Dioxin - Professor Karasek's work substantiates the view that the incineration of PVC does not lead to Dioxin.

There IS NO DOUBT THAT GOVERNMENTS SHOULD DO ALL THAT IS NECESSARY TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THEIR CITIZENS* FOR OUR PART WE BELIEVE THAT GUIDELINES CAN BE DEVELOPED IN THE USE OF ASBESTOS THAT TAKE HEALTH CONCERNS FULLY INTO ACCOUNT* A SECOND AND VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE IS THE RECENT DECISION BY THE OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY Administration to issue the rarely used Emergency UCC 008637 6- - Temporary Standard (ETS) setting workplace exposure LEVELS MUCH BELOW THE CURRENT LEVEL* As YOU KNOW OSHA HAS BEEN MULLING FOR SOME TIME THE PUTTING INTO PLACE OF MORE STRINGENT REGULATIONS ON ASBESTOS J ITS DECISION NOT TO FOLLOW THE ESTABLISHED ROUTE FOR SETTING SUCH A STANDARD TOOK US BY SURPRISE* We HAVE FOLLOWED WITH GREAT INTEREST THE FILING BY YOUR ASSOCIATION OF A LAWSUIT IN THE MEW ORLEANS COURT ASKING FOR A STAY OF THE ETS PROCESS PENDING JUDICIAL review on January 12* We understand that for the January 12 review, the court will be asking OSHA to PROVIDE NEW EVIDENCE THAT GRAVE DANGER EXISTS TO SUPPORT AN ACCELERATED RULEMAKING PROCESS IN ESTABLISHING A NEW ASBESTOS STANDARD AND TO SUPPLY COMPARISONS OF THE ETS ON ASBESTOS WITH ETS ON OTHER MATERIALS* It appears that the Consumer products Safety Commission has also had asbestos under review for some time* Recently this organization, OSHA and EPA have FORMALLY SET UP A TASK FORCE TO COORDINATE THE FEDERAL APPROACH ON REGULATION OF ASBESTOS* UCC 008638 7- - That sums up the various regulatory actions in progress or being contemplated- The EPA initiative, if implemented, would eliminate approximately one-half of immediately total U-S- asbestos consumption and ultimately lead to the phasing out of the remaining uses- With respect to the OSHA initiative, it would not be proper for me to comment on what I would consider adequate or inadequate standards in your country, nor whether Canada would prefer an ETS or regular' process of Irulemaking to set new standards- What am saying is THAT WE ARE HOPEFUL ANY NEW STANDARD WILL REFLECT unbiased evidence and best available data on health risks associated with the use of asbestos- Both our countries have a major stake in the outcome of both EPA and OSHA initiatives- We are much aware of your association's efforts to deal with the problem of health risk in the WORKPLACE " AND WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD- I UNDERSTAND THAT YOU HAVE LONG ADVOCATED COMPREHENSIVE ASBESTOS RULEMAKING DEALING WITH ALL ASPECTS OF OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO ASBESTOS, ESPECIALLY AS IT PERTAINS TO THE UCC 008639 8 CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.

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Interestingly, there have also been case reports suggesting that benzene affects the lymphoreticular system (as well as the hematopoietic system) leading to lymphomas and related disorders (see below).

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MICHIGAN DIOXIN EXPOSURE STUDY CONSTRUCTION AND VALIDATION OF A GEOSTATISTICAL MODEL OF PCDD AND PCDF DEPOSITION FROM INCINERATION Goovaerts P5, Trinh H1, Garabrant D2, Hong B2, Gwinn D3, Towey T4, Lee S-Y6, Demond A1 and Adriaens P1 'Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Michigan College of Engineering, 1351 Beal, Ann Arbor, MI 48109; 2Department of Environmental Health Sciences, University of Michigan School of Public Health, 109 S.

Unterreiner of construction markets, already the lead- ACS Meeting Amoco Chemicals, with growth "ham ing outlet, become even more domi pered by capacity restraints- and a nant.

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"By not setting an exposure standard for asbestos, as it has for other substances such as radon, EPA has failed to tell school systems when ACBM in their buildings pose i HWBUI0006310 Page 3 a health hazard and, most importantly, when they do not, notes John F Welch, president of the Safe Building Alliance -- a non-profit organization of leading building product companies which formerly manufactured ACBM.

But leading producers of brake liningsplan to go asbestos-free as soon as pos' f IbJe.

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Consequently, we are at a loss to understand why FDA, in the present proposed regulation, has decided to include plants manufacturing food- and feed-pack aging materials from plastics, there being no indication that contamination of PCB-ARCH-EXT0376811 - 4 - plastics packaging materials with PCBs leading to food contamination has oc curred in the seven years since the final regulation was promulgated.