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tMW'i' M\ > Job-Safety Unit Sets J* Tough Rules for '76 t On Plants' Asbestos . j _____ 9 dr* *r 0i"0 H9*r*r* ^ 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 Fad* *<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 A**DCJO. * 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. II ij i: :i ii i, i! i! ]i i-- -- v l * / ' 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' %l*f By Bnuy Nnrut?i [ ViUlTairrieffOia [ 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> ter. . yj\r 03 M : USG-2I33 T