' n. " v '\ ' , y ` y /- v / jl O U u t !Seu*paper f April 20, 1876 WO. 203 * J o v . S Q . / S S 7 WAsabrensitnogs-SCoeumnednetd l <d r By DICK BATTLE imay create a "medical hazard Health and medical authorities of significant degree.'' |hav# warned Metro Director of "Asbestos has been fairly well Water and Sewerage Services established in medical rirrU f Robert L. Lawrence Jr. t h a t as causing a high incidence of substitution of asbestos-cement cinatnecsteirn"alintrtahcet,lunognse olretgtearstr.oto pipe for cast iron water mains Lawrence stated. A copy of the letter was also sent to Council man James J. LaPenna, chair Christmas man of the council's purchasing committee who has urged broad ening water, pipe specifications rhting w . to include bidding- by asbestos) C t 1ccracnt Pipe manufacturers. ' Warning . A t\i To ' , S L * | , The earning expressed by Dr. James D. Snell Jr., assistant ' Iprofessor of medicine, Vandcr- Gov. Bdferd Iliington and University, and by Dr. J. Mayor Beveljy a combina activate more mas lights area at p ley will press of witches * ian 20,W0 Christf the downtown ay at the War J" - Metro Erector of, health, follows efforts by Coun- U P en n a on Nov. 21 to promote an all expense paid trip for councilmen to visit the "research center" of an as Memorial Aiildin bestos-cement p i p e manufac The a n n a l lightMg program turer "30 minutes outside New is a p ro jk t of theV etail divi York City." sion Hart, man tide. o f / the Nashville Area of CommeA e. Terry tmas progrkn chair- the division, skill pre- Giant Tree For many years Lawrence has insisted on the use of cast iron pipe for the local water system. He has informed La Penna he does not consider as bestos-cement pipe comparable Ellington will swit) Its decorating the (Please Turn te Page 13, Col. 1) pitol and the War Mem<3 Building end Mayor BrileyPerform a s im ila r fu n ctio n f e a t u r e l\ d e x T ..A All The PRICI s - - ' , ' A *- Castleman.CERT0OO281