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FILE NAME: Asbestos Sacks and Bags (ASB) DATE: 1966-1967 DOC#: ASB042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Articles - Several Articles RE Asbestos Hazards 3 0 -- M A R -- 0 1 2 : 2 7 IN T E R N ftT IO H A L S U S IN E S S U H T 4 - 4 l l 2 4 7 6 3 1 3 P . 03 Asbestos a t the docks. Slri--1 refer to the article by Dr new and better methods of and of the medical department Alfred Byrne, "Docker* Fear packaging . crude cargo of Xn conclusion. It can be said Health Peril from Asbestos." in the present state of scientific asbestos c o m i n g into the country. The report produced that aim* December, comprehensive returns of health medical knowledge, mesothe to the parties concerned does of all Port of Xiondon Authority lioma should not. surely, be not a_p_p_a_r_e_n_tl,y d__iv_e_r_g_e t_o any staff were initiated, thereijs no allowed to cause panic reactions great extent from what was sub- instance of any case of *sbes- until the fullest details regard- aequently circulated by my tosis, or malignant growth of ing its distribution and causes department to Fort of London the lung attributable to ar fully understood. Authority staff; It was concluded asbestos, or Of mesothejpoma, th e work of our dockers, un that such risk as there might be In this country would not being reported in the service. A M Lawrence-Smfth, like that of men in a1beatos production industries, is non- amount to more for dock labourers than for other workers. Medical Officer, fo rt of London Authority continuous and limited as to tlifie and exposure to injurious Dr Byrne's articles are of London E C S k substances. Dr Byrne's earlier Interest as containing expres sions of broad scientific conjec Dr AtfrM smith h*s m s hn*S pailn wt otihr. LSnrrance- article, to which he refers, implies quite terrifying risks ture published where they will th S ^ c v n il Mints in Ms circular, to Uw .poctffi. cuitliy even to persons handling pre attract attention from many who have no access to informed and w hi a e n rsts A Oil parations of asbestos commonly used in their own household Impartial opinion. mi a n c k i.M o r s o V tr . I a n d no coM fort in chores. From what he has said In his concluding paragraphs h is a s s e r tio n th a t m c ase* mean., ih ello n ik n e v e a r is e n n e e 10% ste in * it j!could appear that the danger of: mesothelioma might be one is happier when noting an admission that questions of th a t 11 ta k e a s n a v e r s s e of m w a r s fo r the tum our to appear. jfc present on any building site or packaging and loading are in F i x i n g t h e r a t e $ ini the homes of the public where preparations such as fact exercising the " Ingenuity of doctors, scientists and indus Sleiar,r--n-Wf r oem wlaesrteSunindtariyg'sujehdrtictloe asbestos, wool-lagging monly used. are com trialists throughout the world." Dr Byrne, however, does not ("Dockers feat health p e r | from '. -ri. . give credit to the Port of Lon asbestos ") that payments of 2s. r 'Although asbestos has not don Authority for the part which per hour has some beneficial b*en regarded as having likely they have played ana are play or preventive effect on pleural association with the develop ing in this connection, When cancers from inhaled asbestos, ment of mesothelioma among ever questions are raised about and would appreciate informa the dockers one is unable to say objectionable c a r g o e s the tion on the research wl#eh led that scientific investigations still Authority is invariably Inter to the fixing of a particular sum going on concerning a variety known as croddolite might not ested to seek for and press measures by which these can be to combat the mesothelioma. occurre%nce of ojrtfe day show it as a noxious mitigated and controlled. This principle of pre| apbstance of more severe signi The Authority's health policy by payment could pert" ficance. is directed to prevention rather extended to other fof j The Port of London Authority than passive acceptance of un- disease. Just to make during the summer of 1965 were *, knqwn risks.. Accident Preven the case of the dock4 .. aftive in co-operating with the tion Committees, on which sit would suggest, that 2s.j$*d. or RMfflianiIisritirMyi odpf# VLabour 1 raiftnftkdrit1 AoitVh'ekfrtisi *Srmepvri(AsaeAn(ttiakt4iiUvieAsa /o&>f& AthikMe st*aCfTf, 92#s. dllirdl . npnerr hhnonuPr imW Oayv Ilnito eevvneMn t<j| pursue Investigations and meet regularly at the docks and more beneficial. ' formulate measures by which their questions and observations J L J de Bary, M R 0S , apy sort of risk from asbestos on subjects of physical accidents L R C P . D I H cargoes generally would best be and possible injuries to health A, Ward Gardner, tickled. On the findings and are regularly passed to the D I H y tf recommendations o f . these in Authority's head offlde, where D C Murphy, B Sft > j mquaidrieesto trheeprsehsiepnpteartsiontos enwsuerree othneybyarme ecmonbseirdseroefdmaanndaagdevmiseendt FFaRwIleCy,, FHjInntsst Pot. i* J i u 4 . to / / / 1 Co I, iir 03/30/00 08:37 TX/RX NO.5375 P.003 , Hazards of asbestos dust 1 . Asbestos dust may be mom insidiously f lethal than many authorities believe. The current Issue of the medical journal " The Lancet" \ reports the death of a man of 48 from the coincident development of asbestosls and an associated form of cancer. HU only exposure to asbestos dust had occurred thirty yean ago when he worked for six months