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HWBB-0006703 fl i / Put f ffOT WRD-LS&S-70 WiN 249-4651 Bate Dec. 18, 1975 Sutjcc: Possible Asbes- 1 tos Problem TO: _K. A. Bodden cc: A. T. Sabo This memo is a summary of our phone conversation of December 17, 1975 regarding the attached arti cle entitled, "New Asbestos Danger Cited." 1 had asked you whether the dangers expressed in the article are real and what action, if any, we should take to determine whether we may have a similar danger. You said that you would contact the Industrial Health Foundation regarding the Yale, UCLA, and Mt. Sinai studies in this area, that you will report back to me any pertinent information on these studies, and that you will advise me of the necessary action to be taken. Thank you for your help in this matter. RPC/slw Attachment P. R. P. Chekanski, Engineer NES Licensing, Safeguards & Safety i > * 03114743 HUBB-000670h m Westlngtiouse Eltctrfc Corporation Headquarters industrial Hygiene Researcn and Deveiooment Center Beulah Road PinsDurgh Pennsylvania 15235 412 '2565947 January 16, 1976 Mr. Thomas Dougherty* President Asbestos Information Association 1660 L Street H.W. Washington* D.C. 20036 Dear Mr. Doughertyt Reference is made to the attached newspaper story froa the Pittsburgh Press* dated December 10, 1973. The article suggests that "dangerously high levels of asbestos fibers" can be found in office buildings constructed'between 1956-1970. Any additional facts and data on the December 10 news itfern would-be.. appreciated. Sincerely* K. A. Bodden, Administrator Industrial Hygiene Laboratory ^31 ?.2>. kab/lc Attachment 03114744 i r sf3 W!. .J r.f)- NewAsbestos Danger Cited woUt)n<tM MrrHi NEW YORK--Yale University removed *11 the ceilings from ils 10-story School of Art and Architec ture because the amount of asbestos floating in the air from them reached levels known to causa cancer deaths. . * _ TV University of California at Lot Angeles did the tame thing in one of its new dormttorlet because it* denti roughboosing In their rooms shook loot* the caoceroaslng asbestos fiber*. ; ' The Yile and UCLA experiences are just two examples of what looks to be a major occupational health hazard for millions of American office worker*. A new study by the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine's environmental sciences laboratory here found danger ously high levels of asbestos fibers in office buildings around the country. Effected are thousands of buildings put up across . the country between 1958 and 1970. 03114745 r HUBfi~0006705