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/. V WRG 000351 )1% PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBI^P' ,WR<fc5*3#p!$a I Jo: t 5U3JEC f MESSAG ZONOUTE DIVISION W. R. GRACE A CO. i 'Kejtltf Mmaqi i R S P LY SIGNED iDATE OF REPLY : S'i PlY T 0 I ^ * /. / y? / , <?ptstZZ,K/? / ' y j -^f!* ,/ S S ^/ 2"* ^ -<7 2*r*:* ^2 rs- X '?'?.'''/. SEND WHITE AIO PINK COPIES WITH CARBONS INTACT. PINK COPY IS RETURNED WITH REPLY. V I By Congressman Richard L, C Ain^ it Congreismon Ottinger ID.-N.Y.), serifrg his third term in'House of Representatives, is / o member of the Committee on Interstate Or Foreign Commerce, ond a leader in the battle against air pollution. . . . Even as you read this, you may be taking into your lungs millions of microscopic particles of an insidious death-dealing substance -- a substance proven positively to cause cancer.* I f This airborne poison is asbestos dust;-If you live in one' of our large cities, the chances are excellent that you have already inhaled at least a small amount of it. Asbestos is used in the insulation'.of our homes, whether we live in a metropolis or a small town, in electrical wiring, in hun dreds of products we use in our: ii homes every day. f And each of these uses contributes tr to the total volume of dust. \' l A little asbestos is too much, arid! i we in America are now being ear-71 i posed to a very-great deal.of it j Today in the United States we i ! are producing approximately eight times as much asbestos as was pro duced worldwide in 1935. ' -Jri A large portion of that increase lurks in our lungs. . .. - y -N Asbestos dust is the only form of air pollution definitely proven to cause cancer in humans, yet thou | sands of tons of it infest the air of large cities every year. And it is released into the atmo S ^rWARNS OF DANGER | Representative Richard L. Ottinger sphere with the knowledge, even the into your lungs at this very n oment. i blessings, of city, state and federal Asbestos mix is used on every 25- f governments. story building in the United States, It is used'as a fireproofing and in Canada and in many European cities. I sulating material on buildings, par As the evidence mounts, there is- ticularly those over 25 stories high, in growing proof that the consequences r air ducts, floor and ceiling tiles, roof are far more serious than we ever ing, siding and pipe. guessed. ------ - ! The most dang rous use, though, is A New Jersey study recently showed, as fireproofing and insulation material that persons exposed to asbestos dust' L at new construction sites. have a dteath rate 25,-percent' above; iiit There are no figures as to how much average**nd an-taaideace oHwig-rai-l is actually released into a city's at cer 700 times above average. : i mosphere each year, but we do knowi Another study, conducted in Eng-! i ;:i New York, as an example, tens of land, revealed that a person who thousands of tons of asbestos.mix will ; smokes cigarettes and who is direct- e sprayed on new buildings during Iv exposed to asbestos dust is 92 times .. coming year. more likely to develop lung cancer. We uso know inal .><i percent of that than a r.onsmoker also exposed to the stjf>yos mix v\;! 1 escape into sur- dust. 'inning air where New Yorkers will' If the presence of asbestos in the e.v no civuce b.,t to breathe it. ; lungs does not cause a cancerous h i'di- .. over stories are being' growth, it will very likely cause asbes- r. > r.c- chances are, tosis. . . . r.f \i.. Asbestosia .uuin impair fne hint? s *- M '?*' vj -J.'... .>'"' - - *1 " 5XU- rfr+ -r 'A .' '' **3? J53ffiRte.iL - > -v` ". ''?.. ; ';.: ->.' ,- iV-"- ,y.&j-^'arar-^ DEADLY PAR .1CLES of asbestos dust floatijnoir.as masked construc- ion worker sprays steel framework of nevftbuildirTg^,^housands of ons of cancer-causing asbestos dust are adt^d^^t^yearltp the.polluted Jir of our cities: ,:>. :A-, verely that they cannot absorb sif- they can^wrseen only with an electron icnt oxygen. . ... microscope'and so light that they will There is no cure. i*. ' > =' / stay suspended in the air -- drifting A strangling, choking.death is the in- with thetwinds --for days. J..'. ...... , itable result. -- . /' ; Scientists-ihave . only recently de- The evidence is already dear.-/ iop- veloped^a^technique to measure the : s performed in . three New or5c concentration .in. the; atmosphere. tpitais have suggested that SO er- Effective control is not possible with- it of the people who liVe in the city out federal.', action... Under .the Air ty have cancer-causing, particles in Quality; Control Act of 1967, the Na hr lungs. / - .;*.**' tional Air`Pollution Control Adminis-^ his doesn't mean that those bodies tration has clear authority and respond** opsied had cancer. Exposure to as- sibility taTsetcriteria and establish itos requires a long time to develop standatdgj^^P^rtfe^^'.A:;.'.- . icer and other lung diseases. ~ > But the way things stand today, they ometimes it takes as long as 20 do not propose to begin any action rs -- but you have to be exposed until iA t only once! ' This is'incredible; ~ sbestos has an infinite existence. Great! Britain 'cracked down on the, : human body will not reject it use of asbestos in the building trades' it is never broken down by body last year and has established strict inistry. regulations for spraying of asbestos very piece of asbestos that enters | fireproofing. , bodies, in any form, will remain| We sUU:dawdle.y - ' i us until we die. 'Ts- , ? i.- - The spraying of asbestos must be few years ago, Mike Kitzmiller,! b nned immediately, my legislative aide, was making j There are a number of effective sub- urs on his house. Some loose par-|stitute. of asbestos insulation fell into Federal authorities must also under pen cut on his shoulder. take an immediate and intensive study !e cut healed, but a year later a of the hundreds of uses of a^bestosand n-looking dark-area developed In set strict standards to protect the pub- scar. I-ast summer, .the-nrea.bevllie hea|th__ e painful. Tests proved it was Banishment canr. t wait two years, gnant. Surgery was necessary to! until 1972. ' ' . I >ve the cancer. j It mast be given the highest p/iority fcestos particles are so small that; -- now.