FILE NAME Kohler KOH DATE 1941 DOC KOH108 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Index & Membership List - American Ceramic Society THE BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY Volume 20 Contents for October 1941 Numbe1r0 PAPERS White Firing Texas Volcanic Ash as a Body Ingredient K Pence Direct Determination of Vanadium in the Presence of Titanium and Iron S Cole and C.

FILE NAME Mundet Cork MCK DATE 1958 Dec 17 DOC MCK003 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Meeting Minutes - National Insulation Manufacturers Association | MINUTES OF THE ORGANIZATION MEETING of the December 17 1958 The meeting was called to order at 10:00 A.M.

FILE NAME National Safety Council NSC DATE 1935 DOC NSC215 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NSC News Article - No Half Way Measures in Dust Control rice of pneumoconiosis improb- .

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1971 July 18 DOC NMA057 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Asbestos - You'll Be All Right If You Just Stop Breathing -- EARL UBELL New York Times Current file Jul 18 1971 ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002 Pg E6 Environment Asbestos You'll Be All Right If You Just Stop Breathing New Yorkers strolling along almost any midtown street in these degree July days will often be greeted by a snowfall white flakes glinting in the sun tumbling out of the sky If you scoop up some of the snow- flakes and happen to have an electron microscope handy to examine them you will find the white fluffs to be composed of millions of fibers of asbestos Their source Up among the rising bare girders of the building under construction overhead asbestos is being sprayed Asbestos is intended to save lives by insulating girders against the heat of a fire pre- venting the steel from bending like molasses before the occupants can escape from the upper floors But the substance has a deadly side as well Studies conducted over the past few decades reinforced by later research among men who work with the material have provided strong evidence linking asbestos with cancer of the lung and abdomen With asbestos numer- ous researchers have induced various of cancer in hamsters and in rats And in recent " months the ubiquity of asbestos in the environment the air we breathe in clothes even in talcum powder caused increasing concern among many medical leaders Last week the City Council . moved to end one major source of asbestos pollution by banning its spraying throughout the city The ban appeared as a section of the new air pollution control code it was enacted essentially because earlier efforts by city air control officials to regulate the use of asbestos by building contractors had proved fruitless New York City last year set regulations to limit the escape of asbestos from spraying sites The rules required that a contractor enclose the spraying areas with large plastic tarpaulins he was also to vacuum each story twice and to be particularly careful when shoveling up the excess material During a recent visit to a con- struction site in company with Harold Romer assistant commis- sloner in the Department of Air Resources this writer saw piles of loose asbestos lying around on the sprayed floor gaping holes in the tarpaulins and gusts of wind carrying clumps of the dry material into the street where it lay like an early morning frost Mr.

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1974 Oct 6 DOC NMA091 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Carcinogens Unchecked They Threaten An Epidemic New York seen ie sens 1857 - New York Times Pg 206 Currentfile Oct 6 1974 ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851 2002 a aD a a cc eens Each Year New Substances Slip Into the Environment Carcinogens Unchecked They Threaten An Epidemic - BY JANK E.

FILE NAME Owens Corning OC DATE 1931-1938 DOC OC293 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Patent List I.C. 6984R Patentees SEIL G.

FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1950 July 28 DOC QAMA043 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from Mr.

FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1950 Sept 3 DOC QAMA046 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter to Dr.

FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1979 Aug DOC QAMA160 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION QAMA Bulletin Vol 3 No. 4 The asbestos industry and Bill 17 On Thursday September 6 1979 the Association des mines d'amiante du Qu^'becpresented a brief to the Permanent Labour and Manpower Commission of Qu^'bec's National Assembly in which it expressed the viewpoint of the asbestos industry on Bill 17 dealing with occupational health and safety The publication of this issue of the Bulletin was delayed by one week so as to allow the text of the AMAQ document to be published in extenso immediate- ly after its presentation to the Commission The Association des mines d'amiante du Qu^'becwhich has agreed with the objectives put forward in the White Paper on occupational health and safety acknowledges the justification of overall legislation on the matter and the relevance of reform aimed at replacing the numerous cur- rent laws and regulations and the fragmentation of administrative responsibilities with a more coherent system and a unified set of norms We do not dispute the merits of a policy aimed at elim- inating the causes of occupational accidents and work lated diseases but rather feel that such initiative on the part of public authorities is timely all the while ing in a positive way to collective awareness of lems inherent in occupational health and hygiene contribut- the prob- The member companies of our Association subscribe all the more readily to the general direction of the policy expressed in the White Paper as they all have action programs which in the final analysis adhere to the objectives of the White Paper The experience of the asbestos industry These programs deal with medical and scientific re- search occupational medicine in direct contact with the work environment development advanced technology with a direct impact on prevention of occupational risks and on hygiene at work the modernization of facilities and equipment intended for air purification and the improvement of the environment and the quality of life Substantial human and material resources are involved in these programs an institute of occupational and environmental health entirely financed by the industry and which makes use of the most noted specialists in the world health clinics at Thetford Mines and at Asbestos with their own doctors and health professionals and rate equipment consultant environmental consultants high- ly active permanent committees in the following fields environment occupational health and hygiene safety and acci- dent prevention It is mainly in light of this effort and experience that we are intervening in the current discussion on Bill 17 We believe that it contains elements which if maintained are of the type to hinder in actual fact the attainment of the fundamental objective of the Bill which is the health and safety of workers Therefore our intervention is aimed at showing which elements in our opinion should in all necessity be revised and it will deal with the following Health clinics and services health and safety committees inspection the exercise of the right to refusal the prevention representative medical diagnosis 1.

FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1968 Apr 10 DOC OC327 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo - Crocidolite Asbestos M.

FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1969 Apr 22 DOC OC225 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE Health Hazard Comments at S.W.I.C.A.

FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1971 Nov 5 DOC OC083 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newalls Calcium Silicate Insulators asbestos free Confirming our conversation of 11/4/71 two of our major competitors Pabco and GAP are beginning to market high temperature dnsulations, This represeats a seriou threat te Kaylo and the Kaylo market, We must develop an asbestes product in 1972 Novalis Insulation ie reported to be marketing ashestco-free ealciim siliestes in England.

FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1978 DOC OC170 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Articles with Cover Letter from Barry Castleman September 12 1978 Mr.

FILE NAME State of the Art Literature SAL DATE 1938 DOC SAL026 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Book Excerpt - Asbestos ane : we me 9 aw tan odes 4 0 qo Women 4 eee Pplctr eet RS a er Lage sae 76 Association of American Railroade submitto c In case of total and will be the death benefit permanent disability the maximum compensation compensation plus a pension of per cent or in certain cases 12 per cent thereafter annually for life payable monthly On petition the Conunission may order an autopsy by competent patholos gist where death may have been due to silica or asbestos dust Pathologist to make rompiete report including laboratory findings but offer no conclusions Employes making claims for compensation must subanit to nation if required by employer Employe is entitled physical examu- desires If employe refuses to submitto tu copy of report if he ^"ntilsuch exanunution is made examination compensation compensation eri Employes with siliensis or asbestosis but not disabled prior to Octolwer F. 1936 may file with industrial commission within 60 days after effective date of this act a request to waive full compensation silicosis compensation for disability or death from .

FILE NAME State of the Art Literature SAL DATE 1964 Apr 6 DOC SAL072 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Journal Article - Asbestos Exposure and Neoplasia a4 pe yf 3 et. mE mere tee Ae ee rt ey Ade ere ts '23 Vol 188 22- JAMA April 6 1964 Asbestos Exposure Neoplasia and Irving J.