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FILE NAME: Friction Materials Standards Institute (FMS) DATE: 2002 DOC#: FMS071 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Mr. Weaver's Address to Annual Meeting -Asbestos and the Friction Material Industry, Pg. 1 Aug"30"02 10:26am FroirGORDON REES *4159868054 T-033 P.01/08 F-394 Assist-s .wd toe r a ie n t ssqynq: Mr I* d ^oav*? of Xaybestos~:ianhactan, Inc, tuba serves as Chairman of che Friction ;lacerials Standards Inacicute Asbestos Study Committee addressed the Annual '!etership Meeting of the Institute. Mr, Weaver's address was delivered in 7ail, Colorado on Wednesday morning, lime 27, IS 72. Mr, Weaver's address follows: When Ed (anelane) asked m to attend your annual meeting last year, I had to decline, which may have been just as well in vi*w of the confused status of both OSSA and EPA regulations at the time* Ibis year chiappare only slightly less confused, but l orn glad to be able to be here anyway co atcaapt to fulfill my responsibUinta# in reporting to you m your Asbestos Study Coanictee Chairman, father than present a detailed statement covering Committee activities for the year* l should like to use *y teine to review some at the ore controversial and confused elegants of the Federal Asbestos Seguistiera*, ani jive rteoo^endatiiPia as co what X think th stana* af the friction Materials Induscry should be in regard to them. a. lieu of * detailed report covering the past year* activities, I have prepared a page and a half sunraary of the Committee's work fro* June '72 thru. June 1, 1973* Mr. Priai will circular topics of this suassary to anyone ht may be interested in it, and if any of yon have questions or reeoowmdatioas concerning our pest work or future intentions, please feel free to bring ehea up here, or if you prefer, transmit then to Ed far our review lacer* Probably the aingle most significant event that occurred during the past year on the subject of asbestos twwrd was the meeting of the neecnatlonal Agency for fiesearch on Cancer that was held *t lyon, Prana last 3ccabr. This meeting was attended by mere than a hundred .and thirty medical researchers and representative# of government, industry and labor fro virtually every nejotf asbestos consuming or producing country in the world, For four days intensive sessions on asbestos were held by three different panels, each mode up of ten to weary-five of the forecast medical and scientific experts operating in the various fields of ashestasHtmafch research. Following the meetings the committees issued a combined report on asbestos cancers, I think Che following five Iteas sunaarize their moat important conclusions: (l) All major commercial types of asbestos can cause cancer. (2) Cvidenc* suggests that excess luuft caacat is not detect able then occupational exposure has been lew. (Just what is ausane by ''low" was not stated.) cv'j a T t / . i