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AIDS Walk 2002
15th annual walk against AIDS in Maryland
State of Maryland Executive Order 01.01.1983.09: Asbestos Safety and Health Program, Governor Harry Hughes
State of Maryland Executive Order 01.01.1983.09: Asbestos Safety and Health Program, Governor Harry Hughes
Medical Action to Reduce the Risk of Cancer
A MaryCOSH flyer with information about how to minimize exposure to asbestos and other materials that increased cancer risks
OSHA Asbestos Standard in Brief: Federal Register Vols. 39 (June 27, 1974) and 41 (March 19, 1976)
A summary of OSHA asbestos standards--established in 1974 and 1976 by the Federal Register--that define asbestos, establish time limits to occupational exposure, compliance and monitoring requirements (for employees and employers), the use of…
Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene: 10.18.15 - Toxic Air Pollutants; 10.18.23 License to Remove or Encapsulate Asbestos
Laws regarding: 1) toxic air pollutants, including establishing work practices and procedures to control emissions and exposure; 2) asbestos removal and/or encapsulation, including procedures and requirements
Asbestos in Brevard and the Nation: The Politics of a Public Helath Issue - Hosted by the Brevard Town Hall Forum, Inc., April 24, 1988
A Brevard Town Hall Forum panel discussion regarding the asbestos issues in Brevard County, Florida, as well as nationally, featuring George A. Peters, Dwight E. Brown, Susan F. Vogt, James F. Fite, and Dr. Richard G. Miller as moderator.
Statement of Dr. Robert H. Harris and Barry I. Castleman: Cancer Risks to the Public at Large
A statement co-authored by Dr. Robert Harris and Barry Castleman regarding cancer risks to the public caused by asbestos, referencing the Environmental Protection Agency's (then) recent publication of a peer-reviewed, scholarly article recognizing…
Correspondence: Barry Castleman and General Motors, March - April, 1982
Correspondence between Barry Castleman, environmentalist and researcher, and the General Motors Corporation, regarding GM's announcement to cease producing brake linings containing asbestos and to switch to asbestos-free brake linings by 1984.
Advertisement: Asbestos, Medico-Legal Aspects by Barry Castleman; Spring, 1984
An advertisement for Barry Castleman's Asbestos, Medico-Legal Aspects, later changed to Asbestos, Medical & Legal Aspects
The Asbestos Cover-Up by Barry Castleman
Barry Castleman's The Asbestos Cover-Up. The Playboy Foundation, a philanthropic initiative founded by Hugh Hefner in 1965, provided funding to print this publication.
Asbestos: Chronological Highlights, 1898 - 1973
A comprehensive chronology of asbestos-related events, starting in 1989 with the death of Henry Ward Johns, founder of Johns-Manville Corporation (whose cause of death was later understood to be asbestos-related illness), and ending in 1973 with…
First Alleged Asbestos Health Warnings Supplied with Products
A list of the first years that major corporations notified the public of the potentially harmful health effects of asbestos.
Baltimore City Asbestos Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Litigation Consolidation File No. 89236704, April 24, 1990
Correspondence from the Baltimore City Circuit Court's consolidation of asbestos personal injury and wrongful death cases, notifying counsel for defendants and plaintiffs of the consolidation. The file includes the Memorandum Opinion, Order of…
Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos to clients: Proof of Claim forms for Manville Corporation, November 1986 - February 1987
Letter from the Law Offices of Peter G. Angelos, counsel for over 70% of the plaintiffs in the over 8,700-victims consolidated case against Manville Corporation (formerly Johns-Manville), instructing plaintiffs to complete proof of claim forms and…
Correspondence regarding asbestos in prisons: Jim Fite/WLA and Maryland agencies (DPSCS, DHMH, OSHA, Dept. of Labor)
Correspondence between Jim Fite (Executive Director, WLA) and several Maryland agencies (Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, Division of Correction, Maryland Penitentiary; Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Environmental…
Correspondence: Individuals incarcerated in and employed by MD Penitentiary re: evidence of asbestos in prison facilities
Letters from people incarcerated in the Maryland State Penitentiary to Jim Fite and the White Lung Association, seeking assistance in compelling the state of Maryland to address facilities issues that needlessly exposed incarcerated individuals to…
WLA: Refresher Courses Offered to Extend EPA/AHERA Accreditation - January, 1989
A list of courses offered by the White Lung Association for EPA/AHERA accreditation.
WLA: Guidelines for Abatement
A factsheet with instructional information about safe asbestos abatement.
EPA Asbestos Regulations
A MaryCOSH factsheet containing information about newly-released regulations established by the Clean Air Act of 1970 that enabled the EPA to set emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants, including asbestos, beryllium, and mercury. The EPA…
Paul Safchuck Testimony re: Asbestos Hazards Program, Legal Issues Concerning Asbestos Exposure, 1984
First 4 pages of Paul Safchuck's (WLA President, former Dundalk branch president) 1984 Congressional testimony regarding the Asbestos Health Hazards Compensation Act Bill Program (also known as the Miller Bill).