Compilation of 1980 Asbestos News Clippings and AIA/NA Newsletter on Asbestos-Cement Pipe Bans, the Quebec Industry, and OSHA Asbestos Standards (1980)

Ten-page exhibit made up of two newspaper clippings, pages from an Asbestos Information Association/North America newsletter, and an Occupational Safety & Health Reporter article dated September 25, 1980. The clippings cover Connecticut and Lakeland, Florida decisions on asbestos-cement water pipe, and developments in the Quebec asbestos industry. The newsletter pages cover an industry-government conference, OSHA and Ontario asbestos regulation, and a school asbestos task force. The trade-press article reports Johns-Manville and other industry speakers on workplace exposure limits. unreviewed

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DIANE LEVICK. "Asbestos Pipe Makers Want Ban Lifted." 1980.

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What the document holds

• Page 1: Newspaper clippings: 'Asbestos Pipe Makers Want Ban on Use Lifted' (Diane Levick) and 'Commission votes to buy asbestos pipe' (Lakeland, Fla.; Michael Kronish)
• Page 2: Newspaper clipping, scanned upside down: 'Expert says task is impossible to zero-engineer all asbestos' (John Burgeson) and 'Developments in the Quebec asbestos industry'
• Pages 3-4: AIA/NA September newsletter: industry-government conference attendance and OSHA data concerns (page 4 scanned upside down)
• Pages 5-6: AIA/NA newsletter continued: Fifth Circuit challenges to OSHA cancer policy and the White House regulatory board proposal (page 6 scanned upside down)
• Pages 7-8: AIA/NA newsletter, page 5: school asbestos task force and Ontario workplace asbestos standard proposal (page 8 scanned upside down)
• Pages 9-10: Occupational Safety & Health Reporter, Sept. 25, 1980: industry officials on workplace exposure levels and publicity (page 10 scanned upside down)

People and organizations

From DIANE LEVICK (newspaper reporter (page 1, asbestos-cement pipe ban article)).

• Asbestos Information Association/North America (its organization)
• Asbestos Cement Pipe Producers Association (named)
• Connecticut Department of Health Services (named)
• EPA (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Cement Pipe, Transite, and Marinite · EPA · Florida Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Johns-Manville · OSHA Asbestos Standard.

About this copy

This is document UC-2237 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 10 pages. Production numbers UCC 004592 to UCC 004601.