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

A cover letter from the AIA/NA Executive Secretary dated January 30, 1973, enclosing materials on a bill by Rep. Dominick Daniels to move metal and nonmetallic mine safety enforcement, including asbestos mining, to OSHA, and on press coverage of Dr. Mearl Stanton's National Cancer Institute fiber-size study. Also enclosed were an Occupational Hazards interview with Dr. Selikoff and a clip on a Johns-Manville automatic fiber bag-opening device. Attached are the enclosures and AIA/NA member and distribution lists, which include Union Carbide representatives.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-2: Cover letter from Matthew M. Swetonic, AIA/NA, to member companies, January 30, 1973
• Page 3: Statement of Rep. Dominick V. Daniels introducing HR 1720 to repeal the Federal Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety Act, Congressional Record, January 11, 1973
• Page 4: Government affairs consultants' analysis of the Daniels bill (Mine Safety and Health policy developments)
• Page 5: Newspaper clipping (apparently the Los Angeles Times article on the Stanton study); OCR unreadable, printed upside down or reversed
• Page 6: Occupational Health & Safety Letter, January 8, 1973: new study demonstrates mechanism of asbestos effects (Stanton)
• Pages 7-22: Mearl F. Stanton, 'Some Aetiologic Considerations of Fiber Carcinogenesis,' Paper 43A, Lyon conference, October 2-5, 1972, with tables and references
• Pages 23-26: Occupational Hazards, December 1972: interview with Dr. Irving J. Selikoff by Richard J. Snider Jr.
• Page 27: Occupational Health & Safety Letter, January 8, 1973: automatic bag opening station for asbestos fiber developed (Johns-Manville)
• Page 28: AIA/NA member companies, environmental control sub-committee, legal counsel, PR counsel and consultant list
• Page 29: Distribution (CC) list of names and affiliations

People and organizations

From Matthew M. Swetonic (Executive Secretary) to Gentlemen (member companies of the Asbestos Information Association/North America).

• 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)
• 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: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Idaho Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Johns-Manville · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · OSHA · U.S. Bureau of Mines.

About this copy

This is document UC-3981 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 29 pages. Production numbers UCC 011759 to A19544.