as a grinder in an asbestos factory. The case raises several issues, ail of social importance. First, under the existing structure of the Prescribed Diseases Regulations, no claim for disability can be made for the malignancy associated with asbestosls or the asbestosis itself unless exposure to asbestos can be established as having occurred after July 4, 1948, which is s purely administrative date relating to the Intro* duction of the regulations. ft is quit dear that the Ministry of Sodai Security should review these regufttkms In their application to ell diseases which have a long induction period, such as bone necrosis following work In compressed air, and various forms of tumour whose association with working environments Is only now becoming dear. Second, attention should be given to those points In the carriage of bulk asbestos which fall outside the 1931 Asbestos Industry Regula tions. These regulations are at present being amended because It U now realised th at they are inadequate la the light of present know]' \ P.004 ^ A m ^ M iAs ^ ^ ^ TX/RX NO.5375 03/30/00 08:37 edge, yet they are itffl taken aa providing safe exposure lim bs in such place* as docks and transient storage warehouses. Fears expressed by dockers hindbng asbestos have been allayed f by an ism m nee that malignancy cannot zeault unless exposure has been heavy s p to cause asbestos!*. This is a dangerous assumption, no longer supported by informed medical opinion. It is all too obvious that the uncontrolled tipping of asbestos m ite , like th at which took place In Buxwortb, In Derbyshire, presents a serious hazard which needs to be suppressed by all possible means Including proper legists* tion. There la no longer any question of **safe " exposure to asbestos, but there Is an urgent need of new rigorously controlled methods of handling and packaging. Further, (h en axe experiments u s d m y which propose asphalt* asbestos m ixtures for road surfaces. I f these prove successful many thousand! of tons of asbestos might be used on the roads each year. With wear, would such a surface produce dust, 5 and would asbestos particles begin to roach the atmosphere along all the roads where it was used? Unless these questions can be answered 4 with a stringently proven negative, any authority which uses such, surfaces experimentally might be guilty of an action which both morally, and in Its results, Is as serious as the indiscriminate exposure of a population to high levels of Ionising radiation. R ^SH m i T U t PORT. trtJ jj, A n 2 1 1 * 7 . 0 ;, v ' " ' K^ Vs|*;q S | S ,9 St^ " ' - G E T S - - A LS F T BEING loaded on board ib MVBEAVEROAK at the Rovai Victoria Dock is the British Rail Pacific Locomo tive DOMINION O F CANADA hick Is being presented to the Canadian Railroad Histones! Association for display in their M oatrcai museum. * ' ' . l b e locomotive had been withdrawn - from service and era* do* to ba/crapped, bat, after beta approached by M r J. O. Lyle. of Tala and Lyle Ltd* British Rail a t retd to make a gift of It *to the Association. While la the workshop, oof o f tan ning order and short of tom e parts, the question of restoring and repainting the engine arose. Tate and Lyle--who h a r t n substantial investment in the Canadian and Dominion Sugar Company--undertook to .assist with the cost of the work, which was carried o a t a t a cost o f 1,660. ^Globe-trotting chiefs will C ROUND - the - world . tripe for two lop PLA meet in Tokyo nen will mean a render- .* voas In Tokyo, afte r each ... has crossed half the PLA'a chairman,' who w ill. globe from _a different;, have arrived-via Montreal, . where be is scheduled to direction. . . * ,r .stay for several days and - TRAVELLER NUM BER.= 'm eet Canadian shippers, at ONE is Director-General-;. whose Council luncheon he Mr. Dudley Perkins, whose.-; _ is guest of honour;- and itinerary- takes him . vja * Honolulu, after stops at Frankfurt, Rome, K arachi. Vancouver,. Toronto - and -and Bangkok, where he is , .Winnipeg. to to siyJor a day; through * Hong Kong, where he t i . The two men wHf attend .. n s to hold.a luncheon and\*.v the six-day conference- in .V reception; and on to**, Tokyo, go on a post-con : Tokyo toe the Inlemation-;-:- ference tour of Japan with **al Association of Porta a n d 1 - other delegates, and then . . -Harbours . Conference.;,* th e . Director-General .will LLc;T' here he wilt T m v lL U R m e e t... : yft N U M B E R .: : continuo- his way via Honolulu, . Vancouver, < by V TW O .: . Lord -- Rimo.-- train . across Canada, to : Calgary and from Mon tretati back to Londoonn., a month after leaving Lon* don. Lord Simon win return from Tokyo via Anchor age, Alaska and Hamburg before finishing bis shorter trip after three weeks away from -home. - The trips are designed as PLA-seliing tours and dur ing the-* gruelling, busi- ncss-pa travels, both risen h* .nake VaJuaWW business associates and learn more about foreign handlingand container lechnioues.------- ---.