FILE NAME: Asbestos in India (IND) DATE: 1985 DOC#: IND020 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Indian Govt Report of the Committee "To Study the Health Hazards in Asbestos Industry" I'/.

FILE NAME: Kent (KNT) DATE: 1989 Nov 2 DOC#: KNT025 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Journal Article - Asbestos-Associated Diseases in a Cohort of Cigarette-Filter Workers - New England Journal of Medicine U* *u&c L I B R A R Y !

FILE NAME: US Gypsum (USG) DATE: June 14, 1984 DOC#: USG008 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1984 Legal - Partial Transcript of Testimony / ;A / / ^ ' h j i ' * i i U N I T E D STATES D I S T R I C T COURT D I S T R I C T OF SOUTH CAROLI NA COLUMBIA D IV I S I O N 3 i LEXI NGTON COUNTY SCHOOL D I S T R I C T ) FIVE, ) 4) 5 i 6 .

FILE NAME: WR Grace (WRG) DATE: February 22, 1985 DOC#: WRG348 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: 1985 internal report with note that RC Walsh the author 2 6 .

FILE NAME: Allied Signal Bendix (ASB) DATE: 1980 May 19 DOC#: ASB023 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Article - Maclean's Magazine - Occupational Death < ` ' A .4 ^ ' jP P rom the.front Tommy Dunn" Flooks likrariy other young father.

FILE NAME: Reynolds Metals (RM) DATE: 1987 Nov 13 DOC#: RM030 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Insulated Piping Demolition .1 Xtrscgmpany correspondence 98 ( R v. 1-68) \ R O' Mi Hector .DeLa Garza .. *. ... -- 7 0: Tony Dunn --- r"- ' *-''. - - 0 P Y: ATE a UBJECT: D.

FILE NAME: Reynolds Metals (RM) DATE: 1989 May 2 DOC#: RM034 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Internal Inspection Results - Management Safety Tour Meeting management safety tour meeting May 2 , 1939 AREA INSPECTED: Area I , I I , I I I , IV & Powerhouse INSPECTION TEAM: J .

FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 1989 Sept 25 DOC ASB104 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from Allied Signal to UAW RE Info Requested by UAW on Bendix Asbestos Control Programs Signal Inc.

FILE NAME DuPont DUP DATE 1980 Sept 2 DOC DUP176 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE Asbestos Release from Exterior Transite Surfaces with Request for Consultation on Sealing & Attached Memo to C.D.

FILE NAME Keene KNE DATE 1981 DOC KNE006 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION 1981 Moody's Industrial Manual entry for Keene Corporation 1981 VOL 2 Z KEENE COVERING NEW YORK AMERICAN & REGIONAL STOCK EXCHANGES & INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES INDUSTRIAL MANUAL WILLIAM O.

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1983 Oct 4 DOC NMA179 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Wall Street Journal Article - EPA to Propose in Next Few Months Ban or Phase of Remaining Asbestos Uses aan j - M Manufacturing Company Inc. ,, Rocky Mountain Sales Representatives Woe tow OCT 11 1983 Internal Correspondence Date October , 1983 jeri jeri < Hank J.

FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1980 Mar 11 DOC QAMA016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Barry Castleman Notes - Continuing Investigation of Asbestos Companies in Canada 8 Barry L.

FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1980 Nov DOC QAMA163 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION QAMA Bulletin Vol 4 No. 5 Proposed regulatory action unjustified In a brief submitted to the Ontario Ministry Labour the Association des mines d'amiante du Qu^'beccontends that there is neither a scientific basis nor any medical social or economic justification for a regulation proposed by the Ministry that would lower the permissible average exposure to asbestos in the work environment Basing itself on the 1978 Occupational Health and Safety Act the Ministry is proposing that the permissible level of airborne dust emissions in the asbestos mining and manufacturing industry be reduced to one fibre per cubic centimeter Unwarranted haste The Association is unable to find any justification for the suggested stan- dard which seems to have been largely precipitated by recent media coverage that has been more sensationalist than informative Moreover the proposal comes at time when a Royal Commis- sion of inquiry into all aspects of the asbestos health issue has barely begun its work in Toronto This contradiction is underlined in the brief which has been documented from a scientific and medical as well as technological economic and social point of view Pointless reduction medical research studies including the results of the latest and most important epidemiological study on the effects of asbestos exposure The AMAQ brief points out that at an exposure level of roughly 20 fibres per CC a level which has not been found for many years an increase in risk is practically undetectable At 2 fibres per cc - the current standard - it is scientifically impossible to prove any increased risk Tightening the standard any further would thus be utterly pointless and would provide no addi- tional guarantees with respect to workers health In view of the fact that the present standard should be considered safe as acknowledged by both the Canadian and Qu^'bec governments and since a reduction of the norm to 1 fibre per cc would not increase safety the only effect likely to arise from enforc- ing such a needlessly severe standard would be to hamper the asbestos industry's ability to function effectively Technologically unfeasible The AMAQ brief also establishes that existing technology does not per- mit a constant average exposure level of 1 fibre per cc to be maintained in the mining sector The Association supports its poi- tion with numerous scientific and Based on the results of dust monitor- ing and control measures and statisti- cal data compiled by the Association and its member companies the brief shows that even with the utmost effort and using all means available including the very latest technology it proved impossible even the cleanest and most modern mine facilities operating under optimum conditions to reduce average airborne dust concentrations below the level which is now obtainable on a continuous basis and which varies between 1.5 and 2 fibres per cc Planned standard unjust However the fact that it is neither feasible nor possible at present to reduce the norm should not be a cause for concern As the report emphasizes it has been medically proven that aside from those exposed to the higher dust levels of more than twenty years ago the health of asbestos workers is comparable to that of the general population It is hoped that the Association's brief which also puts in perspective the importance of the asbestos industry's economic contribution to Canada will convince Ontario Ministry of Labour authorities that the proposed standard is indeed unfair since it is scientifically and medically unjustified technologically unfeasible and potentially very damaging in economic terms L | Bulletin Information centreand three research projects funded by IRDA When the Institut de Recherche et de D^'veloppement de l'Amiante IRDA was founded it was decided that not all research work or projects would necessarily be done within the IRDA Itself in order to take advantage of all available resources that could help the Institute to fulfill its objectives Within the framework aof Research Support Program it was anticipated that certain projects would be entrusted to the groups best able to produce good results such as public perapublic or private research centres or organizations in the academic or industrial sectors In keeping with this policy IRDA's Board of Directors has recently acled on the recommendations of the Scien- tific Committee to authorize 224 476 in grants aimed at financing an asbestos documentation centre and At the Universit^'de Sherbrooke's asbestos documentation centre electronics facilitate reference work three research projects and G Poirier Ph D. from the Univer- invaluable information on the biologi- cal effects of various materials proposed as asbestos substitutes This project is a follow on recent studies which reveal that when pure chrysotite fibres are incorporated in mixtures chemical changes occur in the fibres that can modify their biological effects Applied research In accordance with another IRDA objective to improve existing products and develop new asbestos applications a 52 650 grant was awarded to R.

FILE NAME Brakes BRK DATE 1983 DOC BRK084 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Article - Mesothelioma in Pet Dogs with Exposure of Their Owners to Asbestos - Environmental Research investigation J.

FILE NAME: Kentile (KEN) DATE: 1986 Mar 12 DOC#: KEN024 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Legal - Responses of Defendant Kentile Floors to Plaintiffs' First Set of Interrogatories ni tu . y STATE OF MICHIGAN CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF INGHAM MASON PUBLIC SCHOOLS, et al P la in tiffs v W.