FILE NAME Cape Asbestos CAPE DATE 1979 DOC CAPE117 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Annual Report - Anglo American Corp. of South Africa Ltd. & other Financial Reports Legal - Tibbs Case Exhibit 15 Balance sheets March Figures in R millions Es Corporation . 1978 1979 22.4 5,9 = @ Ordinaryshareholders equity : Meek Ordinary share capital ......
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FILE NAME Caterpillar CAT DATE 1976 Mar 1 DOC CAT024 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo - Airborne Asbestos Fiber at Dust Collector Cleanout Pad Assembly CATERPILLAR TRACTOR CO | | OFFICE | DEPARTMENT | ATTENTION PEORIA DATE PLANT OR OFFICE March 1 1976 Aurora CANTY PATSCH FILE /m.e /m.e DEPT ATTH Safety B.
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FILE NAME DuPont DUP DATE 1974 April 30 DOC DUP153 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo - Company Conference on Health Effects of Dust from Thermal Insulating Materials May +30 i rene - : _f QU PONT file file PONT PONT ~ E. 1. du Pont de Nemours & Company Nemours WILMINGTON DELAWARE 19898 CENTRAL RESEARCH DEPARTMENT MASKELL LABORATORY , TOXICOLOGY AND INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE F.
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FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1970 DOC JMA070 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes and Attendee List - Asbestos Information Association EXPECTED ATTENDEES - ORGANIZATION MEETING AIA - DECEMBER 4 1970 CERTAIN FLINTKOTE JOHNS MANVILLE NATIONAL GYPSUM PANACON RAYBESTOS a WOODWARD IRON Harold McNabb Executive Vice President James Moran A.
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FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1972 DOC JMA395 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Report - Dr.
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FILE NAME Mundet Cork MCK DATE 1978 DOC MCK106 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION WC Claim of Swartout Pt 2 STATE OF CALIFORNIA INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION thebet thebet MAY 28 28 HP HP FILE SIGNED ONGINAL AND SEE PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAMES JOHN D.
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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1974 Oct 2 DOC NMA090 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - 3 States Ask Court to Halt Dumping in Lake Superior Superior 3 States Ask By GLADWIN Court to Halt The Dumping DumpingDumping to NewNew York HILLSpecial HILLSpecial Lake Superior Times 1857 Currentfils Oct 2 1974 ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002 3 States Ask Court to Halt : Dumping in Lake Superior By GLADWIN HILL oe Special to The New York Times WASHINGTON ; Oct. 1 - Steel Corporations produces 16 - Michigan Minnesota and Wis- cent of the country's iron consin asked the Supreme imme medical It has challenged adverse Court today to order an discharges diate end to the Reserve Min- . ing Company's of iron dumping conversion more United ore waste into Lake Superior The on the ground that thousands said testimony against its and has that would cost million States Court of United of people daily Appeals granted Eight Circuit posed were being to causing drinking excon- for pany a day stay of the shut- taminants in drinking water Appeals prolngedprolonged litigationindefinite Protec- down order The full Supreme tion Agency the leading co- Court refused on July 11 to the stay On Aug. 28 the plaintiff in against the company did not Court made the stay join in the request Agency of Seen ficials Irreparable Harm Seen - _ saoifd Govertnmhenitstechnicality technicality The today because that a technicality motion accused hbazaasrdesdstipu- Afapuosledt numheeraolutshbeing on feared health file a separate appeal numerous The states filed their motion lations It was - with Associate Justice Harry health indefinite the Blackmun who has jurisdiction the over the eighth Federal circuit stipu- hazards feared stay ofof conctoinnuteidnuceodnticnonuteindued exposure exposure Thchieldren The motion seeks to vacate children and _ lower court's indefinite stay children causing discharge an order to the mining gens in the water pany to stop its daily the of 67,000 tons of tailings into cea, babies to carcino- substan- they drink they breathe begins process may takeyears lake Tailings : Contain Asbestos the motion said The situation The tailings some ground clearly presents the irreparable microscopic size contain and compelling circum: among other pollutants stances which this court has tos which in some indicated are factors justifying has been found stance to vacation of stay orders G. 2d cancer According to medical KirKik rk the Environ- evidence in mental Protection Agency's Agency's top reported weeks even household relatives officer said Depart- of people exposed excessively of Justice which has . can the to asbestos develop represented the agency in the ease - litigation refrained from join- After five years of Federal in the petition now because proceedings against the com- felt that the formal legal pany the United States District was incomplete He said Court in Minneapolis ordered States District Judge the plant shut until it could Lord who issued the convert to land waste original shutdown order had posal The company refinery been on circuit assignments " at Silver Bay 56 miles east and had had a chance to Duluth Minn sign certain orders called for a The companjoiynt venture the subsequent court rul- of the Armco and Republic Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission
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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1978 Dec 3 DOC NMA132 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Kansas City Star - Workers Paid Deadly Price for Industrial Progress - Part 2 of 3 (' C?
