SeUkoff, director of the ^Environmental SciMjces Laboratory a t Mount Sinai Medical- Center and a leading specialist on the dangers of as- beHe*sald th at it had taken long -.years of study to prove that asbestos caused cancer and that be was not wHing to "play Russian roulette vdth the people of New York" to w rit andrfind out if the new su stitute- m aterials would cause C*D t?

Selikoff considered the leading health authority on as- bestos has long warned of the danger of lung cancer Asbestos spray is used to fireproof the steel beams of new buildings Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission

COMPETITIVE CONDITIONS -AMD DEVELOPMENTS To data, field reports from the salesmen indicate that competitive companies have not followed our lead on proposed price increase effective April 1, 1972.

Copies of the procedures for the Old Unit, New Unit, and Dryers have been placed on the table between the Lead Operators' desks in the control room.

The Weatherhill experiments which were published recently, purport to show that some 30% of the body lead burden is of air borne origin.

. / ..1 v- Enolnirt'i herewith is a py->Jori w* lead 'ro'at'lh'p ordin>f r,a > s which we r e ar'>V.divo.'

, The following tolerances were reduced be cause the higher limits were shown to produec undesirable residues; to 0.1 parts per million from O.b ppm tor italChsd ajstmai lead tar land, producing animals: to two oim from five ppm MrsnimaLIIlfl_cgmponenter,T^,y'"*" The tolerance for PCBs iti Infant and Junior foods woe Increased to 0.1 ppm from 0.1 ppm because tact techniques didn't prove sensitive From (he dek of E.

The lead content of gasoline was cut by 50% beginning June 1, 1970.

ion in the form of chlorachne, systematic intoxication, | leads to nausevomiting, loss of Fr^lgirtr^ edema and abdcm'irral paiii^ RemoveMEGENCV AND f.rst a.d pp.oceoubes contaminated clothing.

Such a review, as presented in the above-mentioned transcripts, could lead to broader sponsorship of the University of Louisville program which will embody during 1979-1980 an even more incisive approach to multiple studies on chemical carcino genesis .

The descrepancies we note are those seen on our visit which may be present only during our review, however, some are of such a nature that one is lead to believe they will continue to persist beyond our visit.

These staffing concepts overall are economically justifiable, but do lead to abnormally high overtime rates when movements occur in the shift work classifications.

Through the intelligent and diligent use of carefully designed record keeping systems an invalluable contribution can be made towards the determination of dose-response relationships for asbestos exposure and the effects described, ultimately leading to the development of an acceptable industrial hygiene standard.

JENSEN, Deputy Director of Commerce's Bureau of Domestic Commerce, has become the leading candidate to head FDA's new Bureau of Product Safety.

ICoosa River Group ;i js 500-Million Suit fy JERRY SCHWARTZ V. a group of Georgia and r Alabama reslderfta filed a lessly allowed and caused PCB to be released Into a stream that leads directly Into *1600 million suit in federal the Coosa River."