J. H. Marsh to Alec Cross on a Dust Control Film and the Revised Federal Asbestos Standard (1974)

A one-page letter of May 24, 1974, from John H. Marsh of Raybestos-Manhattan to Alec Cross of the Cape Asbestos Company in London, thanking him for a film that had been shown at R-M's Trumbull headquarters and its Manheim, Pennsylvania, plant and would be shown to all Asbestos Information Association members in June. "I am afraid that many American asbestos products manufacturers do not take asbestos dust control as seriously as manufacturers in the U.K." Marsh wrote that changes to the federal asbestos standard, due for final recommendations by July 15, now appeared unlikely to be extensive, partly because of an April 15 court decision upholding the present rules.

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Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

J.H. Marsh letter to A. Cross, 5/24/74, stating that the film has arrived and has already been shown at R-M's headquarters in Trumbull and at the Manheim plant. The film is now "making the R-M circuit and following that will be shown to all AIA members." Marsh is afraid that many American asbestos products manufacturers do not take asbestos dust control as seriously as manufacturers in the U.K. The film will be very helpful in emphasizing the necessity for proper industrial hygiene practices. There is a deadline of July 15 for submission to the U.S. Department of Labor of final recommendations for the revised asbestos standard. Marsh states that it now appears that changes in the standard will not be extensive.

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This is document 670 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002341 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002341.