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FILE NAME: Avondale (AVD) DATE: : DOC#: AVD1 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTIOEWZ PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT SBCA 5081 FHOM SH!Pi30fLDERS COLJr!Clr OF M'liERlC;\ 600 f''.[\'.1 HM,IPSf!IRE AVE., N. W. V.'ASHlM~TON, D. C. 2(Y)3I THE HEALTf I HA? /\nDs OF ASRl:Sl OS IN INDUSTRY AND TO 1 HE Gf:NEllAL PU[~LIC WI LL BE XMA!Nf=f) !tJ "ARC NE\\1S CLOSFUP - ASBESTOS TH:: W/\Y r O DUS"fY DEATll" Of\1 JULY 14 Aslle~tos, as the biti~iest indust, ial ki!IL:r in history which will claim hundmus of thou~ar,cJ:.. of l1v2s before the wrn of the century, will oe examined in the invt;stigative, hour-lonfJ docurrwntmy sriccial. "/\[W l'~\:\v:; C\l)S,:ur> - /\:-:.bcsto~. The Way to Dusty 0E-'alh," nirin~1 FRIDAY, JULY 14 (10.00 1i :00 p.,n . [ !) i ). on !11..: ADC Televis1on Network "/\RC N('\\.'S Closeup Ash0 sto::; The W2.y 10 Dusty Dc0tl1" reveab oriu,n;:il investi(rit1v~ matcrictl sho\.:niJ tk1t the U.S. N<1vy and other fGcieral agencies kne 1N long auo about the haz.J,ds of asbcsto'.; but ic1d.: ,i tu c1ct. Tlw correspc,n::ient 1s ABC Ne\\'S Sc1oncE:: Editor Jule:; Bergmun. In PJtc1 son, N J. - fo1 mer home of the Un1rn1 Asbostos and Rubber Co V'.'hich rnad8 ;;<;be;:;tos prti Jy b fur Arnt:1 ic ;i;1 s'11p<, duri11g WorlJ War I!, arid whC:!rc vsb1istos vvorkers ha'/8 been stucJ1f:cl morP tii(1ro11~Jlily til::m <JJ1ywhPrr els~~ in the nation - ab,.iut 22 p8rcl:r1t of those workers have already clled ,A c,:nr rr or otl1rr vsb":Jstosrcli:!Wd cf1scasr~s. an:l 35 pur,.:c.:nt of their family n1ernbcrs have lung abriorn1::ilitic.s 8.irb:ir,, Gurrie, a 3!}-vem-olcl mother, rc'.cuntly h,1cl a lung rernoved bocr1use of mc:sc.tJ1el10:na, th:! r,,u, ch:Hy of ,bb::sto~ c..anu:rs. Barburct's contact with usb<::sto;, wcis indir'Jct. Her fatl1er, an in:.ulato, at a ,.~,..-; :,'HJS':tts sl1ipvarcl, b1c1t.JDlit home <Jsbestos dust on his workc\othus Her fathl':'r died of lunG ccinr:,:;~. 1;,, ,(i' 11 :1011,:: hl\\:d h::1 mother /\sbc:stos cl1s1-~as~, when ori<1inolly <ktect(:c!, is irrevcrsih!,::, lcJ,'111u its f 1;111kl1n [1100\....:, ,1 frnrner footb,dl pic111cr with Geor~1.:i T<ch's Yellow )otkets - ccH1t1c1ctcJ 1!,:,,i1!1,:l1u1111 t~w1 y1:c1rs i-l{l-1 /\s c.1 tr.unng:.r, 110 v\Js r111 vsbe:,tos ;vorl:cr to hol rav his -.voy tko1JQ!1 colic:~,':. r~li1.. hti suifors f10m seve1\.1 pain in his lunJs and sh1)rtr1ess of tHcc1th, and soon wit\ requite o>:y9c:n; he h::!5 on/, a :-.hurt time tu live. For Franklin, 20 ysars passf:d before he sa.v the grim conscqu2nces of the "dcarJ:y Mon, tt1cin 30 v~ms ago, Frank Cullen, worked with c.Jsb,:stos ~1s a boil..;rmaker in the nilV'/ during Wr 1r:d Wilr l I Hr Ir.ft thv navy a-ftcr the w,ir and 111:v0r a1pin worked with c.1shestos, but in 1977 devt-::o,i;~d ,,:, L,,~.or1t1ollaulc c-outih -- mcsothc!ioma. Ho is rcr,dercd :Ii wuvt~ thJt he "cc1n't even take the tnp off J Celt:,.:;) bottlr " Mr Cullen undr:rgocs chcniotrierapy trcatmc-:nts for one week every month c\t Mo int Sin::H H1,;,1t<1I 111 r~ew York, thr' nJtion's leJdin] ct:ntLi: for ashesto:c: ~elated discc1s,~s. Dr. Selikoff. Director of tr, r 1,v1umnri11ta\ Scif:nus l ahorJtory nt Mount S1n:11, s.:iys of mcisrithn\iorn;y "S\l far, tht' only C:1,::se \' , , '" ,,._. ftli 11 ;,, :1c;\,""tCl," Mcsotl1c:lior1,:1, n(Jw rl'!,1tivc!IV u1mrnrH1, onrt' \\'JS r<1rr'. Sr!ihJff pxpL11n,. 