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ULS. DEPARTMENT OP HEALTH, EDUCATION, AMO WELFARE CONTACT; NIOSB Information Office (301) 443-2140 .ll cv A<$P FOR RELEASE: 1:00 F.M., EST Thursday, April 17, 1980 ix * * V-*V'" - REMARKS BY NI0SH DIRECTOR ANTHONY ROBBINS ON THE NEED FOR A NEW ASBESTOS STANDARD 'i'tJhi&.-.ri rr <*vy ' .1Ur.-cfor .. Good afternoon, I am Dr. Anthony Robbins, Dlref&&^ of HEt(*ts' National . Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, JJipspr.' .Wid^Nne are Dr. Eula' Bingham, the Assistant Secretary of Labor f^'t^cupaeiopal Safety and Health; Dr. Bailus Walker, Jr., Director of Hea%ttNstapda^d& for 0SHA; and two NIOSH ' '\'K scientists. Hr. Richard Lemen and MjiN^fohn. Demejit. . rV We are here to announce th^^ndltigs>Q a joint NI0SH/0SHA Work Group \ *o that has reviewed recent sci&nfcifi*f information about the health effects of ^\ - ' asbestos. 'i -gVV . ~ The Group recoji|4Jpaed ^haW-- VA> -**V .... ... os" vrV.' K':`'.... -i....... . '; o There is .naFASfe exposure limit fox asbestos. viJ ` i.~. ,:ci clal and several non-commercial forms of asbestos cause VtjaL&Ns.ease. \ - - t,' ' li *.............. ' si c : -C..- On the basis of the Work Group's findings and recommendations, which we endorse, we are today recommending to the Department of Labor that it -more- EAB (1(18568