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WILLIAM 5. COHENI MAINE

DAVID DURENBERGER. MINN. coM MITTEE ON
RICHARD A. WEGMAN GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
COUNSEL AND STAFF DIRECTOR WASHINGTON. 20510

September 13, 1979

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QEFIGIEL CGIEESFONDZECE

ELEASE EETUBH I3 330M 

The Honorable F. Ray Marshall
Secretary of Labor

Department of Labor Building
200 Constitution Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20210

Dear Secretary Marshall:

I have been provided with a copy of the letter
sent to you by the American Industrial Health Council
concerning the Department of Labor?s Chicago press sem-
inar on occupational disease: ?Lost in the Workplace?.
I have also been provided with a copy of the brochure
which announced the seminar, charging that "At least
100,000 Americans? die each year from exposure to work-
place chemicals, while "countless others" are left dis-
abled or sterile in a ?massive yet silent slaughter.?
As Mr. Krumrei says in his letter for the AlHC,i?iif?5?I Iii;
this kind of rhetoric fails to serve any constructive
purpose, and can only strain the relationship between
business and government.

I want you to know that I share the concern ex?
pressed in Mr. Krumrei?s letter. Your comments would be
greatly appreciated. In particular, I would appreciate
an explanation for the claims respecting the number of
persons who die or are permanently disabled by exposure
to chemical hazards.

Sincerely,

Ma

Hmsmug John C. Danforth

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