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FILE NAME: Benjamin Foster-Amchem (BFA) DATE: 1966 Dec 8 DOC#: BFA002 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Dept of Health Education and Welfare i DEPARTMENTVQ'f:/H E A L T H ^t % ^ A y j r O N , AND WELFARE 1 ;<Vcp*n1 II'l* KeKli 'Ttilnin* FiciHly, ^ 8rtu> ot Sutt. Servlets '*- ' CimncUinnBatriot2d.eOtyliio ' V' > 'v,.'XV^VrUBLJChealth:,SERVICE.; *w. rh '`v '-.V-* \ >v: I*,:; . At 0 ' . CS : >1 y . . ; Mr. W.P, Ellis Director of Research . .. . Benjamin Foster Company >.kV*.' ' -_*^*'v% *k ,* 4535-SfWest Girard Avenue ^ is}''*...' ' w v .*, *' * * i Philadelphia Pennsylvania iSlS*l. *''v' i'- V.' ':.?* V-l^r":*. ,' .... em - ' Thto totter is to r e s p A t o ^ ' the occupational ~' ' poUntiiti'. ; . f:;.. -*:.;. Tt ewusm. ' ' \ , w etadiee have been reportedin tto U ten ^ a n ^ tterefstodtoation that tbetohaiaticm : of significant amounts of asbestos dust cverfci d stw ^ 'pertod of time can produce ,, -& # fi I^ B to S ia.. This occuprttonato^^ te*V ' ** wogh. d y ^ e a , - fiasal crepitations, and retto afcao d u lar^ roentgenogram. There -* ire also reports of chronic b tm < ^ W be associated with disease, theemph^emAkinrof a jto d x * to ^ ^ * n .iti S tope. There are also reports of lnddeatsV l srcidoma hasoclated with aabestosis. a i t i lb* m osiobnetotentj^egW f e i f f it b absorbed dust particles tfbichto i t f $ 6 t i t e t ^ the pulmonary architecture, ftowever, there is eontroyeyay mCi4 ihveati^atO^ StUtiying the Inhalation of * | of a^estos prodace.such r M t ^ ^ posures have boonhiadered U ^dme ezteatl>y^e>ekdrBood epeciSo teoWques for the sampling m&determination ofiSbelltd* 0Q fim m im to the air. Therefore, our infernnatka is not nearly as Complete <* ptooiiejtoSould be desirable. Because of thos aiacy faotors. the DiYisioa pf Ooqjati<totl ftoalth has recentiy undertaken the study of thThealth and enrtroton*hiat^ asbestos. The instigation will todnde the wiropmiag ^ ^ e d S ltf p w te of.the disease but those iS io T m mepootod to talcs manyy eiri. iot ssbestosto i * chronic, stow^tovhlJP1 disease, thorefortit will be <pUte come time before the studies ere completed and the findings become available. ' . OmAmerican Confamce oi Governments! todastortifl W eniuU hss^adoptedlUureahoU iUeU vainea (TLV^s) for many tuUtAaees found in toSnstry. For asbestos tee 1 uv m $ million particles p e r c u b i c foot of a t o . a tim-wighted average e*pore for a n o r m a l eight-h o u r workday. To determine whether or not a health hssard does exist In . *lYn ' y w t- . ' ' Vv '1-' *^`' ' ' ! ' '5 v -' ?* " . .* fv 4 . * . ; ;>u$\ -i,/. -.:'s ;-v^. "'V : . * / '*H*r. ,y.wa#?r;. w m ~ :p * 0 toK. - ;, /.work e& a ^vtUQatatl - %*V*7*' . ':-^v & :,,... s>,-, V " tbeir proraisiOTuu gmoBBce ww h W)UVU.it ,^ T:K- S fa i'T t* addr ot M b agenay lit JDMaitt t OccrMrfiol fi^ tk . jN a ^ <f Hct f * filP e^tr^iT W W*rganlaiio vsTi *- Enclocare i 1' `t* :'; , * *- 'i i,'*11 il i.iitfti>m`*^****a^W**tMl. t!.fyT v l-t'S v / r-___ ;. ' V-rt-X'- ,,>.' : ''-ifiis.-v`\ ...u. ' -, . -. . - 'V { M ^ \ SS y,-v>#: ifliMtfm '` m e '! , K* Regioni! Program Director E eMORBJLL'.gmh PA STATE ARCHIVE8 aO^CTh rv \ i^ r r if U ,^ ty, 17120^080 A`'''""' -'- <!'' - --'i Cc,.nrr.ision