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FILE NAME: Shipbuilders Council of America (SHIP) DATE: 1970 Dec 8 DOC#: SHIP066 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo to Mr. Hood RE Council Participation Mt. Sinai Environmental Health Services Studies - Asbestos Usage PLAINTIFF'S.E EXHIBIT g j*. ' SBCA15023 |5 u ______ _________________________ -- -----------' D ecem ber 8, 1970 MEMORANDUM FOR: M r. Hood Subject: Council P articipation in M i. Sinai Environm ental Health Services Studies - A sbestos Usage. ( A s is known by previous discussions and from rep o rts, the Council is cooperating with and baa designated H arry Howard, Bethlehem Steel to be its representative in deliberations conducted by D r. Selikoff and A ssociates, D ivision of Environm ental H ealth Studies, M ount Sinai School of M edicine, City U niversity of New York in m atters concerning asbestosis and a s s o c ia te d d is e a s e s in sh ip y a rd s. T his m em o ran d u m 13 p re p a re d fallowing discussions with D r. Duncan Holaday, Industrial Hygiene Engi neer on the staff of D r. Seiikoff this date, with the purpose of sucienctly stating v/hat this involvm ent is about. Fox over twenty years D r. Seiikoff has interested him self in m edichl problem s resulting from the use of asbesto s. Having established to his satisfaction that asbestos can be dangerous to health and in the absence of _ a suitable substitute, health safeguards m ust be em ployee, in O ctober of this year and ad hoc com m ittee cam e into being w ith the expressed pur pose of p re p a rin g a '`R ecom m ended P ra c tic e s M anual fo r A sb e sto s H andl ing in Shipbuilding and Ship R epair". On this com m ittee a re representatives from the producing industry (Johns-M anvilfee), the Navy, B ureau of Labor, Labor Unions, N ational Insulation C ontractors A ssociation and our Council along with the Mount Sinai study group. TThhee M ount S inai study g ro u p is funded by o rg a n iz e d la b o r and a sb e sto s producers {mainly Johns-M anviH e). It is the hope of D r. Holladay, a retired public health 3ervi<.e officer and principal staff oiffneerron the project to com plete the draft of the m anual in late January. We w ill be given the opportunity to review its contents. Publication date is planned for E ebruary-M arch. This ia the end of thia project with the exception of possible follow-up for changS3 in the "state of the a r t" . The m an u al w ill not be co n cern ed w ith in cid en ce o d is e a s e , case h isto ries of im proper procedures, etc. It w ill attem pt only to provide recom m endations for b est usage in resp ect to h azard s. It is being developed as a p ractical tool by p ractical au th o rs. It is not being p rep ared under airy ;% g o v ern m en tal a g e n c ie s , V*e w ill have the o p p o rtu n ity not only of rev iew ing " the w ork but distributing it to interested p arties as a public aerivee under \ ( (' z the g ra n ts to M i. Sinai to p riv ate in d u stry (sh ip y a rd s) a t no c o st. Mo public fanfare is program m ed or d esired in this undertaking by ths Mount Sinai group. I R. K. M sreneas IlIi I j I(i ftt \ i V l .* \