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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1965 DOC CSR067 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from Dr. McNulty RE Level of Asbestos Production at Wittenoom & Desire to Perform Lung Function Tests on Workers we nagepaw en S j Sd weet y nt Ht ember ember 10651065 Dear Dear Janet to Wittenoon in the near future but I haveI a cmon not trgyoiinngg 3 far unsuccessfully to get someone . to go no to do lung function tests The answers to the questions posed in your letter are as follows 1. reportedly used 1. increases annually so tons me to at least 95 amosite and crocidolite anthophyllite anthophyllite anthophyllite making rest crocidolite Incidentally aromently not III towel towel only a a aromently Bouth that that crocidolite comes Afrion and Australia but in small only from amounts ron Holivia The amount of vazion not vom vom coquidem for mini were in have PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT ~es 11,00 treaton vo 1963 1963 1963 Lomer Lomer ima 11,00 ani ani 3 e aeee encounter encounter encounter encounter ns encounter 2 Vee le vers 247 tHe See iad conventional * the ~ sabeae We Jed for oe - -* bd ae 82 vortical aa vortical vortical vortical Wile chafis ole the Mines but I have been unable to persuade Department to perseverewith it The body of opinion in against the noe of the konineter for dust sampling in the asbestos mining industry for a reasons basically because la,Ninuous nature of the asbestos Dust ttebe. particles aga, ve been or dust high contant contant =_: 2000 2000 2000 . ane of of the the high high quante quante contant mig) c: ues edt' to have been estimating the silicosis that there jaonly A view expressed once was was little point in introducing refinements because dust was so obviously present I have 1107 Subjek Subjek to the Hines Department and am trying to arrange a visit by a Mr. Major from the Commonwealth School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to do a complete survey of the mine and mill using opific opific cniques Ine Mines Department seem anxious to operate productive Imioned Imioned Imioned the suggestions made by Brian Gandevia Nnction testal These included .E.V V.C for lung of cough height smoking history presence measurement and age enclosed either clinically or by sputum and Cancer copy enclosed The Working Group of Asbestos monoxide recomend in addition single breath caroon standard test for diffusion capacity lung complianfcleow and exercise test resiste GSR expiratory expiratory ways Yours sincerely PHYSICIAN PHYSICIAN . IONAD IONAD IONAD CCCCAA CCCCAA CCCCAA IONAD IONAD IONAD CCCCAA NEATLIE NEATLIE NEATLIE NEATLIE