Quote – Guy Gabrielson, Jr. President of Nicolet Industries, Incorporated

To the extent that it makes the manufacture of asbestos materials in the United States technologically unfeasible or uneconomic, it will force the purchase abroad of products for which there is no-asbestos substitute, with consequential losses in profit, increases in unemployment, and deterioration in the nation’s balance of payments.

OSHA hearing: “Standard For Exposure to Asbestos Dust, Proposed Rulemaking.”

Thursday, March 16, 1972
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