------- A WOM AN M r WITH A CONSTITUENCY OUTSIDE OF DOCKLAND HAS CHAL- LENG ED T H E MINISTER OF LABOUR, M R. RAY GUNTER, OVER THE CANCER DANGER TO DOCKERS WHO HANDLE CARGOES O F ASBESTOS. Mrs. Joyce Butler, labour MP for Wood Green says she is not satisfied with the reply be Minister gave to her question in Parliament on this issue. Mr. Gunter M id: ' Asbestos is a lung disease which is contracted through working daily over a period of months or yean in fairly heavy concentrations of asbestos dust. 1 1 am informed that there k no recorded case o f a docker con tracting Rsbestoxis iro n fail work, and dockers are therefore no more ' likely to get long cancer tfaaa any body else. VERY RARE It appears that asbestos is also 'associated with another kind of can'Cer called mesothelioma. This fleets the covering rather -than the substance,of the lung. ; It may also affect ths lining of the abdominal cavity. It u i very rare disease. ' - Even now. with all tie publicity that has been given to tha subject in the medical and nation; I press, re ports ' of new. cases an still only ' coming in at the rate cf less than.; 50 a year. Of each the __ year, a su*b1rt-ab-ae-ti-na1gir --ij,on-ty ere thought to hava tv.d a * cupationai exposure to asbestos. .. Three main kinds of rsbestos a r e . imported into this courtry. About- three-quarters of it is cirysotile or white asbestos; about one-filth is amosrlc or brown aslestos, and about one-twentieth is crocidolite or blue asbestos. Current evidence pouts to blue -proof containers. -UnJjQcd hessian sacks allow too 'much dust to escape. Multi-wall sacks may split under load. We m ast assume that Line asbestos cannot be handled sa'ely even in bags which a n nonoilly reasonably dust-proof. Satisfactory conditions, can bow; ever be obtained if the blue asbestos is packed in dust-proof containers which are. then stacked on pallets which can be handled mechanically. BETTER METHOD A n even better method which in timo may well be adopted fof asbestos is to use container ships. Dockers are at present only cry slightly at risk of Retting mesahelom from asbestos.? Mrs. Butler is extremely inte-isl* ed in all industrial diseases an* it was because c f this that she trblcd her question. She said she was concerned that the Minister did not seem to be completely in contact with the re1 search that was a t present goin.t on into asbestosa. "I am disturbed that herd' is one typ of cancer we knowrtbe ause of. said Mrs. Butler "but the safety precautions need to be haproved. ' 1 asbestos as being the variety most commonly associated with mesothe lioma. It is impossible to be certain that the cfthcra are harmies., but the' IH LOVE WITH risks are certainly much less than with blue asbestos. . * The chance that an ; Individual- - docker will get reesohelioma la - THE RIVER .Thla b i a craft b a- foaiHar This is true even w iti the pre*,. cautions that have been uken in Ih e . past. My Department is revising the . Docks Regulations ta.. .require additional precautions. In the meantime we have r " commended to the producers, i porters and users that isbestos any kind should only b : imported ' ! into and transported within this . country, i f .i t .i s . i o .d u d and fihr-- , d * 1, by the River. She' ei-BloebeU tfri Sandra FehU 1 who lire* re sight of the Tlumcs, f - J 1" cm Bne eageJru*tro le<a*rn" ---imciporreeitl bbat saUor. - 1 --r? * e, Riv5r. f b t n i rm . I ` i 5~f *POd hours watchini lb ' *." *ay Sandra. V. f 4 25X ID gjjj y y 'lT Jy ^^ 3^ BF.ING Im M on board lb* MV BEAVEROAK at the Royal Victoria Dock is tb EHdak Rail Pacific Locomo tive DOMINION O F CANADA which is M a t presented to tbe C o M d iu Railroad Historical Aa odiltoe fo r display ia their M oatrrai museum. . I b e locomotive bad be withdraw from service sad was doe to be scrapped, bat, after bciac approached by M r J. O. Lyie, ot Tata aa d Lyle L td , British Ra3 agreed to make a (ft of it ' to the Association. While la tbe workshop, o s t of nsaI*C order and short of torse parts, the question of rtstoxiag aad repaiaiiog lb Tate aad Lyie--who hare a f i h s t d Investment ia the Canadian aad Dominion S s p r Company---undertook to j a i r t wicb the coet of the work, which was earned oat at a coat of 1,60#. Globe-trotting chiefs will C ROUND - the - world .trip# f o r 'two top PLA meet in Tokyo sea will mesa a render m s in Tokyo, after each ... has crossed h a lf th e PLA'a chairman, who will . globe from , a different;. have arrived-via Montreal, direction. ......... where be is scheduled to .stay for several days and TRAVELLER NUM BER :i 'm eet. Canadian shippers, at ONE is Director-General \ whose Council luncheon he Mr. Dodky Perkins, whose - , is guest of honour; and itinerary takes h u n . via ** Honolulu, after stops at Frankfurt, Rome, Karachi . Vancouver. k Toronto . and ~aod Bangkok, where he i s , Winnipeg. *..*. to stay dor a day; through to Hoot Kong, where h e > - The two men wfll attend .. [Is to bold a luncheon a n d y f the six-day conference in .V - reception * and on t o ^ Tokyo, go o a a post-con T okyo for the Lniemation- ference tour of Japan with **al Association of Porta and -* other delegate^ and then Harbours * * Conference.. v the . Director-General .will There he wfll m e e t ... : i j r continue his way > via w TRAVELLER N U M B E R .: Honolulu,. Vancouver, < by T W O . : v Lord --- Kiim m .' - . train across Canada, to * ; Calcary and from Mon treal back to London, a month after leaving Lon don. Lord Simon win return from Tokyo via Anchor age, Alaska and Hamburg before finishing bis shorter trip after three weeks away from home. The trips arc designed as PLA-seiling tours and dur ing the*' gruelling, busi ness-pa travels, both fnen K* nake Vafuabfd business associates and learn more about foreign handlingand container Ic c h a ia u rt.