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On Plants' Asbestos . j
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WAiKJHCTON - Tt* OceujMlUuui Sagtly
and Health Administration announced laugh fi
curw m aiMire* n planu, but ga.ee em- f
ptoyer* four
t comply^
The nfw lUMinf wli! l!r.!l CMerBUiiiOAi *
#< iiMttM In Uw vm4 place 1a Urt BMB *
p*r cubic ccmimtur at oif beginning July I,
Ht*. the areney aarmnisienng Uii
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*<ll Jab Safety Uur till
U&iA UK, the ub**^ lUndutd will rt* .
man tire tu>r* per cuotc centimeter. That
(ha "cmcffcncy" iiMatrd impoud by Ute *
ereacy lul December uiacr prenure ttota tbc 1
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Hu* Inhela.dan at aabrstoo Has been linked ,
U a numr ot human a<wuc(.
Thi lU/idinii lor Mbtuw irprcinU A Um*-r*ighl*d ivtrifi over otghl linuri. flu*,
mniflf July 7. 1972, mmiioi concentration*
aren't to aaecad 10 libera pet cubic centimeter
of air at any time during (he ehl-hour penod.
Tne emergency standard currently In t^cel
hasn't any aucb upper ILsvil--only the* average of live libera.
CertrnmaAl amirree aaJd <M lour-y**r delay m effecting the nv siandani vu it per mit employers in heaign ayeivmd ta eaiml ae< beaioe. imposing ui imuv UmiU mara rapidly
mold iiivi encouraged employer* ta comply by aimpiy rotating voratri during an eigne, hour work turn or providing protective breath ing devices. (ovtmmtnt expert* believed.
, . .Tne environmental Protection Agency ItX December banned opm*air epraylng of aibei* | tne (ireproofing and tmuiedon and required to- .
I duatry to *r liUrra to G)in any gaic* pro* suced In (he mining, milling and manufactur
Iing of rniUMU containing aaoeetat.
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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
`TJhe Bodies Are in the Street'
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By Bnuy Nnrut?i
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HCW YORK--A* Joirph Uanno'i (u tu<| Ooa an the frtngo cl lianhanan'c Spanun H*r Urn* (hr proven method of cleaning an old brake aaacrobly goer tUr Uuit h>U oi( (Jte wheel. aim an au* has* at lha oposed port* aod blow (he dual ouL
A cloud ot brown dust Imrtilly (\m ngM Into (he mechanics* Ueu, aaya Mr. Maruu. Bul H dMin't bother (ma. "Vt jot maxis and everything,- Mr. Mart** ahnigs. "Ru guy* don't tiw them. WMl Ia hell.**
What the mechanics don't teem to know-- Hkc Owwuadi of other mechanic*--l* Uiat the brawn dust la atngcroua. Brake luungs are
made of asbestos. And If a mechanic breathe*
In enough dull from iha woraaul lutings ti could eventually Mil hio.
* The lethal quality of ttay. irvdevmicObta a*> bcatoe librrs lliat lodge la Iha lung u wU biwarn. Widely publicised sruoiaa by Dr. Irwig Seltkott of the Mount tinai School at Medicine lead Mm ta predict (hat at the toumle 2SO.ODO aiMilai industry wwnn (Oder, about *3.000 will die unneceuanly cl occupational cancer. "In (Ha neat JO to 13 year* vt will enter Utc asbretoe cancer era." aaya Or. ScliboU. "TJua Lj one of the great ditaaterr a/ cur time.**
Jtaxards lor Other*. Toe
Th aabeitoa tndutcry L *U a~'*rr ot the
problem and la taking action to coai&u (t,
though rriuct say the atep* aren't at drastic at
the situation demands. Uut a*bUo* tnduttry
worker* aren't lac only one* vno aiignc fan
prey* to the lung cancer* and oii*r oiirain Cu?ed by the minetaf* trnvaUftr fitxct, {(**
likely Uat mtfdona of worker* m aiiur toaus-
(nr* Using asoeua*. libera could be aflrciett. i
well
ordinary people who nave came into
contact won aaocaw* m the aimoapnere ympa uta moat trsyie (art ta trut for
tho> who have lrtady been *ufnc*Miv <v
poaed. Changes in
and kiandsebi ol
aa(.a^'-<u u- -- (."clui-cg a arc get ir.Tau.*TrAi
yesterday by In* Depanment ol Labor--are
meaning1**4. Jt l*>r at biuit a v )r*ra
n*r tn< fait trpoaure lor a*b**to*'f*Utcd d>*
oa*e* to buriart. Control* munuuo nav wiii
taded bhv an attecl. but not for deride*
Harry bailey t* one ruin who tn t luriv lo
rthd much aaiac* in uu new tiaooaro*. ifr.
BaUey Uni an ajbtaloa *orxrr, H`i a brin-
ta>ea In a Mobil Oil Carp, refinery aron,to/
Iht Delaware Hirer Cn P*uUboro. N.J. He riu
bern w-orkmg at the plant for 3J >c*ni. and
every year he has gone (o the company rtiedi*
cal department for s rneit .\-#a)'.
'"They never aaid mere ** anuthihg uror.g
with me.** says 3-v*r-oid itr. Baory. and In
deed he has inik* far developed no outward
symptoms, but lev rr.c.Vr^ aio he anU (a
ulher waraeci from the rrlmem* ent la .Muunt
Lunil for an tcsminauoo, and ovrrn- on* of
them prvveJ >o h-ve aramd iuu.g-d alrn ol
di(trWa*. a ftonnialig nsnt lung duiuf.
(.Mobil has refuved to iriraue hi* medical n-r*
orj* lo ihr N*iv York doctors, lie. b-aitrr *#.
Tne ramp-iny dretmes to comment on loe aut>
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