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FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1969 - 1976 DOC JMA373 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes - Environmental Health Task Force & Correspondence from Stokinger RE Threshold Limits . MEND Tt Poligy Commit fiery Environmental Health Meeting Task Force June 16 1969 Large Board Room 7717 DR GEORGE W. WRIGHT 1 Air Pollution Meeting - City of New York Dr. Wright reported on June 9 meeting with Austin N. Heller of N.Y.C. Department of Air Resources in regard to possible community air pollution danger Dr. Wright and six others including Dr. Sclikoff gave testimony on various aspects of problem Meeting between members of Mt. Sinai group and Sprayed Mineral Fiber Manufactuers Association on June 20 to discuss problem with special emphasis on the new World Trade Center Government Study of Asbestos Textile Workers A problem has arisen with regard to health study of asbestos workers being conducted by PHS with support of asbestos industry PHS plans to send information on any abnormality they've discovered in an employee employe employee to that employee's personal physician Dr. Wright believes such information should also be sent to the employee's plant doctor Many asbestos companies especially in the textile field might not permit study to continue under these conditions 3 JOM Scientific Committee Dr. Wright reported on a recent meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health German mesothelioma study was not approved Study of workers in New Orleans plants of M and National Gypsum tentatively approved THE study of trace metals needs designing before approval can be granted Support granted to booklet on world asbestos situation 4 Johannesburg Meeting Attitude of doctors changing support to speculations about No longer giving health effects of unqualified asbestos Dr. Selikoff's studies of autopsied lungs in N.Y.C. cast doulst 11 tea superiment superiment bedres bedres as danger to general general public indication indication of potential potential Dr. Webster said he no longer believed that that alone was responsibrle esponsible for mesothelioma crocidolite Bronchogenic cancer problem in South Africa is not as great as one would expect 5 Plant Exchange Visits with Raybestos Dr. Wright described some of the Raybestos to techniques used by reduce dust in their carding twisting spinning operations and B. JOBE 1 IIHIRP Activities J. B. Jobe reported on June 11 of IIIRP The Advisory Council meeting following topics were discussed a finances b new combined packaging - mixing unit for asbestos c sprayed mineral fiber d new mask development and testing e collectors on Saws f shipbuilding W. L. VAN DERBEEK DERBEEK 1 Environmental Control Activities at M Plants W. L. VanDerbeek reported on positive results of steps taken in M textile operation at Manville Manville to reduce dust The legal and industrial relations aspects of dust counts and the wearingwearing of respirators by employees in potentially hazardous hazardous situations was discussed Respirators will be required where dust counts are above the new TLV Med my bey Vay 6a 2 . WLV also reported on results of personal air dust counts Laken at sampling various 11 plants and in adjacent community Tests showed tolerable TLV at most stations Tests will continue including community study at Thet- ford Mine F. SOLON JR 1 Dr. Wright Thoracic Society Meeting Presentation Paper on Asbestos and Health - 1969 given by Dr. Wright at Miami will be used for public relations purposes as soon as it has appeared in medical journals AIDA Denver Meeting Mr. Solon Industrial reporting on annual Hygiene Association meeting of at Denver American commented on papers delivered by Dr. Pundsack Dr. Selikoff Dr. Stokinger Written transcript of latter's and comments on asbestos and Dr. Stokinger appears to health be new was given to attendees friend on the asbestos horizon and presentations We will monitor his writings Ivan Sabourin indicated that Dr. Selikoff would be willing to refute Dr. Stokinger's conclusions re asbestos cement pipe Further consideration required Organization - NIEW Mr. Solon distributed organization chart of health agencies of U. S. Department of Health Education and Welfare Hill & Knowlton has good contacts with must of the people on chart J Washington office office personnel would have to develop such contacts Hi11 & Knowlton recommends that M establish personal contacts between HEW people and M people directly involved with environ- mental health work More ... new WJ ia by Hyb ' British Activities Conference on the Control of Asbestos in the Working Environment being held in London June 18 dealing with new British regulations and how they will affect industry 300 people registered to attend M will get sound tape and written transcript of full day's activities New shipbuilding codes under preparation in England hazards A television program is being prepared in on the industrial England of asbestos Dr. Selikoff has written letter to Turner & Newall requesting that Mt. Sinai asbestos headed visit England to study asbestos asbestos Solon has no serious objections by Dr. Nicholson work practices J will convey this to Wilfred Howard PR Director of T & N. 5. 