------- ----------- A W OM AN M F WITH A CONSTITUENCY OUTSIDE OF DOCKLAND HAS CHAL LENGED THE M INSTER OF LABOUR, M R. RAY GUNTER, OYER THE CANCER DANGER TO DOCKERS WHO HANDLE CARGOES O F ASBESTOS. Mrs. Joyce Butler, Jjbour MP for Wood Green says she is not satisfied with the reply ibc Minister gave to her question in Parliament on this issue. Mr Gunter said: Asbcstosis is a lung disease which b contracted through working daily over a period of months or years in fairly heavy concentrations of proof container. asbestos dust. -Uniined hessian sacks allow too 1 am informed that there is b o much dust to escape. Multi-wail recorded case o f a docker con- sacks may split under load. Trading asbestomis (rot i his work, We m art am use that bloc aad dockers are therefore no more asbestos caaaoC be handled sa'ely likely to get lung cancer Chaa any even la bags which axe norm ally body else. reasonably dust-proof. .VERY RARE . Satisfactory conditions, can hjwfver be obtained if the blue asbestos It appears that asbestos is also is packed in dust-proof containers 'associated with another kind of can- which a re . then stacked on pallets *cer called mesothelioma. This which can be handled mechanically. affects the covering rather than the substance,of tbe lung. . * BETTER METHOD It may also affect th : 'lining of Ail even better method which in the abdominal cavity. It is a very tim e m ay wfcU be adopted fof rare disease. asbestos is to use container ships. - Even now, with all tie publicity Dockers are at present only icry that has been given to the subject in Mightly at risk of getting snesahel- the medical and nation: 1 press, re *oma from asbestoO- ports 1of new. cases an still only Mrs. Butler is extremely inte'-st- coming in a t the rate cf less than.- . ed in all industrial disease an-u it 50 a rear. * * ' Of th ecw cases brine reported was because cf this that she trblcd her question. each year, a aubstaat al majority .S h e said she Was concerned that are thought to have k.:d some oc* cepationai exposure to asbestos. .. the Minister did not seem to be Three main kinds of rsbestos a r e . completely in contact with the ro` search that was at present goin j on imported into this courtry. About into asbesiosis. three-quarters of it is ctrysofile or white asbestos; about one-fifth is * " I w i disturbed that hen/ is one amosite or brown asl estos, and type of cancer we know .the ause of." said Mrs. Butler "but the about one-twentieth is crocadolite or safety precautions need to be kn- blue asbestos. proved. : Current evidence pouts to blue asbestos as being the variety most commonly associated with mesothe lioma. , . ; It is impossible to be certain that (he xfthers are h arm ! ., but the risks are certainly much less than with blue asbestos. . Tb chaact th at a" Individual IN LOVE WITH ; THE RIVER docker will get racsohclioma is - . TW trim m i l t, . r,.a;1Ur This h true even wifi tbe pre-.* cautions that have been taken in the , past. My Department is revising the . Docks Regulations la , require additional precautions. v ' In the meantime we have r * commended to the producers, L porters and users that ixbestot ow~ any kind itynild only b : imported * 2 into and transported within this country, if-it.ia . in .d u rt x d .A h f ***** d o n , b r th . R i.fr. Si*' B l a t b d l ' f il l Saedra f-'rfer. -k o hr*, i . .tfht of xhunc, " T il. S tm t, CbfiM . Si.'* * * l k in i d . i, iTM , T t ba"t s*ai.*lor.** *" -- =** River fascinate im . I 5" ***** horn* watchini lb traffic oq it," oym Sandre Tte Psf |t i 1 o g^ n O . ..* .>*?-. .*5 a* *' ' * * u V l ' t wiA ifW ** ?- *.. . f t J , ` *atM&sMMr* fi V. ' ' ' j *. *.<' *o.v *!./: C ,'. ^ o -------- - : a -Ia n > W in W i S t f s r a B -. " - (tiorr -- i o n r>: . f i l a , / f.-w - . - . - ; -i n,) A UinMUei . N<Mil'll n "* Sti -JT n 4 ,t .a r i y c e l a c i Ilk * ' u m l b al.O T tflo kuT f i r r-r^ rfS TM * "** *;I * J j S " ; . s .,j_ _l#A' -?venni*...c.a.n.y.... .....*.*.*."..*".. . x w k n 'w ^ - E R U N T t* : * ; " l a m e d 1 o ' Len in grad from / me j a u n t y _____ ___ *- Dockf M'ith i consignment -of .asbestos that i t .had `&S eU arlf, and *ho fad i,,Z h j ^ u t U i u m t thiok, bm ' > irongM from J lim * m wrek earlier,.still intact us its ^ ^ i ' S ^ i - c i j s s t a s s i a ^ e 4 d p c d t d ctotiS ^ '^ 'J b i v c a l n a a h t o n t k l a I .^rwheae last three months was - C The Sandsy Times," Oeto *. * puck agony* despite pain lu ll.' *cr 34, 966) tfat these pro- ^h olSdte.vedores Ja'd*r*^}n.loavd.co".*'.*- -premu../* ...._V_*_-,, . theStreevmedaoinredserhaodf trhSuetdcohaidpe'ds ' arr'Eanvegnetduanlnlythae smpeoettbinegtw`weeans carg-o-,--b- u*t*rwHh*enxhlhiDe'ygxaamrrcangJehden-nsthhieps'spo".trebpertewseeenntatives, ; )o i: w a tf l )t 2oju; UMp p u t S f* l liy --. _ ! ir)JOM qjm |o cwmsJ i* f *'|ifc tins o i fuitftotr paiwddtfi mtun--nodMiu6AIs ui *i*r>Ajrjoqe-s^ XiiciuiM Wll o j Bwopej ) JO ittd$U | iBJipajnj j*|t- idip> `usueijjntf ujBtfii/., ) 4<j paiuatajd jaded oi .pjgjat -- 0(61 Oh d ft < *,* *.*. 