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FILE NAME Cape Asbestos CAPE DATE 1975 Dec 31 DOC CAPE126 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Cape Industries Ltd. - Notification of Subsidiary's Particulars - North American Asbestos Corp.

FILE NAME Cape Asbestos CAPE DATE 1975 June DOC CAPE150 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Deposition of Richard Gaze Legal - Tibbs Case Exhibit 48 3249426 ELECTRONICALY ELECTRONICALY ELCTRONIAY 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS 3 TYLER DIVISION 4 FILED - bs 5 ve 2023 Oct HERMAN YANDLE et al fe 6 86 Plaintiffs AO 18 ?

FILE NAME Insulation Contractors & Distributors ICD DATE 1970 Oct 23 DOC ICD067 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter sent to the National Insulation Contractors Assoc Minutes of Meeting on Use of Insulation Materials in Shipyards HS 3 Send DiBiadith ( & LHOUNT , i Yeoh oh MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE of The City University of New York FIFTH AVENUE AND 100TH STREET NEW N.Y YOR1K 0019 SOT OF NEW THE Clu Clu TOEX GUNDIR TOEX Department of Community Medicine October 23 1970 Please Please Please Please Please C ; C Mr.

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1973 Dec 11 DOC NMA081 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Asbestos Cement Pipe Ban Is Urged By Science Center Current Urged Asbestos Cement Pipe New York Times 1857 Ban Is Urged file PB 98 Science Center , ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851-2002 1851-2002 1851-2002 Asbestos Cement Pipe Ban dependent research group estimated in letter to the Envi- Is Urged by Science Center ronmental Protection Agency that the nation had about 200 WASHINGTON Dec. 10 AP 000 miles of asbestos cement -A science study group urged carrying drinking water the Government today to ban The EP.A. advised Duluth further installation of asbestos and other Minnesota residents cement pipe to carry drinking last summer to stop drinking water until researchers can de water from Lake Superior be termine whether the asbestos cause the water contained a might contribute to stomach high concentration of asbestos cancer particles The Center for Science in the Public Interest a nonprofit in- ee REMEMBER THE NEEDIEST Reproduced with of copyright owner Further without

FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1972 DOC OC087 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE Asbestos Free Kaylo 10 TOLEDO CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION FIBERGLAS TOWER TOLEDO OHIO 43659 419 259-3000 TO Power & Process Power & Process MPD Salesmen Representatives Regional Managers MPD Branch Managers SUBJECT ASBESTOS FREE KAYLO FROM D.

FILE NAME Bechtel BECH DATE 1974 Aug 5 DOC BECH042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Minutes of the Joint OSHA Subcommittee Meeting July 16 1974 @ .

FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 May 5 DOC NMA149 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION WCBS Radio Transcript - Spraying of Asbestos Causes Lung Diseases FOR JOURS HANSVILLE PROG RAM DATE Lou Adler May 15. 1870 12:30 P.H.

FILE NAME Special Asbestos SA DATE 1978 Oct 30 DOC SA011 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Published Article from Newspaper THE WALL STREET JOURNAL Monday Oct. 30 1978 Fifteen Asbestos Firms Are Sued for $ Billion In Worker Health Case LOS ANGELES UPI - A 1 billion action lawsuit was filed on behalf of 5,000 shipyard workers charging 15 major asbestos manufacturers with conspiracy to conceal and to distort reports on the health dangers of asbestos oe More than 1,000 asbestos lawsuits | are filed nationwide but Friday's Los Ange les superior court action is believed to be the largest scope The suit asks for general and punitive| damages and for medical expenses and loss of earnings on behalf of each worker te oy | was extremely _ Asbestos and is an haz- ardous substance and was and is unsafe and defective when used in the construction re- pair and maintenance of seagoing vessels by workers at Todd Pacific Shipyard in San Pedro and the Long Beach Naval Shipyard re the suit contends : RR When breathed the tiny asbestos parti- cles cause severe disabling and deadly conditions of the lungs and respiratory problems including lung cancer the suit said The suit said the defendant companies caused the workers and their employers to be deprived of knowledge and information of the material's dangerous nature As a result the companies did not take those mea- sures necessary for the protection of the health and lives of plaintiffs Additionally the suit contends the defendants have been unjustly enriched by the profits of their continued manufacture and sale of asbestos during the period of their concealment of the facts 1938 to present Thus the suit says the companies are indebted to the injured workers in the amount of their profits since that timeabout $ billion Lawyers for the plaintiffs said they be- lieved this was the first time in an astestos- related lawsuit that workers had asked for restitution of profits a legal remedy that generally is confined to one aggrieved businessman suing another businessman Defendants in the suit are Manville Corp Manhattan Inc Owens- Corning Fiberglas Corp Celotex Corp Philip Carey Corp Picher Industries Inc Pittsburgh Corp Unarco Industries Inc Combustion Engineering Inc Standard Asbestos Manufacturing & Insulat ing Co Rubberoid Co Keene Corp Armstrong Cork Co H.R.