5. Upcoming Meetings Mr. Solon distributed calendar of upcoming medical meetings with plans for coverage where required fjs F. J. Solon Jr. ~ COARD OF DIRECTORS 1974.75 JEREMIAH R LYNCH Chaumon National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health US Post Catfice and Courthouse Cincinnati Ohio 45207 nt 913 684 2A5 AMERICAN CONFERENCE of GOVERNMENTAL INDUSTRIAL HYGIENISTS J. FREDERICK KEPPLER Post Chairman Occupational Sofaty and Health Admin US Department of Labor 46 East Ohio Street Indianapolis Indiana 48204 Tel 317-633-7384 JAMES C. BARRETT Vice Chairman Division of Occupational Health Michigan Department of Health 3500 North Logon Street Cansing Michigan 48914 Tel 517-373 1410 DARREL D DOUGLAS Vice Chairman University of Californio Los Alamos Scientific lob PO Box 166 Los Alamos New Mexico 87544 Sal 505-667-6235 WILLIAM D. KELLEY Treasurer National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health PO Box 1937 Cincinnati Ohio 45201 Tel 513 684 2535 Dr. Paul Kotin October 13 1976 Senior Vice President Health Safety and Environment Manville Corporation Caryl Ranch Denver Colorado 80217 Dear Paul 3423 / BOARD OF DIRECTORS 1974.75 IRED LOTIORNI LOTIORONI Ph.D Bureau of Occupational Health California Deportment of Public 2151 Berkeley Wov Berbeley California 94/04 Health MARSHALL E LANIER National Institute for Occupational Safely and Health U.S Post Office and Courthouse Cincinnati Ohio 45207 RONALD R OFT Occupational Safety and Health Admin S. Deportment of Labor Federal Building 450 Golden Gate Avenue 80 36017 San Francisco California 94102 NORMAN G WHITE D. Executive Secretory 4111 Grennoch Houston lax 77025 Tel 713.664.2517 MRS KIM STEWART Manager Publications Office PO Box 1937 Cincinnati Ohio 45701 Tel 513-825 0312 Regarding Manville's stand on the Notice of Proposed Making on Occupational Exposure to Asbestos April 1976 that you sent me I would have thought you had plagiarized on my ideas on the subject had I not known otherwise You may be interested in another approach that the ACGIH Threshold Limits Committee adopted to substantiate the present levels of the TLV Committee of five fibers per cc on the basis of a recent report by Enterline in 1973 who had studied the mortality from cancer of all types and other forms of respiratory disease from which we made calculations of safety factors for 30 40 and 50 years of exposure We did this also for the safety factor incorporated in the NIOSH Recommended Standard of 2 fibers and still came out with appreciable safety factors for all forms of asbestos disease Please see copy attached Unfortunately no one not even my friends in NIOSH wanted that Enterline must have to give much overlooked a credence to this Selikoff also saying number of mesotheliomas etc. etc. etc. Enterline of course denies all of this But I think this represents a new approach that has not been considered that may help fortify your position against this unnecessary reduction in industrial air standards whenever the word cancer appears OSHA or NIOSH have taken this position on Beryllium Cadmium and Chromium without justification as time has not elapsed in any of these substances to show that the going standard is not protective Their position is something like that of the Jewish race -- they cut a piece off before they know how long it's going to be Sincerely yours Enclosure Hero Herbert E. Stokinger Ph.D. Past Chairman Threshold Limits Committee MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM MEMORANDUM prender prender prender cy to / Co See Below DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE ; HSMIKSERMERINFOMANARAKORN HSMIKSERMERINFOMANARAKORN HSMIKSERMERINFOMANARAKORN HSMIKSERMERINFOMANARAKORN HSMIKSERMERINFOMANARAKORN HSMIKSERMINFOMANRAKORN HSMIKSERMERINFOMANARAKORN HSMIKSERMERINFOMANARAKORN HSMIKSERMERINFOMANARAKORN MAUROSEMISTRILLON MAUROSEMISTRILLON Center for Disease Control National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health DATE August 8 1973 FROM : Chief Toxicology Branch DLCD Chairman Committee on Threshold Limits ACGIII SUBJECT Identification in the Present of a Threshold of Response and Estimations of Safety Recommended Standards for the Industrial Carcinogen s Factors ASBESTOS Enterline et al Brit J. Ind Med 162 1973 reported that a study of ote. the mortality from cancer and respiratory discase asbestosiosf 1,348 Te retired asbestos workers of whom approximately 1,000 were exposed to chrysotile the remainder to crocidolite resulted in the conclusion that there appeared to be no direct relationship between asbestos dust exposure and respiratory cancer below 125 mppcf This information is of the highest importance for two reasons 1 It establishes a threshold of response for a chemical carcinogen 2 It permits an estimate of the margin of safety incorporated in both the NIOSH and ACGIH recommended standard for asbestos The margin of safety asbestos disease and follows SF in these recommended standards for all forms of for chrysotile and crocidolite may be estimated as The NIOSH asbestos recommended standard of 2 fibers > 5 mu in length is equivalent to 0.3333+ mppef according to Lynch & Ayer AINAJ 431 1966 For 30 exposure @ 125 mppcf 4.17 mppcf Sten For 40 exposure @ 125 mppcf = 3.13 mppcf - For 50 exposure @ 125 mppcf = 2.5 mppcf Estimation of the Safety Factors in the present NIOSH Standard For 30 years 4.17 mppcf = SF 0.333+ 12.5 For 40 years 3.13 0.333+ = 9.4 For 50 years 2.5 0.333+ = 7.5 j / According to private communication with Enterline August 7 For all types of asbestos disease cancers and asbestosis 1973 ~ - See Below mppcf Of the Safety Factors** in t Estimation Estimation Estimation the = gp 4.17 SF For 40 years, 3.13 = 3.9 ; 3.13 - s above calculations permit The recommended standards chrysotile an in disease moreover moreover estimate of the permits permits and 50 years of exposure asbestos asbestos Copy furnished: Dr. Mr. Dr. Dr. Dr. Mr. Copy furnished furnished Dr. Charles H. Mr. Lassiter Dr. Donald Fairchild Fairchild Dr. Elliott Harris Dr. Elliott Bryant . : ~