'UJ30UO ito inno ofteqMsj stifl put Miti fu n i jaS uva BfsoM qn* uouad a jeqr < has iuisaajauf t f *JU .:. v . * 'ja p jo j to p u i p* toojj pxkiots pun B l i i|l* Vtf t p*ioUf*ip : ------ t o n w u o v s* drag that he aged ( n o * - J*OBcwiii* are sot is k - J torrly! r. 7 . w**b tfaCacfa. . V Koowiof m h thiaes i s t i < M i s l e ^ d i n ? f.Vanjr wonder that 1 have wril.e. y t Ht TM 5 ,^a a ,n f i , .. S Urn to the paper otatiag that _ lodeed, DrI Robert M ur. 1 t' wat3 asbestos, whether white,- Tar* the TUC isedical ad-. .. btvw a o r blae Is o it M la 1 vfaer, fa s said that the P LA 1 g. coatalaets, I sfan eefase t o - docameot om the nbjett work this dangereaa com- misleading, aad that vra - moOitjl . . bmi esposare caa * causa 0 ** TU . ' mesothelioma, i T h e r i s k ' - 'r' A s prmatloa'b hetftr Ihaa* r It k owe tUc risk M t'i - care, I agree with the a *.r ; f--aw---at-a-k-h-ee--a-tl-ht-hi-s-,Itrk'is*ki-sl.a vhae-a-ns-na-o-eot--ht*he*erUr`>*w-~p*Wrwe*-v>-rraM,.t.R.a.lb.o.k.b.W,.e.rw..t.f.fM.a..y.io..H.w..i.t.n.v -I f f - to the .asbestos ;they.:c!aim- -medical men and u-n--i-on ofiiced that i t wss*tnotrpraperly-a'1als. packed. The main fault with , >Mr. Kcwmaa u id : " J 1 ' It was bad .Hitching A t ibe*--...`Inspected the asbestos bags neck o f the sacks. - v.---- /.together with the others 1 The stevedores -- m im btli '. < b* m Italio, In ; o f (he N ibooil .Slcvidofea and Docker, Union-- con- .V-' * ucicd their area olT.cer. H n ,s m .m bm ' " b 'n <bc b a l M hoa <!<*> Inspected the asbestos and ,, . . ... : coofirmcd..Ihrir, V.ie_w.made t-o r.*-t the unioefnforttos wcr. sltll . d. a. i ? i* * V Z TM * 1 ' chanr e Ihcir decision-- again bead offics o f the aiou- without success. *. ***** Newman, f . The BALTIC M E R O IA N T the ncting Stevedores K t t b . ( was loaded with 914 tom of tety took over. . .* , general catgo and sailed from v o m fs wife, chUdrea aad aita*. Tta(Xw T *" i m h * Aad I persoasdr rc-keralo " -# chUdrca. t . t ,, y ,,telemeBt ikat 1%VHuot Efforts were made 1o` get - Quebec Dock bound for Len-*ho nwn: f a xhange- Ihcir*; angrad with the asbestos Mill - - minds, but without diKccsay^^iauci it) {hold. . fL- AHhoogh It Is 'ffaplt i r ,,,P,fc * ki>^ ,0 year aiate 1 la ti bandied r.'Jsim riwd.u/j k k eoa.** 1i\n t >p"i .asbestos* i m dace tafaa GEORGE Wa.COOPER ' 5 -every opportaaHy I M tla g ^ f^ y . SectorA Pena. AbU 1 V*f ** *" -- **hlae fa fpppJrJ!Jlahfew , EIA r \ r if m- mm~ ...*.. 1. . - . ' * * X `t / * *j:` v * rA ; N EW STATEMENT S IS N E D ;BY" lfr'S ID E S : ^ ffi unaccepim* ": . ?< v>* - 'S -- exists 77.ii &V*. :*. * A? i 5 ` . i i . ** A S T A T E M E N T h a s been released this w esk stowage to ships? as well as (he procedures followed in the (h a t sh o u ld ease considerably (he w orries of Port of lin d o n Authority for handling asbestos packaged d o c k e rs o v er the handling o f cargoes o f asbestos. accacrgoordeisn,gan2dc,twhee arerqeusiarteimsfieendtstheaxtplwaiinthedastboesvtso;snpaamceklaygeind . / T h e statem ent--w hich has been prepared V;impervious ned bags, the future risk should be negligible f a t t e r a long inquiry in to all aspects o f the i problem --is signed by D r. A . M . Lawrence- ... .. .............. .. i 5* .S m ith, M edical O fficer o f the PLA ; D r. R o b e rt v * i t e ^ 'o f & M a n d a i d i a c t a ^ W n i j w i * f t - . 'M" "n rrrrna vy> MM eemdiccaali AA advviisseerr ttoo tthnee Tirraaadeess Uu nniioo nn aom(doinsgchcaarrggoee,hsoreucldeivfce;dc,ownetrwololeudldbryecloocmaml aegnrdeethmaetntth,emraotree ?i\. . 'C bhgrcssj an d D r. K en n eth Perrys. C o n su ltan t `particularly if bursting of bags occurs. Respiratory proicc- P h y sic ia n .to the L o n d o n H ospital. - 4 ; ,v <# A lion would then.be advisable during Clearing up operations,-. : Dr. Lawrence-Smiih said this week: "Because of the using approved alarm that had been caused by publicity about asbeslosis, We ara fully satisfied; so far as the docks industry is H sdust Xpressed for a three-man inquiry, which would be represent- concerned, tftat.no unacceptable risk at present exists and. stive of all sides, to inquire into this. .. )*** .... -' ' that providedJdie currently>.approved requirements and '&3. ** how lk c o - ' -.-t/Jsbag follow - o a e bottom mi lb . . * S w h a t * l i bow rhe dust be kb's clothes,. ' ber commodities Ss? a /.?*> - *; .. BKXfctd .-dial - tide Ideal Destine m m m i B . ; bip' ntt ad ^ . ' ft,, .*' M l b fern m y ateo r l o bave ~ a s e . . . J S ^ S j e s M S - __ _____ _________________ ______ __________________ & rj illui) r W * .`w S -F *__ The result is that we have produced a statement which _methods of work are followed, dockers may proceed with relates vety definitely to the Port industry." .v : *confidencein ihe handling of asbestos cargoes. . -Dr. Perry is an expert on toxic diseases especially the \ We Are at xhesametime of ihe opinion Jhat there is a effecti of toxic dust on the lungs. Vi*.. 7*. _v -*need for continuing-vigilance by the Port authorities to en- . The statement reads:1 . V r : "`su v . eurr fh.eiXclftsion of developing hazards and for this pur-. ' . ''.'.T l.'-. * .Lfc',vv ' *-pose-"werecommend the regular inspection of cargoes of ^ We* avc mct and discussed the implications o | ihe abr ovvee asbestos together with proper supervision of the health of ft commodity as .source of injury to healltu *We haavvee. docks staff. S -T'C\; ' * ' - r V -. V v ' :- -! taken due count of published medical opinion and of ofSfifciidaali -* A . ^ r-.-. . * statements by H.M. Chief Inspector of Factories as well as- j Spechi remarks and observations by X)r. Murray:^ ... Teoorts by the Pneumoconiosis Panel and all other.relevant ; 2 considerik*t ixr.der Paragraph 5. the continuing . information available to us. -.