Matthew M. Swetonic (Asbestos Information Association/North America) to Member Companies Transmitting Mine Safety Bill, Stanton Fiber Study and Press Clippings (1973)

Cover letter from the AIA/NA executive secretary to member companies transmitting enclosures: material on Rep. Daniels' bill to move metal and nonmetallic mine safety from the Interior Department to OSHA, newspaper coverage and the full text of Dr. Mearl Stanton's paper on fiber size and mesothelioma in rats, an Occupational Hazards interview with Dr. Selikoff, and a clip on a Johns-Manville bag-opening device. The letter describes the Stanton research as indicating that very small fibrils are of little or no concern in causing cancer. The package also includes AIA/NA member and counsel lists.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Letter from Matthew M. Swetonic, AIA/NA, to member companies, January 30, 1973, describing the enclosures
• Page 3: Congressional Record excerpt, January 11, 1973: Rep. Daniels' statement introducing HR 1720 to repeal the Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act
• Page 4: Government affairs consultants' (GRC) analysis of the Daniels bill, with forecast
• Page 5: Newspaper clipping on the Stanton study (OCR garbled, appears upside down)
• Page 6: Occupational Health & Safety Letter, January 8, 1973: article on NCI study of asbestos fiber carcinogenicity
• Pages 7-21: Mearl F. Stanton, 'Some Aetiologic Considerations of Fiber Carcinogenesis,' Lyon conference paper 43A, October 1972, with data tables and references
• Pages 22-25: Occupational Hazards, December 1972: interview with Dr. Irving J. Selikoff on 1973 occupational health targets
• Page 26: Occupational Health & Safety Letter, January 8, 1973: automatic asbestos fiber bag opening station developed by Johns-Manville
• Page 27: List of AIA/NA member companies, environmental control sub-committee, legal and public relations counsel
• Page 28: Copy (cc) distribution list of individuals and companies

People and organizations

From Matthew M. Swetonic (Executive Secretary) to Gentlemen (AIA/NA member companies and cc list; Union Carbide's J. W. Rawlings and John Myers appear on the attached member lists).

• Matthew M. Swetonic (author)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (its organization)
• Cunningham & Walsh (named)
• Department of the Interior (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• Los Angeles Times (named)
• National Cancer Institute (named)
• Occupational Hazards (named)
• Occupational Health & Safety Letter (named)
• OSHA (named)
• The Government Research Corp (named)
• U.S. Bureau of Mines (named)
• U.S. Department of Labor (named)
• UPI (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Idaho Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Johns-Manville · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · U.S. Bureau of Mines.

About this copy

This is document UC-5099 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 28 pages. Production numbers UCC 011759 to A19544.