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Asbestos: A Case Study of the Navy's Response to Updated Safety and Health Requirements (1976)

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A March 1976 paper by two Navy civilian engineers, Allen Winer of the Naval Ship Engineering Center and Wallin D. Holtgren of the Naval Sea Systems Command, for a Navy engineers' technical symposium. It lists asbestos uses aboard ships, explains asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, and describes shipyard controls under the OSHA standard. It expects asbestos rip-out work to continue for 20 to 30 years and lists asbestos-free replacements for thermal insulation.

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U.S. Navy
Agency
Department of Defense
Date
1976
Library no.
ACL Doc 25237 · asbestosclaims.law/library/25237
Rights
US government work, in the public domain.

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“Asbestos: A Case Study of the Navy's Response to Updated Safety and Health Requirements.” 1976. U.S. Navy. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 25237. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/25237.

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