* ah of the Port Authorities should Include regular environ- Our inquiries have found no cases of injury io ihe mental monitoring of the unloading operation and appro-: health of a dock worker in the Port of London that could priatemedical examination of dockers with long service in- Jiavejcsuilcd from employment thcrewilhasbestostargoeij-'xlugiiigtjtpoiare toariiesU c a r g o , '. . '. ; . ' Reading., .... " V i - " : -- f-'-A -* "- ONLY.UdSv** ftfBALTIC JttRCHSNra.: * and weJve no.taowMge of any cases of asbestosljpurrrj ; i'-S b r * rUTk v 1 for'ih^aer>aaSd bticanse be- Go* O* n j v : . 'turned ^o'i%ningrad:from'^he`\Sumy;iCoimncrDl ...... ngOtherwise in Ute'4oclci industry in this^cpunliy U .le*- 4 > ^ a S S r shmld b e^ a d e ^ ^S h e e U ^sp h e se taied efesi ibe da k tn o t -asbestos! - Docks mth Uconsignment *of-csbesloa that it had aulUJf.dock work. . . . .i . /-!7fc' v - iwjin asbsto*is beinn unloaded lo ensure (hat then conccn- dasKV tbiuk, bid ' brooghi from Rusrin m week earlier, still ht*ct la its We have examined the methods of packaging .used hy : nation does iiot Tearh too high o 'k l . ri f it does, he } ec fai i a silici _hold. *_*.* " i . v. *y,*' * . the shippers, and have visited and inspected the methods of ' feelj(he ship should be sent back, j r'tiA ^ is; Tmk*," Otto- . 'Stevedores had r^itrioaded /* `pvintually i meetlni V ai 4 ) (fati lime pro* Ihe remainder o[ the chip's ' arranged rn thespot between I rt mot I e-' cargo, but.when they-came Jhe ship'* -Jtprescnutives, lo ihe asbestos .they,.claim- 'medical menwd unipa ofSced lhal i l vrs*iJOt*pr<>erly * 1als. ini* packed. The main fault with >ja . .-Mr. Newiaaa aid: "1 )ri Robert Mar 1 i| was bad ^tiichinj 4 l iho^.- ../laipecird tk uheito, bap neck of Ihe sack. - /.together with ihe otbkn lCi BMdksI ad-, M E D I C A U ' O F F I C E R S idIbaMbeFLA'* ' The stevedores-- member,.; -* " h ^ os Ibe aubjcci b or the National Stevedore / S fio iT . ii , and tb| vta and Dockera Union-- eon* ' j .f*" b*C - {acted their area officer. m -dml inspected the asbestos od \ ^ V rr* . r G S V E T H O R V I E W S lioa If bettertba tonf.rm cdth.isview. _ ^ "* H with tfet sole '"-i bfl Manrsy, "If IIE th t. IsfoniKd tb . *-change llietr dfchiOT_ fend c & t c( l i t o .io * -- ^ihout st^as. *Ma .. -..O1'Vfe| ,-Ar-df*.,;' O.A. (-rtt. . i d s s M : R... . T' fed Mr- l *d|* NTM IM -The BALTIC MERCHANT ; th.KtiSt*.edora*sawi^ai Joideit .ih VI. ITM ^ r . ." The docker, may work ' ! cargo for fear hours and ihefi i mployers to take rids It wax . i bfa duty to take every conceit*' ti b Ury look t>nr. . V cMralcatWsiKtuil!*,-- not touch it pin for weeks or even months. v ?yv ; a"ble---m--e-a-s-u-r-e` to- see`that the*{. -j .... v-h-n ritorta wer. mad. Oocbcc D.vi ho(lc( 1,^. i employees were prertested..^ . a a l k h i e . ' 1 lh* m : *' Thun,. thuro; Jnsr*d wilnthe ,,be,,,, ji " We are, however, goleg io ^ t i e went n i : "ktecaus isbst'o a .^ p , , |AlVRENCE-5MITH "SrJwwa?-;svPzf" -y . ' Dr. ROBERT MURRAY . ;, . tight up tba dock rtgitl. tloas to malt rertala ibak Is dan g erejs mod bccau*. A^bcA- v. > 4 w/. 1 v. c, e w. cO ort R . . " * led these re used njU |o r.4, Per*. WASH ; . '>j 1 v . T f lH E E nntineat mediea! ^ " J ^ 5 * J S T t5 : -dockers am provuicj 1 Road ^ I officer! (his week give (heir it, ihe, Wot t9 xpoxd . f.'rpLsv - a c w - juriin respirator* in . . muRT THP-FIRHRFS SHftW4 .VViews od M.b..e..s.t.o....*...V...^*- V ?*` * * -**-,-0--M---/-V ^>`.V N > ' HeJbcKcwdAhat Vit svhiwfkags bunting ahen f Xhuik tt I* * '-Jj p rep ared impervious ined bags, t 'ydi :tS Of the 'an{l no speoalprotective t ;*aS Lawreoce- tbc docks. .k.*.C. .i..V ' . . . . . ............ . , . Sir. Robert . -r^&3T * TTninn v 1I1n tthheewJiot't of sub-standard packagujg being - m et w ith amon2 cargoes received, wc would recommend that the rate V j J5 u i: 0 of discharge should t : controlled b y local agreements more " C o n s u lta n t particularly .bursting o f bags occurs. Respiratory protec- _. _ C* Jh"a*n-d1led la th Docks. l a the Joint U lnofsl -- TV.' m y i n tors n u t be p e d particularly if burst! r r A, T n rr^ A N ak,. . _s< ,viV.;:* _ t - * * v-?SSTSlAili-:#I :- lion would tbhen.bbeeadvisable during clearing unop eop motib sev &n'/ L t Ai o n s . - ' ^ I P " * ' ?:a t bestow , We a fully saf.sfiedjso fa r a s ih e docks industry is ; nnner cnblisbed ia t h e " / ': ' . 48-year-old docks tally clerk . who had died o f mesothel'f ioma. It was stated that he had worked in the docks for .. more than 20 years -- al- though only for about eight - years as a tally clerk. . The East Ham inquest was YvVlold that doctors at East ..* Ham Memorial Hospital had . inquired into the man's conV Uct with ssbestos and it was found that he had worked . T for about six months on a grinding machine at an as- 1 *' bestot company when b was The patholocbt. pointed out that asbestos mesothel ioma was known to bare a long Incubation period and that sis months was probably . miuimuia exposure irjr to produce ................... _ itlons are taken docks with the . _ if asbestos -- a s , iVv' -.1?'.Vi J j l ' v ''v lh*y *re where all dangerous . J&ifi'Vr+v- .materials are iaypjygib- ---r~- ^' / ' .'. . ' ' i i i ' f l Protective clothing and j W respiraton are issued. - . ; - ' V- \ & . Dockers are paid an extra two shillings a n .. {'.- i . \h o u r while they-are unload- . in? vsbesios. - ',* Bet they ^ty they woo'd , / - . I -3, 'r. prefer the proper packing V if*" p. '".n` precautions to be taken n tb - !* * . c r than have the -extra ^ : The first onion setion over f` *f * ' . the handling ol asbestos i d - a s wellIes ipedalfteuA*aid QbrtifioMb>Dr.Murrey, J J g f d i l d S f i^ " v .v .f l lowed very quickly after Ihe JherrclcvsV-r*f : f * ;i J e r t k l iir.Jor Paragraph 5. ti u ta u ia g vigH- *' muSTui a !8 E - fil.T ,X)k*' '.