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WAiKJHCTON - Tt* Occupation*! Shfely and KeaJth AdmtnlatraCJu announced lough fi Mv euro* on ajMiro* tn plants, but gar* cm* f ptoyer* four years -to comply..
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lUMinf wli! l!r.!l cenerfttritloAS *
#< iiMttM In Uw vm4 plnro 1a tirt fiber* *
p*r cubic ctmimtur at oir beginning July I,
Hid. the ar*ney aoimnuiervng Uii mc Fed* .
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mam ftve fibers ptr cubic centimeter. That *
Uto 'amergrncy** ounoard impoud by the *
arcocy lul December under prefture from (be 1
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Txt Inhalation of asfcrsioa H*J been linked , U nuittDtr ot Human d<wu<(.
The lU/idinii lor Mfttnw represent a
tim*w(icni(4 ivtrifi over tghl linuri. flu*,
<uniA( July 7. 1972, mmiiqi cnneaniratiaai
aren't td *csd 10 fiber* per cubic centimeter
at air at any time during lh* *i*nl-hour panod.
Tne emergency atandard currently In ettccl
haan'1 any sued upper ILsvil--only (he* average of five fibers.
CertrnnuAi aaurree aaJd 1M l*ury**r
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delay m effecting tha n<v eiandanf vm in permu employer* In daaign ayeiemd la emiret **beaioe. Imposing in* new UmlU fnora rapidly
would Rave encouraged employer* to comply by aimpiy rotating workers during an ignc.
Rour work turn or providing protective presid
ing devices. fovtmmtAt expert# believed.
, . .Tnc environmental Protection agency laM
December banned opm-afr spreytng of aibei| tne (ireproofing and tmuiedon and required t. .
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I duatey to v*v tiUrra to clean any golev pro* suced In me mining, milling and manufactur
Iing of rniUMU containing asontat.
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Perilous Particles Tiny Asbestos t ibers Pose a Health Threat To Workers and Public r
Long Exposure Can Result j In Lung Disease, Cancer:
Industry Seeks Solutions
`The Bodies Are in the Street'
By Blur Nrmian
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HEW YORK--JU Joaepn Uanno'i (U at*-]
Oetk an the frtaro of Manhattan*e SpanuR HatUm, (hr proven fflcVud of cleaning an old brake saictably goat tUr Uus; Hull off Utc
aant an air has* at in* opoacd part*
aod blow Uta duac ouu
A rioud ot brown dust imrliiiy flm ngM
Into tn mechanics* Ucaa. a*ya Mr. Marino. Bui II doowi'l bother Iaib, **Wo jo* maaka and vvrythmg," Mr. Marino shrugs. "Ttu guy*
. don't uh Uicm. WMl La# hU.**
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What (he enechantea don't teem {a know--
like thouuMi of pUicr oircharucrwU Uitf the brown duit U dangerous. Urate luonci art
made of oadratoa. And If a mechanic breathe*
In enough dull from iho voreaul fioiAga U could eventually Mil him.
* The lethal duality ai day. |rvfmucObla >* hmiu libera that lodg# u in* lung u well known. (Widely pwbticiaad ruuu by Dc. Irvutf 9Uka(f of Ihc Mount bail School of klrtuctn* lead bun l predict that of the couml* SUjODO aibolae Industry wawn looey, about 11,000 uUl du UAneccaaanly cl occupation*! cancer.
"In the neat >0 lo 72 year* vt will euer Utc abeats* cahccr ra." ay* Dr. Sclibolf. "TTuj. Lm on* of the great disaster* ai eur Umr.** _
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Itaxarda lor Other*. To*
- Th aabcfloc tnduiery L *eU or.-*nr of the
problem and la taking aeuon to combat tt,
(hough crIUca aay the step* aren't * drastic aa
the utuation demanoa. Uut aaoetioa tnautfry
uorkerv aren'e iac only one* vno anight fall
prrf to the lung cancer* and olv*r oiicaira
Cu?e<f by the mner imuufil
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likely U*il million* of vorwen m atner maua-
tnn tutng asoetLoa libera covtd be allec:d. ai
Kell rai/itry people vno have come into
contact won uactut ia the aimaapnere y<nup* tn* moit tragic |*et u uui for
lh> Kho have already oren aulhcitMiv ct-
poied. changea in procedure* and aiandatoi el
a*ca'a u. --L'clui-i" a arc* get i.vraiL-ir-'i
yeiirroiy by In* Drpanment ol Labor--are
mienufiru, ft Ue* as ni*nv u w )rara
an*r the f>rii erpoaur* lor a*oato`relaktd d>-
***( to aurtacc. Control* uuututed now wiii
lAd**d have kh tiled, but not lor decade* Harry bailey (< one ruan afta un t llavlv lo
find Bsuch aoiaca (n uu new auooarda. Mr.
BaUey Uhl on aabtaloa vorxrf. He's a brick-
(*)* In x klobil Oil Carp, rrlmery alone*ide
the Dclauan Hirer Cn PauUboro. N.J. He nu
oern u-orauig at (hr p<am lot 12 >can. and
every year he haa gone to (he company imdi
cat department lor a rnnt .\-ea)'.
'"Tney never said mere oaa h>Uuhg uror.g
*itn me.** aaya ii-veor-ouj iir. Batiey. and In
deed he baa ihua iar developed no ouiuard
ayrnpiomt. but a lew rr.cn'r^ aio he end la
u'jver Koraert Irom Iac rriinen* cent to MbuM
Imal lor cn cvjminauoo, and avrn' one of
them prvvtJ lo h^v< acarrsd u*.-a aign ol
dipeiWki.*. a nonnialif nant tuny duexai.
(Mobil has re/u*rd lo iriraie hjt nirdiral r.-r.
arja lo ihr .\n* Vorv doeton. air. tunre *#,
Tnr romp-my dectmta to comment on lu aul-
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