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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 Apr 13 DOC NMA138 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Radio News Transcript - Tough Regulations on Asbestos are Issued RADIO TV REPORTS INC 41 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK NY NY 10017. 697-8100 FOR MANVILLE CORPORATION PROGRAM DATE News . April 13 1970 - 3:00 PM STATION WOR cry NEw York TOUGH REGULATIONS LYLE VAN Dr. COVERING ASBESTOS SPRAYING ARE ISSUED Robert Rickels new Air Pollution Con- trol Commissioner of New York City has issued a series of tough new regulations covering the spraying of asbestos at construction sites He says when a building under construc- tion is sprayed with asbestos in a congested area such as : Rear emer Meen e --k an =", handende ac - a2 homeando homeando homeando homeando people of people of people inhale inhale inhale the indestructible particles Doctors at Mount Sinai Hospital who have been working on the problem say that no patient who has ever come down with the disease caused by asbestos inhala- tion has ever recovered They say death usually comes in about two years Rickels says asbestes poisoning is worse than cigarette smoking Asbestos is sprayed on the steel skeleton of buildings buildings buildings under construction to protect the steel from damage by heat or fire Ric.els says there are known methods of treating the steel besides the use of asbestos but he says they are more expensive He says he will leave it up to the industry to solve the problem But in the meantime it will have to pro vice safeguards while the asbestos is being used OO FFICF ES FICEISN EW YORK ' DETROIT * LOS ANGELES LANGTON D C. SAN FRANCISCO NEW ENGLAND CHICAGO ee ee teee - a uth