>-elf eiu c - i; Let V r f J5 the docker's wife. 7 - *** o f he Port Authorities should Include regular en viron*-, hen illustrated how the de- . V* 'y & .l- y - i , * Members o f the National. fjr to the tnenul monitoring of the un ladin g operation and appro-: : pendents of people " c.* .. > .t * V ; ;" : V-'/j `S tevedores and Dockers Ihit mold rate nodical eumiratioa ot dockers wilh long service a- '." T ^ y r^ra" S tau S . - l Na*liwS*arhta t y e a r th - ere x>t was*. -Two limited lhs\ there is h a r jy . -any danger*!. .U to . bis V.Union refused to unload a s-" bcslc frora R u sv m sh ip ` lottargoe^s lluding exposureto adreslos cargoes; .... r- . **1 ol . h - a ' - S iT ip l/ ^ m o o ..d.a..n..c.e.r...o..f..-..T ' nealth. -- ~ in the Surrey -Commerci!. ---- T . BUT they cannot |u m n - Docks because in the words ' fee there is NO danger, and c f x union *official: "The eyes "regular tests should bcan ad c' -of .lh e atm osphere ! **&*! try night for three :a-:i~>--. ----- *------------~ * 'k****'----------" " *-------- mhmm** tAhleiOrFFvIiCewERsS! wv.gebfW *1x5 - \vf. *> V hodirtytoukecTay(mKciv.' .< "**r*.X*c*t*i a nto spcno<chtaetdt..b s i i ; Jufckly did the same and bcorc tong asbcstosis bad be/ com a major issue in Dock- v ia n d . ' a I'fc* Medical experts have since queried the authenticity of gw case. V They say: How many eases .. occur o l docker lynOl.n; to much cabolo. EVERY DAY l o r . period e l tbrreoe V* four years that EVERY - 1 WIGHT his clothes ary. cox-. / red in asbestos diai'*7 . .- T h e y point out that (a) There is not a esrgo o f as'-' bestos to be unloaded every ' tar. and Ib> ***? was. it would be dor by : > rtala tW "to m ate. *I*nportm.wanitoport it,rivd< ^ theymust we thst oo nepkiire ^Provided these ir e used and *different p n today f W t t t m*r. . O ne u a young woman .`aged 35*apoa<Laa P*>* jter. t o asbestos for eight years; flu other, also a woman. aged ? I . bad, in all. years exposure in the mattress and opening depart ment o f an asbestos factory, ._ but some IS years before. MESOTHELIOMA is fc* ' * w malignant growth and affects the pleura, covering -th e lung or sections o f Ihe the dockers argue back that . o dust was flying all over Ihe - while there it any danger at r- ^ place." til -- never mind how small Th uoiou called la a doc -- they are justified in press- ; ^ tor. He Iaspectrd tbc cart mg for every possible precsw ; ' and coafinued that a* It waa lion to be ukcil. . . . . packed, it nas a health dao- i b a t b why the Ministry *;/ ((r. The hip sailed back to of Labour buow w orkio, '"'y Kuwia with the -- new set of docka regal- ;.ujfc still U ks hold, lious for th packsgiag of aa- - Since then members of betlos. NASDU and the Transport The draft o f these should - y and General Workcra Union be available later this year. hare refused to handle aaand these, it hoped, will.? bcsioe when they consider it "abdomen -- peritoneum. solve the problem one and KV b not packed properly. - The Ministry o i la b o u r la for all. ~ .*'.!: Ships have been frcqucnlly their C hid Medical Inspec tor's report lo r 1944 cucced- spaUrknetidl this off controversy asbestos was was im-4 v n t back with their asbestos cargoes still intact and the edt "The latest data w tl* d ooned into thn country .>-.r wo unions now have agreed that Ihett h a considerablt ' unlincd hessian bags. While ,U* ` a general policy on lUo hand- ' risk of meu and wosneu with these were adequate under Jing of the material, sbestosii ultimately dying normal orcumtUncrs, they . . Rat Britmlu badly ureda " from lusg cancer." did become damaged when atbmow IroulcaUy it la rv- * On mesothelioma -- the '. |hey were unloaded at ipeed^- ^ sponsible for presrning far i- other discasa believed to be - and if th docker used bis, more |lea than It take asd ; caused by inhaling asbestos- ' *dust -- the Ministry' report Hurt could srspe m - Mr. Jim Read, acting- ' iid: "Jn contrail lo lung and ufteulbebap weir h ^ J . W . dockers. secretary. '`'n n c tr . mesothelioma. J s I f Stitched. NASDU, aai'd: " W ham n o ; . ^ b * m c jy d u g n taed mu ^ : The alternatives to t w w | / . - ; objection to our tnembera U lothisdust,"- Twv^v^<^^^pHroivridtdead>L-idtoecckteenrs *sTMre pproro*vlid<eld - tlaeall*"*SLIfTIh.' d.m= .'VAra^it N > >'1P" k,n*" tanS.taltaifRS-W.^ ^t* ' h i S f f c a e s Bunuin* sh ea I lh i u i i t i - * M W t t f l h C ur- r m - /----- ^ w BI 1 o ^ m f r .n p o i M ** 4 .S ^ a n la g a m ttm w w w - . ,, _____ , ,, . 2 ' I -----V 'V '~ r Stall * m m t * * . * ' ' T . - ^ V : '. - * ' - ,. V ; ^ ;^ f I sMWbs ^...K : W ife ^ *f`. - - *' f l . r - (m) A <SM-re*i*ot t n < a >.Ibes br* nad e idea] nenio* g ' --who worked la a a a i k e r i a e y Urea d a r tU ? `e rala And . . " / k m t -- r i a n a p l . . . r;.uce..;V; . , , .... . . . J rCf rk Icn^iTl. "* F jl - . : V 0>) A mldffle-aied'-wife, >' Mot oalr b k notrery nice BS *a wkoee only coatact wltk aa- Jo o n l M bat oree to bare Ufc . tit a lo wni by anublax hex- -IbcMlump oat, and to -Sod 2 . jv^Jco<ck0eAriaa albdaerrifyiAdfeeikta'.lcUw. hv o,.'&dlniealerldoaaan*J7m-iddec, abnot-ttbheersoe- iV ~~nc* -worked to tbe O tH C E r> ^ r aB-aibetloa fino. ' ' -- -------"Sfe*"M> A-rana o f !3 Imy'----, -m.wko-became a "abadow . W - l o docken o aibeatosu 5'3de old acl, and -who had Jo * > he had aa am think, hot - a-b e -btlped to alo ererythlnf,--. i l l alio aeeaila an ankle "rwliose hut three m oaiha wat - l ^ / e 5 noday Tunea," Ocio- - t yuch agony, despite pale kill-' * her 3 0 ,19ff) that these pro- .