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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1975 Aug 14
DOC NMA036
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION The Wall Street Journal - HEW Warns of
Asbestos Hazard in Work With Brake Linings Spackling Mixtures
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WALL STREET JOURNAL 11
Thursday August 14 1975
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WithBrakeLiningsSpackling . With eon
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warnings agencies Government
News
renewed
aacumlatedccumulated by the Mount Sinai group that
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that far less than the intense expo-
about exposure to asbestossay
commonly
indicates
sureof
work environment is
of
asbestos disceaapsabele the mineral that scientists saycan cause producing the
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serious and disabling lung disease including Occupational
said Environmental
related
Sciences Laboratory Laboratory
Environmental f faTtahl elunNgatciaonnaclerInIsntstiittuutIensttiute effororOcOcupcatcionualpational The
the direction of
Sellkoff Safety and Health research arm ofWtehle- Dr.MDro.uIrnvitngSJi.naiwhichhuansdbeeren the leader in
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Health Department of
Education and
on the dangersof asbestos re-
that research
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fare
said
in
a
letter to health experts letter
" garage personnel who changeor grind
|,samplesioonf fScsipeancckleitnhgaptaticthainngaalnydzjoeidnting
brake linings,areexposed to airborne poten-
purchased +tsiallyhazardouslevelsof airborneasbestos
compounds New in contained
York City and
that
that
fivecontained
appreciable
written : The letter
by
William Lloyd
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found
amounts
of
asbestos
Use
of these
materials
:
surveillance mixing hadn't health
NIOSH's office of occupational
saidthatalthough
| homerepair repairwork
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and
fmoaryexexapmopsleetheuser
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cleanup workers . * systematicstudy ofof these
hadn't
sanding otherconetraionsmembers
t, he household ,to
concentrations ofasbestos they made teh
levelsasbestos dusthigh
can-
significant
of
. enough to cause damage and thatwfoorukr had said , i aber Urged
cer deaths associated withsuch |
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meanwohiele meanwhile meanwhile 3. said
WarningsUrged
ot
more
. reported '.
; HEW
foundAnotherarm of HEWmeanwhile
sasid aid it
said The scientists spackling compounds ofthe
that even more
compounds
im-
compounds
:
found
alarming
a
a
studythatshowed
var
portant none warning
labelsor indications that
spackling am ious
compounds usoedfafsorbehsotomse recontained riecotntained
hazardous materialsThey
contained contain concentrations hazardous requiredwith :ficientto cause diseaseThe study by scien
such
such labels be
in-
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Medicine tists at Mount SinalSchoolof
ef-instructions
Mount Sinai studied theharmfulef- | The Mount
Sinai scientists
sponsible brake drum linings fects who saponbsiboleut .
New
York have asbestosvarious
occupations
ap
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sponsible
sponsiblieinnpartforthe The
Science publication peared recently in faor
of
had
noted that the Mount Sinai investigators
Advance Association the the American
Sp
determined that workersengaged in the |-
-= ment of Science
and
Association report David repair automobile . Exposure at Homeonthe
are -.| maintenance and
P. truck brake linings
to poten-
on
Commenting *
levels airborne hazardous asbestos of ~
Ralldirector of the National Institute of
tially
Environmental dust said interview in Health -;. Sciences said " *;
~ scientists
n
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the scientists findings the suggest of an These the possibility of One
of danger-
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significant thatparticularly during construc- significant
exposure
home
large amounts in mainte-
exposure ES by created large repair and exposure
during home construc- re Ok ous asbestos dust were
where the
asbestos lin-
tion work Additional by "
the Mount Sinai nanceofshtorupcsks and buses were ground to fit
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suggests that members of the en ings
drum or were resurfaced after |.
scientists occupants of . tire household or other
may the brake
..
use He said
changing asbestos
Rall Mr. other that the also inhale asbestos fibers
brak~ linings for automobiles was also dan-
added
mechanics usually use an
con gerous because
results alarming when C.
air hose to blow out the loose dust after re-
These the old lining = many *EGFale
+358 moving ca ;
t te ae t
* NIOSH estimated that many as 900,000
workers are.exposed to asbestos in the man-
. ufacturing andservicing of brake linings
and clutches most of whom are auto me
chanics The agency recommended as an
that repair shops.desig-shops.desig-
procedure interim
area for all brake and
segregated posted nate a
and that signs be
in
clutch
repairs those areas pointing out the dangers of as-
repairmen brake bestos dust It also said that
when doing such
should wear respirators
be
work and that strong vacuum cleaners
used to remove asbestos dust from
Bisse .
drums before working them
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