The use of good work practices is recognized as one of the means of reducing health hazards associated with exposure to asbestos dust.

ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 1745 Jefferson Davis Highway, Crystal Square 4, Suite 509 Arlington, Virginia 22202 (703) 979-1150 HWBUI0006309 Page 2 The final rule identifies five major response actions: operations and maintenance, repair, encapsulation, enclosure and removal.

AIA-50 Asbestos Information Associaiion/Nortn America 22 Hast 40:h Street New York, N.

No position will be taken on the revised allowable fiber level pending completion of a comprehensive medical review now in progress by the Asbestos Information Association/North America.

ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 17 45 Jetfarson Davis Highway, Crystal Sauara 4.

Copies of the following items are available from this office: "Airborne Asbestos" National Research Council, 1971 "Questions 4 Answers" Asbestos Information Association/North Dust Collecting & Counting Information Respirator Requirements Federal Register copies of Existing and Proposed Regulations America Please contact us if you have any specific questions or particular problems, or if you would like a copy of any of the above.

FILE NAME: Asbestos Information Association (AIA) DATE: 1977 Oct DOC#: AIA033 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Lawyer from Dr.

Tlic information in Table 1 shows that the use of chrysotile asbestos and its share nf the total market are stead ily increasing.

Copies of the following items are available from this office: "Airborne Asbestos" National Research Council, 1971 "Questions & Answers" Asbestos Information Association/North Dust Collecting & Counting Information Respirator Requirements Federal Register copies of Existing and Proposed Regulations America Please contact us if you have any specific questions or particular problems, or if you would like a copy of any of the above.

GOTLIEB AMBASSADOR OF CANADA ' /V TO THE UNITED STATES / TO THE ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION/NORTH AMERICA OLD TOWN HOLIDAY INN ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1983 Please check against delivery.

(i Aprii:'.9 , ' 1976 ' v Asbestos Information Association/NA . : . ; 1835 K Street, N.W. * \ , Washington, D.

The labels would provice information on asbestos content form, and associated health risks.

ASBESTOS INFORMATION ASSOCIATION 1 7 45 Jettison Davis Highway.

-j; CONTACT WITH EPA AND CONTRACTORS ON THE ASBESTOS QUESTIONS The Secretary advised that he had received several phone calls from GCA Corporation, a contractor for EPA on the asbestos products questions.

En vironment* Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board has since disagreed with the NTP conclusion, interpreting the evidence as `equivocal', and has reaffirmed in its 1985 review a previously reached conclusion, notably that: the current peer-reviewed evidence for humans and animals does not support the view that asbestos ingested in water causes organ-specific cancers.4 In view of ail these studies, prevailing international scieH| tific opinion is that the public health risk associated with waterborne asbestos is sensibly zero.