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s* THE CAPE ASBESTOS COMPANY LIMITED ucADOFr:ci 1:1 - tark STREET LONDON WJ oo$+t** ion o ear Bob :rc ..trail 1964 an sorry to he? oubled by questions relating to henlth prosit., t Slue Asbestos. \:s have already had c_: en.v.iry fro:: -'ssoco here and I gather fron our Salas people that -clta** ("00:00)' will probably use Aojosito anyway in viov: c. the lower price of this fibre. sunnarised as Xoilcv;3 : i. The nodical world now r.^ to accept thnt exposure to asbestos increases the rish of lunr cancer. There is no evidence to Indicate that there is a greater rish from any particular fora of asbestos. during recent years a Hr. J.C. V.'agn clalsa to hsvo found ep-prcninately 100 cases of a distinctly different 2 *-- ; - -. ' i ; i kind of lur.; cancer called 'mesothelioma' c.::.or.3 people in the horth "-'esc Cape in -outh . Crier., most of whom heve sod* history of exposure to lilue Asbestos. iii. Cr. `"c^ner has been working in Britain for the lest twelve norths and he cluir.r to hrve uncovered, from the irc-urcs v'o3ir*C --c>* over a cor.sioerable run her of years), a comparable number of cases of mesothelioma here. iv. Cases of mesothelioma h v. ? also been clainea in the United states and Canada associated ritr exposure to Shrysotile Asbestos. v. Co fr.r as I an aware r.o era:3 of re sothclior.a have been definitely associated with /.mo site. Chc-se then nre the f?.ots and I should add that I have heard absolutely nothin.? of shin cancer in this connection. `;'he proble.n is an c::". or. rim of-the old asbestosis hazard and, altheu^h v.-e --.re concerned with the extension into these- :.cre abstruse diseases'and anxious to establish the facts, there is cls-rly no reason for alar:; when on: consider.-: the very snail incidence of this affliction in i'il: .io:i to the enormous number of people who hancle asbestos of all kinds. It is accepted that precautions nust be taken and I su-jest that, so far p.s Foseco are concerned, all that it is necessary to edvise then is that precautions should be taken to prevent inhalation of asbestos dust by their opc-rativss. I hope that this answers your question. If you would li'.'.e ajKr sore information, please do not hesistate to let a|Bov7. Yours sincerely, w/ .\i