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603 New Scientist 7 March 1S74 'Disputes on the safety of asbestos British and American scientists are currently advising in a lawsuit concerning the health hazards of asbestos.

But he adds iportedly, no inhalation deaths have ] that strong opposition by industry occurred among students in 7,000 * could lead to requests for new leg- schools already exposed to its anti i islation.

This will produce several undesir able side effects that will lead to incorrect data and conclusions. .Small test vessels usually have a liquid height equal f to the vessel diameter.

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c jfollowIng potentlal health hazards; f Free silica from handling sand and dlelomaccous earth 2a Lead from spray painting blocks 3.

FILE NAME: Union Carbide (UC) DATE: 1978 July 21 DOC#: UC095 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Draft of J-M Letter to Employees at King City Asbestos Plant & Briefing Package for our Field Reps 21 July 1978 Mr.

., is demonstrated by the chlorinated poly- ate, phenyl benzoate, ortho-tolyl benzoate, eugenol, and ethylenes of use in accordance with the present inven organic phosphates and other complexes of such metals tion. 1 as barium, cadmium, strontium, lead, tin and the like.

Continuous or repeated skin contact with chlorinated biphenyl leads to a condition called "chioracne" which has been reported repeatedly with industrial workers handling products containing chlorinated biphenyls (Mugs ct ah, 1953).

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CHLORDANE has been the leading chemical agent used for controlling termite infestations and damage to private homes in the United States.',' Indoor air pollution by chlordane was first reported by the United States Air Force in 1970 and again in 1974 and 1978.3 In 1979, the National Academy of Sciences issued a temporary guideline of 5 &m3 for chlordane, but without a guarantee that biological effects in exposed humans would not occur below this 1eveL3In an attempt to determine the veracity of health complaints related to chlordane, a cross-sectional epidemiological inwstiga- tion was conducted in 85 chlordane-treated house- holds with 261 people, where indoor air conceatra- ..tions of chlordane or other cyclodiene termitiddes Were known.` pling.

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The medical community has known for some time that personal habits, such as regular ingestion of relatively large amounts of alcohol, can lead to cirrohsis of the liver.

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