Wetting the asbestos may lead to a serious slip ping hazard.

The impact of the impending EPA lead reductions has apparently ant made its presence felt yet. perhaps haeanaa ' gasoline makers suspect thet lend losute wiB not be reduced te 1.4 grams par gaRra on the present schedule.

leading occupational hazard-- gienistS to canvass nearly five health say that most of these: asbestos--is known to greatlyjmillion workplaces, 10 workers suffers a iob-related standards are inadequate and increase the risk of lung can-!

Since it takes 15 years and more for an angiosarcoma tumor to develop, it is important to know whether' the 20 or so cases' of liver cancer that have been identified as orginating from vinyl chloride exposure date back to a dark age of the plastics industry that has already'passed away, v v7- :v :iV f; 7- : The trouble is that adversary proceedings in which'the advocates of extreme positions face each other in Washington will not necessarily lead, to a scientific settlement In Europe.accredited technicians set .7 standards without indulging in passionate arguments-and incriminations.: But in thelLS., opposing value *; * * -l * : ; >..

Material sampled For example, lead, asbestosC.

Hour years on, Australia is still taking the lead in health education and lobbying against the present advertising powers ofthe tobaaco industry.

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DIVISION OF THE FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY BOX 699, FIRESTONE BOULEVARD, POTTSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA 19464 GENC 010 Page -2March 31, 1977 With regard to expenses, the computer print-outs are mis leading in that the year-to-date legal expenses are actually understated by $23,483.34.

The undersigned pointed out thit In e study done by University of California at Berkeley, at the request of and supported by Pittsburgh Corning comparing Unlbestqs and 4 leading asbestos-containing thermal pipe insulation materials Indicated thet none of these products v uld be used In the construction industry with ut exceeding the 12 flbers/ML TLV and that this study intensified the research effort In Pittsburgh Corning to find an asbestos substitute.

., the nation's leading asbestosmalfr And Aetna said, "We have reserved for the full amount we feel we will ultimately be obligated for.

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All of which leads to skepticism among industrial toxicologists.

In particular, EPA conducted a new health risk and concluded that there was no reason to change the risk projected during the proceedings leading to the 1976 standard.

ASSESSMENT Despite firm evidence that the current standard is inadequate, our survey of the regulatory situation over the past few months leads to a conclusion that tighter environmental restrictions on asbestos will be promulgated.