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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1978 July 18 DOC#: FD076 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Asbestosis '& m B*s Sonali T. Br*2. MarJorlj A* Weiaa Asbestosia Oa Friday July 1*t9 1978, 1BC Television had a on* hour -Spoelal on Asbestoals. Though the show oant*r*d prinarily on asbestos workers In manufacturing plant* and ship building Tarda, th*r* was approximately tsrj to thr** minutes d*rot*d to brak* lining*. It -v>aa not*d that th* lining* ar* 72% asbasto* and th* program showed a mechanic removing th* brak* lining* using an air hose to blow th* (hist around. It va* further noted that in 197fa th* governaaat r*coansnd*d that a vacuum method b* used ta elaa? th* dust whan changing brake lining* but that OSHA l*9?d this raaswasndation. It was also stated that in a 1978 survey 25% of the automobile mechanic* tested had lung ab@drs&llti*s. I have a tap? of the sound of the program. Should you 'udJki id traaaeri&ad pleaaa advise. Si.WfcY3 Marjorie A. Valsa 8001 1038 PRODUCED BY FORD