E. Epremian to Asbestos Meeting Distribution Transmitting NRC Airborne Asbestos Extracts and Summary of Asbestos Laws (1971)

Internal memo of September 2, 1971 from E. Epremian sending background for the September 8 asbestos meeting on Environmental Factors. The enclosures are extracts of the 1971 National Research Council report 'Airborne Asbestos' (conclusions and recommendations) and an Asbestos Information Association/North America summary of the Toxic Substances Control Act and other laws regulating asbestos.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Cover memo from E. Epremian to distribution list re asbestos, September 2, 1971
• Page 2: Title page of 'Airborne Asbestos', NRC Committee on Biologic Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants (1971), with statement of the report's scope
• Pages 3-4: Extract of Chapter 7: conclusions and recommendations on pathogenicity, nonoccupational exposure, risk estimation, and need for controls
• Page 5: Asbestos Information Association/North America paper on asbestos and the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1971
• Pages 6-7: AIA/NA summary of statutes and agencies regulating asbestos (Clean Air Act, OSHA, FDA, FTC, DOT)
• Page 8: AIA/NA section on statutes governing specific products and uses

People and organizations

From E. Epremian to W. G. Alesio; R. L. Folkman; R. J. Klotzbach; F. H. Larrison; W. N. Johnson; J. L. Myers; J. W. Rawlings; F. J. Shortsleeve; J. C. Stephenson; M. Stern; L. P. Twichell; G. A. Watson.

• E. Epremian (author)
• W. G. Alesio (recipient)
• R. L. Folkman (recipient)
• William N. Johnson (recipient)
• R. J. Klotzbach (recipient)
• Floyd H. Larrison, Jr. (recipient)
• John L. Myers (recipient)
• James W. Rawlings (recipient)
• F. J. Shortsleeve (recipient)
• J. Clayton Stephenson (recipient)
• Milton Stern (recipient)
• L. P. Twichell (recipient)
• Mining and Metals Division (its organization)
• Union Carbide Corporation (its organization)
• Asbestos Information Association/North America (named)
• Committee on Biologic Effects of Atmospheric Pollutants (named)
• Division of Medical Sciences (named)
• EPA (named)
• National Academy of Engineering (named)
• National Academy of Sciences (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Calidria · EPA · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-200 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 8 pages. Production numbers A10083 to A10088.