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/ rouNOto t*? THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES s April 26, 1968 Mr. K.E. Keuper, Engineering Division E.I. Dupont Company V/ilmington, Delaware Dear Mr. Keuper: The *Vew York Academy of Sciences has had a continuing interest in problems of health hazards in the asbestos insulation industry. Recent evidence suggests that while these hazards may be significant, conversely they may be sharply reduced or eliminated by appropriate remediable measures. The Academy's Division of Environmental Sciences is therefore convening a Working Croup on Insulation Industry Hygiene to consider the steps necessary to formulate an appropriate industrial hygiene program for this important industry. Experts from Industry,.Labor, Government and Academic Insti tutions will participate; Industry representatives will include leading executives of the Johns-Manville Corporation, the Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, the Certain-teed Products Corporation and others as well as representatives of the Quebec Mine Producers Association and the Insulation Distributor Contractors National Association; Labor repre sentatives will Include the President and appropriate staff members of the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, while Interested government agencies will include the United States Public Health Service and the United States Bureau of Mines. The Working Group will meet at the Academy on May 14, 1968 at 9 AM. It Is planned that the discussions will be completed by 5:30 PM; luncheon will be served at the Academy. The Academy Is honored to invite you to serve as a member of this Working Group, and to participate in the discussions concerning the development of a program for the removal of health hazards in the Insulation Industry. An outline is ' DUP 0900975 two Cast sixty-thiko stater, new new tonic loon. fHONt <:ih a\a-i>:. caw nyacsci SC-DP-02300