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FILE NAME: Eternit (ETER) DATE: 1968 Feb 6 DOC#: ETER082 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter RE 'Problems Arising from the Use of Asbestos1 r* 01 Menai PtdcrtM, Deaaerk. I m s vary ploeeod to reoelvo your lettor of 27th JenieLy, telili e thet you hed beatisi sono copina of "Probioa* orlali; fVor use u k of Aaboetoe" vhen yen vlsltod Londou* Ae X eald M a n ve set la Mslnoro, ve la intlond ooneidcr thie to bo ea aneollontly preparai doqnent pattina in thoir truo pereto Lire te# facce .ornerai^ lha health heserdo eeeool&tod with eaboatoe eaA I hopo thet :rm vili find lt uac.All. e roquestod, X Dar alrcody dr-epntohod to you vie *. Uyeea-t'etoreea, 2t copleo of ceeh of oor Codee of rcotiu Ai.oh you tit d -we rooolvod by th tino you tot tilla lottar Vhoae -oouoonta havo boon woloonod by oebootoc usare ovor bere coati X ori placead to rcad thet y<a propose to diatributo tho eioet y^ oolleofaes ani otfcore oonoomsd* I rould oophecl^o thet t.oae Codee ore freely avellehlo end lf yau rehiro eqy furtber aoplee I ili be pleeeod to aupply thea. I fbcl thet ve hed e very verthvhlle dleouseiaa ao 11in Jemery end ventare to hopo, la elee of th finsi eeateaee of yoer lettor thet yon fou d lt se eleo, th objeot of ay vleit ae noi te oonvinoe you thet there ee oc heelth rlek in henil1n eehoe ea, bui to poi th problen in Ite proper parepec .iva, beeed oa th heet lnfornetloa evellehle. to Cie end 1 nade th fOlleoln* aeln polntsi- 1. The dleoeeo eebeeeoele bea beon knovn te th induatry far nany yeere* Xt le eeoerelly enntreotei se s resali of prolongad esposare te hleh oeaeeeretlewe ef eebeetoe dust ihlle people enfferiae ftte seteteele hevj^sn lnereeeed rlek of developlr* lane eneer avide m eeheetoele hee *-- boa oonflM! i h n alrbome duet le eoatrolled ee In th Brltleh boston nemfhotarine Infante?, eeheetoele heoonee very rare end le ooaee<peneo th lndeaeo of Ini onaeer betoni ni jreatar than in th* |Mral population* ttasothsllom if & rare salignant tuaour of the pieuro or perltooeua, the origin of Oklak le still Manrot Exposure to osrtoln kinds of oeboatoo dust is unposted of being one oauae, but taer* in no direst proof - only * ntotintiool ssoosintion nhioh spponrn to bo aalnly with orooidolito (blue asbestos) This is not ussd in ship's board or pips insulation aaterlala. Xt sns blue ssbsstos nhioh son oonserned in the Rsshouss sad Thompson study and it is nos hollered that sons of the neighbourhood" oases vers sore hsarily oxposod than m s at first thought* 3* There is no eridsuse that the "plsurul plaques" found in the onUop^yllite areas of Finland load is afli^auMor* 4 'The new dritish Asbestos Regulations, nos in prellaii*ry draft fora, are not intended to prohibit working with asbestos Thoir a&ln slicet will not be to asks existing controla atlffer, but to insure that th- presort standard* which hare proved to be so suooessftl in asbestos factories are nore widely applied TiO od-xs of 'raotioe already sent to you have been devised to oover these wider applications* 1 think vo are both aware that sono of the above ooaconts : Hot with the statenents aade hy Dr Karvonan- 1 an sorry -at be had alreedy loft #H0 and X was thsreforo unable to talk with hia X was, hoveror, privileged to have a very valuable nesting with Dr Crut, in which wc reached a large maeur* of iigrsensnt on the subject of asbestos and health. As X motioned to you, X eapeet that sone of the views expressed at tbs dee fork Confsrense la 196ft.will be nodifled in Dresden in April end X hope to asst Dr. ftrut again so that ossasioa. Ones nore, any X thank you for ymir courtsny in resolving Mr. Hlgrea-Petereeu and uynal/ Xf X eaa be of any farther asnistanoe, X sill be only too pleased to hoar tram you Tours sinssrely.