FILE NAME: Asbestos Information Association (AIA) DATE: 2016 Feb DOC#: AIA051 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Journal Article - The AIA and Its Role in Perpetuatinga National Epidemic PUBLIC Public H ealth Then and Now AJPH PUBLIC "My an w ei to th e piohle-rn is if }ou hate enjoyed a good hid volule wot king w ith asbestos products u h \ not die irom it Theie's got to be some cause" In the m iddle decades or the h 'th ce iu u t\ asbestos a m in eral w ith in su litin g md * tue tens-nn', p to p em es w as w idelv distnhuted rlnoughoLit the \m e n r.tti lm dsc ipe \ n u t e iu l used toi a \o i\ limited num bei ot put poses in the I'-'th centuiv bv the 1 'inns it w is used m thousands oi household uid mdList11il products in clud in g tdooi ules paints tooting im tetials catilhs plasties md even C luistin as n ee snow T h ete is a \e r \ t u b litetature on the lustoix ol the asbestos m dustiv V in o u s scholars have docum ented \\h tt the nidusU\ did to lu d e allo t illation and ih eieto ie del.n tenon that m ight lead to lestn ction s on its use I n s h o it these authois have illustiated tli.it as with the tob acco and lead m d ustiies the dangers ot asbestos and its specific. leh tion sh ip to cancel w ere cM ensivelv icpo i ted on in the m ediccl liter ctuic. but m in i mized and e \e n lu dden bv v a l l ows com panies and m diM duals W * toeiis on the* e ah I T us sp e a fic tlh the \sbesios Iniotniaiion hssoiiaiioii North A jneiicu i \) \ \ k an m dusin ti ide group that had im eina tioiu l tic's ro and wot hc-J in tan lernw ith the Butish \sbestos' 11noi niation l oinm ntee and yshestosis Research (. o un oi md snnil.n groups in R anee the Benelux counmes and Vatidan av ja ' Est ibiishc'd m Decembei lT n the same month tint the O SH y et was signed into lew its go.d was to couuteuct the grow mg public attention to and gov ernment regulation ot asbestos as asei ions tlueat to workers and oonsuineis W* an.dv 7e how the mdusti \ sought to sl\ape public opinion and tegulatoiv polic\ The AIA claimed iliat .is a lesult ot is etioi is the O c cupaiiou.il Vten, and Health Administration (O S H \) legulatioixs adopted in m cotpo i ited most o f then suggestions especiaUv tint asbestos could continue to be used in a wide vatictv o f ecusuinei products without anv w arning il^our the d mget of cancer' Tilts was despite a nch histoneal kteutuie on asbestosis lung cancel and mesothelioma dating to e u h in the dull cetmiit ' The A1 \ was bom of lolins Mam tiles public relations c-lfoits In Octobet IT o the PuPlu RelitK'ns Subcommittee ot Johns M ui.ilic s Lnutonm eiit a!

FILE NAME: Asbestos Information Association (AIA) DATE: 2016 Feb DOC#: AIA050 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Journal Abstract - The AIA and Its Role in Perpetuatinga National Epidemic /$1r Am 3 public Health.