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ACTIONS TAKEN BI FORD TO ADDRESS CARCINOGENS CONCERNS IN THE WORKPLACE Elimination of sprayed-on structural steel fireproofing containing asbestos fibres in all new and reworked construction. t Revised corporate mechanical construction standards to prohibit asbestos as a constituent of all thermal insulation. Published Maintenance Bulletin No. 137 prohibiting the use of air-blow off in all brake/clutch maintenance and substituted vacuum fibre/dust pick-up. Pursuant to Industrial Hygiene survey of Steel Division light oil by-product tanker loading operations. Personnel exposures were pinpointed and appropriate protective equipment supplied. The concentration of Nitrosamines in machining coolant systems was investigated as a precautionary measure. Replaced M-2C60 Series of maintenance lubricants with the lead naphthenate free M-2C142 materials. Deleted the use of asbestos bearing molding compound for manufacture of air conditioning housings at Sheldon Road. Reformulated adhesive employed at San Jose Assembly plant, to eliminate benzene exposure. Revised analytic chemistry procedures at central laboratories to delete the use of benzene. Chromium deleted from PPV topcoat enamels Reduced the volume of lead-chromate employed in vinyl plant operations. Identified ventilation/protective measures at Romeo Tractor Plant to minimize hazard from chromium compounds used in painting (the substitution of a non-hazardous paint is targeted at Romeo for late 1980). Acrylonitrile is being eliminated from PPV operations Identified ventilation requirements in connection with asbestos/ used in soldering operations at Green Island. 8003 1682 PRODUCED BY FORD SCF-FORD-0574