The Asbestos Information Committee and the Asbestos Information Association/North America have agreed to exchange minutes of their meetings.

The Association has retained the services of C.

Miscellaneous Other Information Sourcat .

However the high fiber counts obtained by brushing a man's jacket made of a conventional fiber blend not con- taining asbestos but which was dry cleaned in the same clothes batch with the containing coat may be a serious matter insofar as FDA is concerned In effect the fiber counts were as high when brushing a jacket cleaned with the coat as in brushing the asbestos- containing coat itself This memorandum fiber counted be repor wilk summarize all data obtained to date including pieces of the filters used in the HEW tests and i Anysubsequent data obtained on this program will supplement supplement to this memorandum rs Attachment distribution reverse side S.

The Choice for the Drywall Industry The information presented here provides an excellent illustration ol a broader question that is facing, industiy today, i e., what is the best way to comply with the vari ous occupational safety, consumer safety, and environmental protec tion regulations that are being promulgated?

Voted to establish liaison ~'lith FE}1Fl1 in areas of (1) brake lining regulation, and (2) Asbestos in the work place and environment.

Annual Meeting on June 22, 1977) ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION; x North America 3833 K Street, N.

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As a result, in late 1970, eight companies gathered in New York City to launch the Asbestos Information Association of-North America, vnich was frankly patterned after the British * - --- usa asbestos Inforracion Ccmittee, which hid been established sere three years earlier.

Secondly, a discussion was held on the events of the meeting held on February 4 by the Asbestos Information Association/North America re the Industry Response it is preparing to the proposed revision of the "Asbestos Standard."

I am enclosing with this letter copies of letters written by the Executive Secretary for the Asbestos Information Association (AIA/NA).

Collis who states in part that-- Following up information received from the it registrar was found that five deaths of persons suffering from phthisis had occurred in five years among a staff of under 40 workers employed at a factory where asbestos is woven The process which appeared most dangerous is the production of asbestos mattresses These mattresses which are composed of bags of woven asbestos filled with short asbestos fiber are placed on a table and beaten out flat by a man with a wooden flail from which process much dust arises Women who sew the mattresses into sections with asbestos threads worked close to the man who beat the mattresses and of necessity inhaled the dust The reorganization of this process with the application of localized exhaust draft was called for and an annual medical examination of the workers by the certifying surgeon has been instituted in the hope of detecting and removing from exposure to dust those showing early signs of respiratory discase Weaving asbestos has only become an important Two other industry during the last large asbestos factories 15 years were visited each of which was found to have its own specialty in the production of which dust prevention is required The Department of Labor bulletin contained numerous pleas for research on health hazards in the growing asbestos industry The rapidly increasing development of industries using asbestos as ascertained from domestic or foreign sources suggests the urgency of more qualified medical consideration than has hereto- fore been given the subject _ Hoffman also noted that there was no medical literature available on asbestos diseases from the Surgeon General's Library the U.S.

Collis, who states, in part, that--> Following up information received from the .

H, Merenesa Executive Director Asbestos Information Association 1835 K Street, N.W.

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