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6:^Tr 42 Mr. C. F. Bien Linden H. J. Holloway ^ Corporate Environmental Engineering Linden ASBESTOS STUDY uAT June 3, 1970 Mr. G. F. Dappert - N. Y. Mr. W. Darrell - N. Y. Mr. W. R. Foote - N. Y. Mr. H. B. Johnson - SBB Mr. H. R. Mesler - N. Y. Mr. D. L. Neil - N. Y. EED Files - Linden PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 05359a> The attached is for your information. It is expected that in the near future operations involving asbestos will come under close scrutiny by Departments of Health at all levels of government. Jd Attach. H./j. Holloway 7 I L rJ>~T n k7 PLAINTIFFS EXHIBIT uui/~OQ9?/u ^Defendant's exhibit ;- NEWARK STAR LEDGER. May 24, 1970 Burning issue: Asbestos linked to lung cancer By PETER BERNSTEIN UM>CM|ir WtuiMtfM lurtiu oral or state standards regu lating asbestos emissions into WASHINGTON -- Medical the air. evidence linking lung cancer The Federal Pollution Con lo asbestos- particles in the trol Agency, which sponsored air is becoming a matter of the Litton report, has veun- mounting concern lo the i traded a team of top scien National Air Pollution Con- tists' to conduct a six-month trul Administration. "crash program" on* the as in their hands is a 27- bestos problem, with orders volumc report completed bv to develop methods to moni Luton Industries warning that tor and control pollution. Miimj.s adverse health efleets havc**aJready occurred as a result uf human expo sure to asbestos and 23 other pollutants -- pollutants for which no control programs art* planned for many years. Results of the study by the National Academy of Engi neers and the National -Aca demy of Science are due Sept. JS. The Litton report, complet ed last September under a $235,000 federal grant, said: "Asbestos is an air pollu tant which carries with it Die potential for national or worldwide epidemic of Jung .ancer. But once armed with the results, federal officials can make only limited use of them. They are empowered under the landmark Air futil ity Act of 1307 to issue cri teria for state officials to use in setting emission standaids for asbestos and other pollutants. But they cannot "Abcstos bodies have been observed in random autopstea of one-fourth to one-half regulate pollution from as bcsto*. unless a state a. them - to intervene. <>f the population of Pitts However, the Nixon Ad burgh, Miami, and San Fran ministration has asked Con cisco, and will probably be gress to amend the air quality found in* the people of every act lo allow the government large city . . . The effects of to set national emission stand the abcstocs being inhaled ards for asbestos and other today may not be reflected health - impairing conl.nni- in the general population nams. until the 1930s or the next century." Asbestos particles are a common pollutant, especially in urban areas, because the construction industry sprays asbestos on pipe fittings, and aiiimiKibile manufacturers use asbestos fibers m brake i.oint;'! ami dutch faring?, Sen. Edmund S. Muskie iHMe.i, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee for Air and Water Pollution, has endorsed President Nixon's proposal. Muskie indicated at a in*i\> conference last week that )i:a subcommittee will soon rep a t ^ n i.kI.'a there are no fni- [I'lcnse turn to l'u-e i NKWAKK STAR LEDGER, May 24, 1970 Evidence is mounting of asbestos-cancer link (Continued from Page S3) out a bill with provisions for national standards. Without tius change, some federal ofiiciais estimate it would take another five years to--get widespread asbestos controls underway. Leighton Price, the federal pollution agency's director of information, says that even under the present law, asbes tos controls could begi/iniuch sooner -- within a year or two -- if industry and other polluters voluntarily comply with government re commendations for controls. But there is overwhelming evidence the voluntary com pliance approach has failed in the past. One prime exam ple was the recent agreement by the nation's major airlines to reduce smoke emissions -- an agreement which is expected to result in a 40 per cent increase instead of a de crease in emissions of smog - producing nitrogen oxide. "And it would be even more difficult to obtain voluntary | compliance from industries \ responsible for asbestos pal- ' lution. ! This is4 because, unlike the airlines where the govern ment had to exact assurances ; of cooperation from one in dustry, it would have to deal ` with a number of industries: asbestos mining companies. . manufacturers of building equipment, tlic construction , industry, the demolition in dustry, and the automobile [ industry. i A student task force spon- ! sored by Ralph Nader, the 1 consumer advocate, deplored ! this basic government weak- . ness ia a carefully document- I ed report made public this j week. The task force said, "De- , spite an impressive array df , scientific evidence which in- ' dicates a potential hazard oi enormous proportions, es pecially from asbestos, the ; federal government is power- > ; less to move expeditiously toh ! meet the threat." j | The task fon-e accused the i government and industry of- { { ficials of passively standing j | by while the nation's air has I j become progressively more ( 1 polluted, it described ^ the ! | program to dale as a "colos- : : sal failure." and said nothing short of a massive redirection of the anti-pjilution efiort will deal with the problem. The (ask force cited the I.moil Industries report on asbestos and said despite the report's "ominous conclu- j ; sions." the government is , iik afiable under prr->cnl legislaliou of dealing with a i pollutant which carries with : , n the potential for a world- 1 | w iric epidemic of lung cancer DEFENDANT'S EXHIBIT VS* 3