Document 2JGzRn3K9qwGX0ZgXpRzv5kGg
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
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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
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increases annually so
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me to at least 95
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anthophyllite
making
rest
crocidolite
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that
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comes
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only from amounts ron Holivia
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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
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particles aga, ve been or dust high
contant contant
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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
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