At this precarious state of our knowledge, we believe that misplaced re liance on mere suspicions rather than proved data, or precipitous and emo tional reaction to such incomplete infor mation, together with a narrowly con strued interpretation of interests, could lead to major economic consequences."

Ore was deli ve red 1:o the stockpile by a 25~ton capacity truck and trailer, dumped on top the stockpile, and pushed by a bulldozer to blend the ore and to provide a more level surface or roadway for the ore truck, A front-end loader with a 2 1/2-yard capacity bucket trammed ore from the stockpile to the loading point which leads to the COM bin - the start of the ore processing.

A front-end loader with a 2 1/2-yard capacity bucket trammed ore from the stockpile to the loading point which leads to the COM bin - the start of the ore processing.

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In the printing industry, in the making in transformers and power capacitors, of "carbonless" carbon papers, as a coat as hydraulic fluids, as a diffusion pump ing for papers used in thermographic nil, in heat transfer applications; as plas- duplicating machines, as an additive in ucizcrs, as adhesives in the manufacture xerographic transfer process (in Xerox of brake linings, clutch faces, and grind toner): and as a plasticizer for printing ing w heels, in making safety and acous plates and flexographic plates tical glass, and as a laminate of ceramics PCBs also are a byproduct of paper and ntcials recycling, and have been identified in In making washable wall coverings hardwood and softwood pulps They are and upholstering materials, in adhesives found in toilet soaps, barrier creams, in for envelopes and tapes, in coatings for hydrated lime used to manufacture glass, mining board covers, as a dclusicnng in water treatment chemicals, m primer jgeni lor rayons, as a flame-prooTer for painls, coloring compounds, degreasers, synthcnc yams, in waterproofing of in additives to zinc alloys, and in waxes canvas, as additives in paints and var used in the tool and die-casting process nishes, in film casting solutions, in in- -ROBERT K BOYLE New Vork City wrote le Dr RnhjiJ Spears chief of the Surs cillanse and Analysis Division "Following the |toxiC pollulam cf fluent standards] hearings {at which CE ad nulled dumping PCHs] in a memo randum from Alan Eskert to Meyer Scolmck, the Office of Lnforssmem jnd General Counsel tn New York recom mended that this office undertake a care ful investigation of PCB discharges from the Fun Edward and Hudson Falls facil ities to determine whether nr not there exists a health hazard wnhin i he mean,ng of Section 504 of the FWPC A [Federal Water Pollution Control Acij " This provision authorizes the El'A administrator to sue to restrain persons whose pollution of waters causes "sub stantial endangermeni to the health of persons or to the welfare of persons, where such endangermeni is to the liveli hood of such persons " The recommended investigation was Conducted in August 1974 b) Dr Royal J Nadeau and Robert P Davis of the Region II EPA laboratory, and they reported, based on GE figures, iliai the Hudson Falls plant was discharging up to 17 6 pounds of PCBs per day and the 1 on Edward plant up to 30 pounds per day Minnows collected below the GE dis charges averaged 78 pans per million of PCBs, while a rock bass contained 350 ppm of PCBs, prompting Nadeau and Davis to write "The PCB level in the rock bass is greater lhan the maximum level docu mented for fish taken from anv industrial river of the United Stales '[ his repre sents a new record for PCB contamina tion of freshwater fish " They also noted that "certain areas, particularly down stream from Station 4, arc fished pri marily by the youngsters of I on Edward Ingestion of these fish by the populace would certainly lead io urnuminaiiun of specific tissues in their bodies js docu mented by previous investigators men tioned in the introductory section of this report " Effective action was neit (orlhsoming Instead, last March the EPA Region 11 office slayed lemcnl ahaiemeni plans for the two plants after General Ekunc objected and demanded an jdiudisatorv hearing to challenge PCB limitations OnJuly7ihofthisycar Dr Gilman I) Veith of ERA'S National \kaicr Quality Laboratory in Duluth, Minnesota, wrote a ''review'' of ihe Nadeau-Das is inves- HONS 202453 i:h ligation which was passed on to LPA in 1 New York City and eventually to Reid "1 Ins field investigation has revealed the largest source of PCBs into ihe aquatic environment that I know of," Vcnh wrote "It is my opinion that ihis report li.is been written in a conservative man ner and does not by itself adequately describe the significance of the General hlcctnc discharge into the Hudson River The river for many miles downstream from the General Electric discharge could be contaminated with PCBs at levels one hundred times over the 10 ppt |parts per trillion) guideline set forth by IT'Ain 1972 anda thousand times higher than the recommended water quality criteria" of I part per trillion.

THE ALUMINUM ASSOCIATION^ SAFETY COMMITTEE - 1974 July- x l \ TX TINER RMC0052551 OCT 111974 MARTIN MARIETTA CORPORATION <^1 11300 ROCKVILLE PIKE ROCKVILLE.

There is virtually no testing of combinations of substances that by themselves may be each day from occupational harmless but become deadly diseases. i The General Accounting Ofifice acknowledges that there jhas not been nearly enough when combined, tlthough a leading occupational hazardasbestos--is known to greatly increase the risk of lung can-: ter only in workers who smoke jmoncy and staff allocated to jmakr a dent in the vast prob- cigarettes.

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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT UC-3706 ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION NORTW AMERICA 1660 L Street.

m UtoiUir.v.Hiiffl ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal Square 4, Suite 509 Arlington, Virginia 22202 (703) 979-1150 BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING ' Ramada Inn Old Town Alexandria, VA June 13, 1979 Pursuant to notice, a meeting of the Board of Directors was held June 13, 1979, at the Ramada Inn Old Town, Alexandria, VA.

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It should be clearly understood that the Society does not take issue with the Food and Drug Admin istration's desire to prevent food contamination by sub stances such as lead or similar known toxic materials.

Regional & District Sales Managers Director & Regional N/A Managers All Salesmen June 25, 1974 Attached are copies of the proposed testimonies of A.