'Tror,, /\GC NEWS CLOSEUP -- 2 "Frank Cullen," Corrcspondc11t Oergrnc1n states, "1s dt>tply in debt ... the Veterans /\:J:~11nistrJt10n he:.-- denied his claim for cornpens8tion, saying tw ctin't pro-.'u tl1ct h1~ tllincss ct1rnc from his ~'.:r,1;cc rlurir.g Wurid \\'c11 II. Ht: is the victim of rHl i11diffe1ent nnvy ... '' At the MJ;P Island N_ivv Yard north ur San tf,HV"I',( 0, th,! llrllOII'-. l10t \hr, nz11; ,)r(dr,: cJ f[Jr a stud1' h\ Dr r11i111p Pol1kl)ff, an ocrnp.!tiom! hc:ilth :,'.l(irv!1.t fro,n Ht.:rh!:1:y, Cal1fcJr11cJ. /Jr. hii,f 'Jf f C''.:n:in,.I l:=-ti s!1iry~1rd worL('rs ;ind foll1l'! th;it !is-) r,r!1c,111t ilc1,l lunJ ,dJ111.,rrr,,il1til..,. Ac;bec;tr,', 111c1y nlso br c1 prohl:,n, tu tlie ucnfrt1I r,1ip1rlz1t1C.Hl. "/\BC Ncvv:, Clu,1:up /\)J'':,tri:., 1,,,~ W,1,,, to Du::.ty nr1c1~h" e>..c1mi11rs the dfcctc; of ,1sb0~to:; in bui1dinu cor,st1uction, and ~Joe:i to Y, :,; U11i:c;r::,1ty \vlw:h rus sprnt $75n,ooo to rcmovt:' the c,mccr-c;:1usirio rnirwrrd from it::, rnocl0rn, rcc1.:ntly rnr1structr:J Arts a,,,J Arct:1wcturr Build1n~1. The pru;iram also c>:p:ort;S the ho,ards of c1sbr.sto'> in auto,robllc: br.:1L:c l1rnn0s. which lr.1.:wr tom of the clcaclly powc!r.r 011 thr nation's r0c1rlwc1ys Dr. Pc1tll Knt1n, Med,crd Director 2nd s~n1or V:cL Prosider1t of Johr1s M,mv1lle Corr,r:,;_,ny, whos:: products contain asb<Jstos, responds to the focl,nal ~3ov:Jrnmm1t's attempts to tighten ind 1Jstrici! standards for a3bestos particles in the air: ''Govcrnrnant experts have br:-en wrong bGfore, and th2yre \;rong now." Cur rLs;x)nc.iont Bcrf!m[m asks Katin, "Didn't vo,, or;~-:i sav tht1re v;as no such th1119 2.:, 2 safo le:vt:I of ex;,,)c.,ir(: for anv cc1rcin00cn 1" Dr Kot1n ''I sure cl:cl, ,me! I s<1id it as part of tile S.,r~J-.f, Gr.:ncrtil':, coni;,,:tt,:,' in 1q70 .. I \Jt1r.~s I'll tell vc,u I'm sn,"rk: nllw" Dr Kotm I'.. forrncr llr~:J'.l of::,;; r,Jdt1<;11,:! l11-,i1f,1k Clf f 11v1rornnc'11t,il I lr~1l!l1 Scn'i<..,~ (Nlf HS), 1:1r: quw1r11.1\:11t'~ top envirorim,!ntal r :cdtl1 bed/. Ti1e cL1c.t!n:,.-~1tc11y a:so ex,1111in2s wilJt tll'. 1 11J\ / 1s uoin~i to control asbestos us:.:. /..,rncrn9 ti12 f1:,,!,:,~:-' a r1.1V\' ~i1rv,'y of 1111 sl11'., !fl tilt! Atlantic. flu1t 11vc<1I::, tli<1t Wi pcrc.1!rit c:mriot corr/; v1ith t:1;.; Pt,1' l h'.. "; b tlw pro:hicc'r of "ARC hlc:ws Clci,: "i, /\~h~tr,_, T!1r: WJV to D.1.,ty 0::.:111 ,. " P,,r,Wld 11111 I', F,.,., llli'!n Pro,l'.IC','t or /\f~C ~\',;, T(;i, v,~.l(Ji\ [)uru111r;11ldlll,'.,, H,c,h_,,,,; l11d1t1;f 15