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FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1976 DOC QAMA167 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION QAMA Report - Asbestos chrysotile asbestos They use these fibres to manufacture a range of some 3,000 products These include - asbestos construction materials such as sheets and shingles water and sewage piping conduits floor tiling automotive brake linings and other friction materials asbestos papers used in electrical insulation and roofing materials fireproof textiles paints reinforced plastic products asphalt overlays for highways thermal and acoustical insulation materials and a range of gasketing putties caulks sealants and surface coatings You'll find Quebec's asbestos in Scandinavian homes New Zealand high schools Israeli irrigation projects in the brakes and linings of British racing cars in a German welder's protective clothing in the insulation of a Japanese generator in a Canadian paper machine It's in Brazilian housing projects U.S. jumbo jets and gas stations Indian pipelines and Central African locomotives Percentage Asbestos cement pipes sheets siding shingles North America 21 % Fnction materials ; 6.3 Asbestos paper Floor tiles 3.9 12 % 377 % Plastics % 20 Joint ciments . % 1.5 Paints roof coating caulks sealant adhesives undercoat Packing cory 74 Asbestos textile sf 5 | eee ee 14 5 : 33 | Miscellaneous Its properties The worldwide acceptance of Quebec's chrysotile asbestos and its immense range of applications stem from five inherent characteristics of the mineral is combustible inert and resistant to heat generated by friction It insulates against heat cold and noise GC Being a fibre that possesses greater tensile strength than steel it acts as a reinforcement for many materials especially cement and plastics resists corrosion and attack by alkalis and most acids It has good dielectric properties What's more chrysotile asbestos provides these characteristics at remarkably low cost Because of this unique combination of properties not to be found in any other natural or made sub- stance - chrysotile asbestos finds its way into hundreds of applications in which human safety is at stake It is indispensable in brake linings because it withstands the high temperatures attained in braking Consequently road rail and to some extent aircraft safery depend on it It's the only mineral that can be spun and woven into cloth for such uses as firefighters clothing and fireproof theatre curtains Used as a thermal insulation material on the structural steelwork of large buildings chrysotile asbestos helps prevent them from collapsing in the event of major fire And it's also the basis of resistant partitions in ships offices schools hospitals stores and other locations where large numbers of people congregate In these and many other essential saving uses there is simply no known substitute for asbestos Yet for all its varied uses Quebec's chrysotile asbestos is usually invisible in virtually all its applications Like the yeast in bread asbestos is just a small part of most finished products yet it's indispensable The Mineral Like iron copper nickel or zinc asbestos is a mineral The chemical formula for chrysotile asbestos is 3MgO 2SiO 2H2O It is a hydrous magnesium silicate closely allied to soapstone the rock Eskimos use for their carvings But unlike gold copper lead or zinc asbestos is not an element and it occurs in several different varieties In addition to chrysotile there are types called amosite anthophyllite and crocidolite As well as being mined in Canada the mineral is also produced in the USSR southern Africa Cyprus Italy the U.S.A.
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FILE NAME: Pennsylvania Asbestos (PAA) DATE: 1970 DOC#: PAA007 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Yarway Docs from Blue Bell with BC Comments Ptees^Cnx'.
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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 June 17 DOC NMA155 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Chemical Week Article - Asbestos Builds for Steady Growth aa e Asbestos Asbestos Asbestos builds builds for steady steady growth growth growth growth growth growth growthgrowth growth World markets are paced by use in building products accent on pollution control buoys pipe business and aids asbestos growth in this country Asbestos producers have problems They are concerned about being cited . a potential source of enviroginental poltion And they don't like the thought of kosang markets to other materials that are more expensive but less objec tionable in terms of health CHF Mur 13. p 17 Yet Yet a hit hit : vironment and health does not seem be at all bad for asbest The market a firm and prices are moving up The highest material No. 1 crude is now 1.525 Caca dian dollars FR above the pese two years ago And No. 4 shingle fiber volume product sells at 21 369 ampared with 201-214 900 in spring '68 U.S. complaich which wi Gees 65 xb X.esa of Western world output have ue ot
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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1972 June 7 DOC TALC071 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to US House of Representatives from the FDA rt oy, JUN 13REE 13REE 13REE Pt DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE , DOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION ROCKVILLE MARYLAND 20852 1972 Honorable Paul S.
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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1972 DOC TALC072 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Federal Register Notice ~ PROPOSED RULE MAKING 16407 ot however modify or abridge a party's Ight to any proceeding authorized by his part or by Chapter 46 of Title 42 of he United States Code order as the agency to administer the terms and provisions thereof The proposed amendment is designed to establish safeguards pursuant to $ 918.60 to prevent new containers Markets Only along with the handler's name and address and 2 have such fruit so shipped inspected as provided in 918.64 Dated August 9 1972 17.72 Finality of the proceedings Determinations and findings of fact nade by the Administration shall be final and conclusive if supported by substan- ial evidence upon all applicants or rantees in a compliance hearing under 17.31 or in an adjudicative hearing mder $ 17.33 or upon all parties in n administrative investigation under 17.32 except that a subsequent hearing hall constitute a trial de novo on the acts in a rehearing under 17.34 or in hearing under a petition for judicial eview except that the Administration may make new or modified findings or eterminations pursuant to 42 U.S.C.
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FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1973 DOC TALC208 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Article - Detection and Determination of Chrysotile in Talc USP Detection and Determination of Chrysotile in Talc USP HARRY A.
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FILE NAME Brakes BRK DATE 1970s DOC BRK060 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Industry Information Booklet - Asbestos and Brake Linings .
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