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A/C Pipe Producers Association Executive Committee J:F. Welch, Vice President L?ijBjCT State of Arizona - News Articles on Asbestos Action Required: Review for information Inferno! Correspondence ^eptember 28, 1982 Vi Brown & Bain, AACPP special counsel in Arizona, reported that on September 12-16, the Arizona Republic (the State's largest newspaper) ran a fivepart investigative series on asbestos. Only a very small part of the series was devoted to A/C water pipe (see enclosure). The comments of the Phoenix Water and Sewer Department could not have been more positive. Special counsel will monitor the impact of the series, particularly in the Phoenix area where the Assistant Director of Water Operations was interviewed by Republic reporters. No contacts will be made with City officials unless so requested by member companies. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to call. JFW/ccw Enclosure cc: A. Kahn, Esq. Paul F. Eckstein, Esq. (w/o end) AIA/NA copies: L. Ambler L. Taylor J. Cran 0172092801 Chrono CAPCO JEN 0012376 nnnufacturera of asbes-*. . Apparent U.S.* consumption " "j .0 seek recovery of the-'-- of asbestos fibers (thousands of'tons)*- j . That, course of action '- -, ...................... d by'-. U.S>;`Attomey nr* French Smith-in a---, *' *k-"- 1' BBT.1-. .856' *V;^.".rr ......... - ,.j. d report to Congress in i: ttion ."ofasbestos- in--: s only to. elementary.? ools. It.says nothing.", and universities.1" studentsih"ASU's-lSv-rnita -HalL`-.are -"being:," zm bestos fibers;from the/k ways, dormitory rooms'?? /ilWI'a-WS' 1973U-1974 .1975 jiff'.JlA'BJ AnnurAnt rrmumnlion tn tl.fi. nrf>ri : are within, easy, reach^'t; d show signs"of damage?-: s. Tests' of the ceiling'?* EM/TEC Laboratories'.*^ 191 76 : 1977 . -197' 8* i.v i-- ,Kee Rash/Repubiic ~ prcyett^^^yUe^n^ona; kspor^icMd laxT^ ^ refea8fr flbc.The" ties at; ASUp.said. he EPA, for example,.requires aflbers rdso caii',be" loosened " by there is asbestos m.the contractor .to -notify-rdocal. health -- ' - -- anzanita-tHeraaid i no plans: buildings of. :ave been-usedliVb'.g-;';,_____ o__ __________ ^_______ _ .... ______ tarded residents-of the' Si Department of HealthBervices,' basVk; .^asbestos has been'.found in the city's ling Progranf dso<are'jiinq'recordofanysuch"notiOcationforV-kwater but that "there is.no evidence., ibeJs3tLo0s3-i-nU-1t-htneeiirr cdlaassss**rri^;GuoooadaSaamm*aritan;-j'i^,^?>'t:^- --.i.-,;^-'ij..th9tit.is harmful. rooms kand -.-living ;.5'?-.-Terry ,-1Melot, head -, of : Arizona. -.--Researchers,' -" however; ,1afe-co'n-" r_:=., .~-U.r. :.'--iki,B. oiler4 }In\c!\ -[ wluch. -r*v./-:"cefhed about possible health risks of- - i official foimd asbes-^xnoved the boilers and water pipes at l 'ingoing asbestos. They'note "that Tucson land Phoenix^Good .Samaritan, said all required _ asbestos-cement pipe has been used years ago and recom-.-^safety precautions were taken during.;-:;,, the United States for . about t be removed. But the .v the work. He said he asked county 40- years, which is not -long enoug-h f-or jected budget requuests "fair-poilmlutuion-contiroil ofinficialis boy trelje- the death patterns to that 1981 for more than -. ph' one ?i'f*th' ey wan"ted' written notifi-- wou]d show whether it causes cancer, remove the' materiel. . cation before the demolition started -- id they were uncertain-"and-was told that- - wouldn't: he r;: In the meantime, many companies evels of asbestos expo- ;necessary. " have decided not to take a chance on '.dings pose a hazard. ;'Evans said 'it's "possible" that '-'- whether ingestion;of asbestos causes Department of Eco--";-Melot was advised incorrectly" about -" disease. . . . . _c:...' -... ,y, which-operates the1 what" the law requires.'But Evans Asbest once ` , rs, decided m June to .isn t par icularly concerned about it --'filtering material for beer, wine and' rmarked for budding Asbestos emissions during demob- "fru;t juices> ,but its "use has been o remove the asbestos, -tion, he said, pose no major health pbased out by severai compm\es ;n 11 take two years.. -.hazard." He said the EPA placed favor of other materials." lings containing asbes-i;." controls on demolition merely as^a;_ ' olished or renovated; - `.`precautionary'.' measure. y '.'t.'-' Itniay well be impossible to escape can be spewed over The EPA disaaggrreeeess.'.-'--. "-O'- J endanger anyone who-_r '"The regulations are there "for a around. . - "purpose; they are there to protect the unaritan Medical Cen- - public," said John A. Todhunter,. ripped open the rear of. - assistant EPA administrator. %ini!iyt0leTe^":- Although inhaling "asbestos has t .*i oth . teen proven to caGse cancer, the effects of ingesting it are unknown. from.-asbestos. It's in submarines beneath the sea and in missiles in outer space. It's in the skyscrapers of New York City and in the remote reaches of California's Sierras. It has - been mined in Grand Canyon Na tional Park. . . -Gov. Bruce Babbitt, a geologist, few yards from the' Asbestos is in drinking water. recalls exploring those mine shafts and picking up hunks of the mineral. ;iifs were being wheeled Nationwide, about 200,000 miles of a hallway. The door to asbestos-cement pipes are used to 7 "I have subsequently learned that king the hallway was deliver tap water to consumers. you don't go wandering through liratory Therapy.' Nearly three-fourths- of Phoenix's those tunnels breaking off pieces of federal regulations are. _water-pipe system is made of asbes-. asbestos without wearing a mask," he jirotect the public and tos cement The pipe is common in "said last month. asbestos emissions dur-_ cities throughout the West because it Next: Workers -- "time bombs." CAP CO JEN 0012377