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OC: Or. Charles talker, Jr,. * Csacssc tun Or. John A. Zap?, Jr. lulull 1 ,Ptui . c -oaa7 f J5-7) June 2 19U 9L. AW HU C. STETXSSCg, CHICTOH Eiirom CTPmaui QJlITCKBU UICKAXCKT or. Zap? baa pattad jwr Utter referring ta the health hsssrds at asbestos to a far a reply. That aabaatoa fibers can eanaa ehrooie pulnooery disease hai bean roeopiisad tinea 1907 mi with thia raeoptiticn eaan control naesures aland at reducing eha aaeuat of daat produced daring the mining of the trade slaeral and lu rubeeepaant caareraien into finished products. Conblaed with the eaaauraa alasd at redaeing the asount of dust m atape ta prwrant the dnat thee w produced free bain* Inhaled. Thia earnr the wearing of daat raapirstora. Vhat haa caused taaawed eoaeera o*r the haaarda of asbestos haa been the finding of an apparent link beeaeen toaa types of saacar and exposure ta aabaatoa fiber. Thia link baa been laamaatraced, not in the credaa oeually thought of aa constituting the "aabaatoa industry11 wbert duat control aathoda have bean is uaa far years, bat in ouch occupations aa Insulation workers aad pipe ccwerwra. Thera era three faetora which are disquieting about theee new tealth problaea rsroundlng the uaa of aabaatoa, firstly, the possible association between eaocar aad aabaatoa, aaoaallr la a setter for toocan, eacsodlr, auah awidasaa aa theca La points to as "Imrahatloo" parted which war ba aa long ee forty years sad thirdly, there is ion rather {npnto; crldente that short crpoauraa ea apparently mall mounts of aabaatoe fiber any produce reiver assy rears later. At thia tlaa onz knowledge La iaasfflelaat ta answer the coaacLoo `'what La eha asallaae assunt of daat aad the shortest aipnawte that eight prodaee censerT" Tros a practical point of riev if tha duat does aoc gain access to the body there will ba an problen, therefore, dost reapiratara will proteat the parsonasl wearing the*. Oparetlooa idiich pctxhata aabaatoa duat should ba deal tried so that the dost La contained and awhensted Into a aystas that will prwwsnt re-entreiment of the ashestoe fibers. Ci.stusntt should ba edwtaad that than la secs haserd aaaorlafad with working with aabaatoa and thee aeries dost control saaaurae soat be taken. If peraoocel will ooedwoldably be tipianil {a aabaatoa dust, they should near dust respirators. Jivb OU? 0900509 A um c. ttrrnum - x Juam 2, 1M# * w parhapa ocbar fihara uch u flu* could b* a*ad la plua of la atta^dog ea aura paopla of tha haalth hatarda of ukutci t bav* baaa haodicappod hy tha lmru*rabU uaatof tha aiaaral >0 that It bacaaa* rtxj difficult ta leeata group# auch U your* that *ra wading alth tha aatarial. Should yeu know of otbar auch group* I tbould ha grataful if you aould lat aa taoa of thaa. tf I caa ha of furthar uaiataaea plaaaa lac aa tea*. ORIGINAL ftONCB re O.J. rroap* S. J. Stoppa, l.S. Oiiaf, Riyaialogy Saction SJS/jtd DUF 0900510