FILE NAME: Synkoloid (SYN) DATE: 1973 Jan 3 DOC#: SYN011 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Brotherhood of Painters regarding x-ray studies showing fibrosis in tapers MOUNT SINAI S C H O O L OF MEDI CI NE ofTheCityUniversity cj\riu*Verfc F I F T H AVENUE ANO I 00TH S TREET NEW YORK, N.T. 10039 y 's i oj Cennwiity Tittiicint January 3, 1973 'Mr.

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April 13 1977 Dear Round Robin Participant Thank you for your prompt response to the recent CTFA Task Force on the round robin analyses of comsumer tale products 1976 production for asbestiform amphibole minerals I have received and completed a comparative work of data from all participating laboratories with the exception of Mount Sinai Personnel at the Mount Sinai Environmental Sciences Laboratory now inform me that they are currently involved with another project which precludes their participation in our round robin at this time Hopefully they will perform these analyses at a later date Interlaboratory comparison of our Task Force data ten amics amics indicates amics The commercial in the results ited.

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FILE NAME Allied Signal Bendix ASB DATE 1973 Oct 26 DOC ASB084 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo - Asbestos Problem DATE October 26 1973 SUBJECT Asbestos Problem MEMBERS C.

FILE NAME Manville JMA DATE 1973 DOC JMA080 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Asbestos Product Saws - Test Data 8680BD 8680BD D.

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 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 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.

Health Policy Advisory Center No. 50 March 1973 HEALTH PAC BULLETIN Editorial: YOUR JOB OR YOUR LIFE Outside of coal miners'black lung disease, more public and scientific atten- tion has been focused on asbestos - related diseases than any other occupational hazard.

FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1972 Oct 2 DOC TALC437 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE United Sierra and AsbestosForm Talc UNITED [ 50 1201 TRENTON NEW JE DIVISION CYPRUS MINES CORPORATION SIERRA SIERRA SIERRA TELEPH8O 09 N 883-5E 111 | TWX S October 2 1972 t Gentlemen Re UNITED SIERRA AND ASBESTOS TALC United Sierra Division of Cyprus Mines Corporation has electe to market only MISTRONS that are free from asbestos contamination as measured by established test methods ' The Government's definition of asbestos includes chrysotile amosite crocidolite tremolite anthophyllite and actinolit These minerals are covered by the term asbestos partic as stated in the recent FDA Proposal We have therefore eliminated these minerals from all of our MISTRON products manufactured since July 7 1972 are i MISTRON VAPOR MISTRON FROST and MISTRON SUPER FROST contin as described in the FDA Proposal to carry the GRAS status 16407-8 These the Federal Register Vol 37 157 pp free of asbestos particles as measured b products Ray Diffraction techniques .

FILE NAME Talc TALC DATE 1978 June 26 DOC TALC488 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo RE Tremolite Talc Containing Asbestos Fibers Asbestos Asbestos , Reduction of Asbestos Asbestos : ae qualiqfed ualified replacement products Code 185 - | Ser 116-78 ' June 1978.