HHBSBir FOUNDATION FACTS September, iyey This news-letter is issued monthly to memb companies and trade associations affiliated wi Air Hygiene Foundation.

1 Industrial Hygiene Digest INDUSTRIAL HEALTH NEWS 0 LITERATURE ABSTRACTS MEDICAL ENGINEERING CHEMICAL TOXICOLOGICAL LEGAL OCTOBER, 1960 (Vol. 24, No. 10) : "-----!

IHF DIGEST REFERENCES REGARDING ASBESTOS DISEASE February 1937 April 1937 May 1937 June 1, 1937 September 1, 1937 October 1, 1937 December 10, 1937 (80) ASBESTOSIS: A ROENTGENOLOGIC REVIEW OF 71 CASES.

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FILE NAME Industrial Hygiene Foundation IHF DATE 1944 Mar DOC IHF080 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Excerpts - Report of Industrial Hygiene made For Manhattan with Cover Letter eo?

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1930 DOC NMA022 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - Asbestos Worker's Death with Cover Memo from British Fibrocement Works Ltd. .

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1932 Jan 16 DOC NMA024 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Daily Herald - Safety in Asbestos Trade |See a tte ee DURRANT'S livels ives CUTTINGS ; DURRANT'S DURRANT'S PRESS .

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 June DOC NMA161 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION The Environment Monthly Article - Asbestos - How do You People Against Such an Omnipresent Health Hazard THE ENVIRONMENTENVIRONMENT June 1970 MONTHLY ASBESTOS YOU DO PEOPLE AGAINST SUCH AN OMNIPRESENT OMNIPRESENT HEALTH HAZARD The new technological man carries strontium in his bones iodine- 131 in his thyroid DDT in his fat and bestos in his as- lungs When Dr.

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1974 Sept 22 DOC NMA089 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - The Viking Press Expendable Americans ProQuest Historical The New York Lines Pg 358 Current uesep 12 1914 Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002 A little bit of crud Expendable Americans ' By Paul Brodeur 274 pp New York The Viking Press 8.95 Muscle And Blood By Rachel Scott Illustrated 306 pp New York E.

FILE NAME Special Asbestos SA DATE 1978 Dec 13 DOC SA004 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Asbestos Information Assoc Member Companies AAAA NORTH ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway Crystal Square 4 Suite 509 Arlington Virginia 22202 703 979-1150 AIA MEMBER COMPANIES 13 Dec 1978 I Regular Members of Directors B.

FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1971 DOC TALC149 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memorandum of a Symposium Asbestos and Talc Aug 3 1971 with Cover Letter from the FDA i, a ed ~ DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FDUCATION AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON DC 20204 Catch^r_6 Catch^r_6 1971 To Participsats in Asbestos and Talc Discussion Session at FDA on August 3 1971 Attached : in a summary of our recent Discussion many of you know I have proceduzca from all ofof At work this writing proceed with the LynthesisLynthesis of circulatedcirculated for comments these into into a are package package package package package package package con Thank you once again for your assistance and pasticipation Sincerely yours Wester Alfred Wester Wester Alfred Alfred Wester Wester Alfred Alfred Wester Wester Wester Wester Product TechnologyTechnologyTechnology Technology CPC2-00000001 MEMORANDUM OF A SYMPOSIUM August 3 1971 ASBESTOS AND TALC Held at the Food and Drug Administration 200 C Street S.W.

FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1972 Sept DOC TALC144 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Unpublished Report - An Examination of Italian Mine Samples and Relevant Powders pi }, J 3 e H = } aoc. he - *

FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 2010 DOC TALC126 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION IARC Report Vol 3 on Talc 1 re WW, TALC NOT CONTAINING ASBESTIFORM FIBRES 1.

FILE NAME Brakes BRK DATE 1975 Aug 8 DOC BRK052 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from Dept of Health with Attachments DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH EDUCATION AND WELFARE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL August 8 1975 NATIONAL FOR OCCUPAT OCI CUO PAN TIA ONL AL SAFETY AND HEALTH 5600 FISHERS t ANE ROCKVILLE MARYLAND 20852 Dear Colleague This communication is intended to alert you to recently gathered information indicating a potential health hazard for persons exposed to asbestos during the servicing of motor vehicle brake and clutch assemblies On July 21 1975 the National Institite for Occupational Safety and Health convened a meeting of government and university scientists industry representatives and labor union officials to discuss the present state of knowledge with respect to this problem Data was presented by investigators from the Mount Siani School of Medicine in New York City indicating that workers engaged in the maintenance and repair of automobile and truck brake Linings are exposed to potentially hazardous levels of airborne asbestos dust Specific brake servicing operations studied included blow of automobile drum brake assemblies grinding of used truck brake linings and bevelling of new truck brake linings Average peak asbestos air concentrations for these three activities based on personal samples taken within ten feet of the operator were respectively 10.5 3.75 and 37.3 fibers 5 microns in length per ml An analysis of samples of brake drum dust revealed that almost all of the asbestos fibers found were shorter than 0.4 microns in length Previous studies of the extent of asbestos emissions from automobile brake lining wear showed that only a very small fraction of the original asbestos content of the brake lining is found in brake drum dust Ref 1-3 It was presumed that this is due to thermal degradation of the fibers during braking The present findings indicate that enough asbestos is preserved to produce significant exposures during certain brake servicing procedures The full extent of asbestos disease in brake servicing personnel is not known at present because not been studied systematically this particular occupational group has up to now However a review of the scientific literature on the association between asbestos exposure and mesothelial tumors of the pleura and peritoneum has revealed at least four cases of these rare tumors in persons who were employed in jobs involving automobile brake servicing Ref 4-6 36 Page 2 For your information and guidance we are enclosing pertinent references estimates of the population at risk a NIOSH interim recommendation for brake and clutch servicing procedures and a copy of the Department of Labor standard covering exposure to asbestos in the work place The environmental studies of brake lining servicing operations outlined above together with observations of mesothelial tumors in persons so employed affirms the necessity for instituting and maintaining recommended control measures in this industry so that the health hazards of asbestos are minimized Sincerely e f yours .

FILE NAME Brakes BRK DA 198T 7 ApE r 14 DOC BRK183 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from Abex to Oshkosh Truck Corp.