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FILE NAME: Asbestos Information Association (AIA) DATE: 1978 June 24 DOC#: AIA103 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Statement Issued by AIA Stating that Asbestos Represents No Health Risk to Public, with List of Companies Endorsing Said Statement ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 17 45 Jefferson Davis Highway. Crystal Square 4 Suite 509 Arlington Virginia 22202 1703) 979-1150 June 24, 1978 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Robert H. Mereness New York HI1too. Room 4344 (The following statement was Issued today by medical and Industry representatives of the International and U.S. Asbestos Industry Associations. More than 30 of those representatives are attending the "International Conference on Health Hazards of Asbestos Exposure" being held this week at the New York Hilton.) FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NEW YORK (June 24, 1978) -- Asbestos represents no health risk to the general public, an asbestos Industry spokesman said today. Medical studies have felled to indicate any increased health risk that Is not associated with occupational exposures, he said, end working environments of tha past cannot be related to the regulated conditions of today. Speaking for asbestos industry rapraaantativaa attending the conference on "Health Hazards of Asbestos Exposure," Thomas A. Dougherty' said the problems being discussed at the sessions reflect conditions that existed in the past. Dougherty Is President of the Asbestos Information Assoclatlon/North America. (ore) PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT AIA-129 140903 June 24, 1978 Page 2 "Although we are seeing disease cases today that resulted from past exposures when little was k-ovn about the hazards, there is strong evidence that workplace controls instituted by the industry and as a result of Federal regulations have brought the problem under control, Dougherty said. "Asbestos is only one of many naturally-occurring substances that in some circumstances can produce disease In humans," said Dougherty. "With all these materials, there are levels of exposure that do not produce disease -- levels at which there is no adverse effect on humans. This is the ease with asbestos," he said. Dougherty emphasized that asbestos health concerns are confined primarily to occupational and occupationally-related environments. "Thepe has been no demonstrated risk to the public from the proper use of asbestos-containing products," Dougherty said. "The contention that very short exposures to asbestos can result in a health hazard are misleading. Time, duration and level of exposure must be considered before any valid Judgment of risk can be made," he said. "Medical research Indicates that there Is a dose-response relationship In the development of asbestos-related disease." (more) 140904 The following companies and trade associations have endorsed this s tatement: A-Best Products Company Abex Corporation Aeroquip Corp/Gustin-Bacon Div. Alsop Engineering Amatex Corp. American Biltrite Inc. (AMTICO) American Public Transit Asn. American Trucking Asn. Asbestos/Cement Pipe Producers Asn. Asbestos Textile Institute Atlas Asbestos Co.(California) Auto-Friction Corp. Automotive Parts Rebuilders Asn. Baltimore Air Coil Co. Beaver Industries, Inc. Bird & Son, Inc. Borg-Warner Corp.(Borg & Beck Div.) Breiner Co. Brown Insulating Systems Brunswick Fabricators, Inc. Cellulo Co. Cement Asbestos Products Corp. Certain-teed Products Corp. Chemical Sealing Corp. Congoleum Industries, Inc. David Fabricators of N. Y . , Inc. Fluid Sealing Asn. Foseco-Minsep , Inc. Friction Materials Standards Institute GAF Corp. Garlock, Inc. Gatke Corp. General Dynamics Corp. Gibson-Homans Inc. Grant Wilson,Inc. Gulf States Asphalt Co. Gypsum Drywall Contractors Intern'1 Haveg Industries, Inc. Hollingsworth & Vose Co. Industrial Safety Equipment Asn. International Fiber Inc. Jim-Walter Research Corp. Johns-Manville Corp. Karnak Chemical Corp. Kentile Floors Inc. Lamons Metal Gasket Co. Latex Fiber Industries Lipe-Clutch Products Corp. Lukens Chemical Corp. Mannington Mills, Inc. Maremont Corp. Markham Corp. Milchem, Inc. Molded Materials Company Monsey Products Co. Munters Corp. National Asn. of Cement Board Fabricators National Asn. Friction Materials National Asn. Plastics Distributors National Electrical Manufacturers Asn. (Laminating Division) National Friction Products Corp. National Gypsum Company National Insulation Contractors Asn Nicolet, Inc. Norplex Div. (U.O.P.) North American Asbestos Corp. PPG Industries (Chemical Div.) Palmer Asphalt Co. Plastics Engineering Co. Quality Gasket & Mfg. Co. Raybestos-Manhattan, Inc. Resilient Floor Covering Institute Resinoid Corp. Rostone Engineering Corp. Royal Industries Shipbuilders Council of America Southern Asbestos Co. Stanhope Products Co. Supradur Manufacturing Corp. Synthane-Taylor Corp, Thiokol Corp. Tremco, Inc. Trumbull Asphalt Co. Union Carbide Corp. Uvalde Rock Asphalt Co. Vermont Asbestos Group Wagner Electric Corp. Western Slate Co. Wisconsin Gasket & Manufacturing Co 141880 141881