* j n | drugo ik it be s ( t d prtDo`"-0nBcnB**^* u t not la >c' * torclyl / r , -*.*rjCr*F* wi|k l h e iW f c . <. J>: V; . - V Knowing w e b things k H V -t* W sIcad n P -V 7 wonder a t I have writ-* sr* \t. ' * u,iiS - - ; * . 5* le a K> the paper sfaiias that' _ Indeed T)r. Robert Mmw r' ntS asbesto! whether white,**."V* the T U G i medical ad-.;' I i- browa o r blae Is earned la ,, * " , has eald that the P L A 'a t coBtaloera, I shall refuse io'4.-*Jon**it on the subject is ' i'arork this daegerosa com- - misleading, and that vea : * joaodityZ . . ; short exposure caa cause } v The* risk- prevention" Is better than' r w y own cam, cat's oaad-< > And I personally rt-Herate S-ehaditn.- - ; ... j-tny aUUmcnt dial 1 shall no . S' Allhoagh t t Is 'onple^a^tr'wnffkasbeaana mail It la con*' *.r.b-i Ji rt'n"" a h rou gh i from R u ssia a w eek earlier,.still intact in its hold. ------i.-d.*-v. .'.T * 'Stevedores Jad rtUhloaded 'Eventually & meeting 'was the -remainder o f th e .'ship's - Arranged nn thespot between cargo, but.-when th ey .came ih e " ship's --representatives, to the .asbestos .they.:c!aim-- 'medical men and union cihc- ed that i t -wisthotrproper!y "1a ls. - packed. The main fa u lt with'j ; , . ' .-.Mr. Newman said: *J . it was bad .stitching a t Abe?--.-`inspected the asbestos bags neck of the sacks.. - ^ -.togeiber with the others The ..cvcdw a-.m em h c^ - TM J ,,I h u d oo fa ot the M iUonil .S lev cd o ra " , . `l " ' . . " ' " TM and Oocken Union-- con- v G " '" " : wh? ,ht ba= " ' acted their area officer. H eji; v -5, asbtsto* .'^u3t inspected the asbestos a n d : confirinm,ed .iheir. y*iew.* -iA : m ade.to net the uwn^iorcn 5tUoil ^ Informed ta e a'- change their decision--again bead office o f the onioa-- -without success. V and M r. Leslie .Nemnan,, j -n,,. BALTIC MERCHANT the actiog Stevedores scae-.^ vras loaded with 914 tons of tery took over.. * jeneral cargo and sailed from Efforts- were m ade lo'get*-5 Quebec DiKk bound focLen- 4hc ment o xhangc- lhcir^* angrad w iilithe asbestos still . / W e h a v e zncx n o d O iscuxw u u w i*p**w V . : ; * . 1_j .source o f injury to bealthT- We * ^takkcenn due count of published medical opinion tuid of o slalements by H.M. Chief inspector of Factories as w reports by the Pneumoconiosis Panel and *11 otherxel . information available to us. r f .> Our inquiries have found no cases of injury lo health of a dock worker in the Port of London that c have resulted from employment there with asbestos car. .We have examined ihe methods of packaging .use< the shippers, and have visited and inspected, th e methoc - . ' . MEDICAL M im , . ."The docker, may work 5? cargo for a few hours and lit - - >not touch it again for weeksi even months. ; ^ , q .- tf : fo r* ti& xhsltom - -- : uenUge -V -jubesiosis lo be published iiiwith ju i I .K-.- **fie0lTMt tha*ta^ubeMstoinsiisstariyo,wb4iddhae-. i `SSKfhihia!d? ' ? l!? i Jta*kSeronvpe*t tremendous, emotionil `fictor ' 1Ur. Robert M urray, Mei : l"" -" - vel? *imiUr?o the Adviser to JbeTrades Uf Congress said h e w ou ld BOI entirely happy until there wi <otaI ban -on he im porting Crocidolite -- b ljic asbesta - () Includes' one case recorded a s / - -0 -Includes one Case recorded as "sarcoma o f pleura/'-j-.'v' V W ****< *** r ^ o r ie i "mesothelioma;of 1 O .Includes>tw p cases recorded as -*amesoUiehoina:o t: only 13 jasesof mtso> 1o l .* ' - - . ., . " M y ownbelieL" h e says, snat blue asbestos I s s o dani `. D r. .'Boebanan-pointed out V '"*-st should t e p e ( in to m e category a s th e chemi *wke io o m uch o f ( h 2 ia k that cause cancer o f the blad Hon. As- .manlyy -people dted:-"*f,P wt w9ld mean.* -tanning of lung cancer"In 12 hoars, he from th u country: { hoalsefyroenart,nlesolhelioma id "TrNobody fiat y e t coev n m e that this is an Essential c He went on. ` We don't and m ust * * imP dockers are heavily exposed In* ln <hc coun*vy^ m eresL J asbestos . - - c e r t a i n l y - no t :a.rt4 f " p*rcd.-., 0 *,fi pjrohed w n as workers in 'ndustriei >2^,Uli hal 15my prcscnf Yiew." /...v iys-.-r, . v4viih. - ^ -, 1 w.-*'f -- - '*" ' *: SOCSU7S calihT<Wc have docks staff., lories as w ell a s * | p e d a l j * n u r l l e t ; ^ " 1 ^ " TM! ' " ' * " d T r ' . .. J other .relevant : f 3 e o n S J e r th a t iiL J e r P a ra g ra p h 5 , be co m in a in s vigS-" The paragraph d m h be- ' ` * & -. ? * injury i o lh e don that could , D.f Ifc5 ^ . A u t h o r i t i e s s h o u ld In clu d e r e g u la r e n v iro n - S w a i'd ? - %: m en tal m o m to cin g o t th e u n lo a d in g o p era tio n a n d appro-:- c pendents o f people in con- priatejnedical examination of dockers with long service i n - ; J *tocl wi,h a5bcs,os cou,d i ust 'v .' liW rtw vM fiw .i.! -. .... .heslos's.ofw rr.rt J & jfo irtly askeJ for th e jia e ra o ls ia a ^ te c a u s e lh e ';%** f f j f d " ' ' `" I u t ttay rpuntiy-ftsie;;-Wieves&egularTests M j b e u l . ; | 4he atmosphere ^ * *' = : T r e ^ N o T n g ? n d ^ . < - ik v ic n a s b e s to iis b e in s u n lo a d e d lo c n s u re ih a tth e n c o n c e no r-'f*o--ur y-e a n wh8en he came ' ' " O n e--w--a-s-a---y-o-u--n-g---w-o--m--a-n N. . ih.e d.ockers argue .ba.ck. that.... bis dungarees . f-aged 35 :fxposed, a3 a spin-. -.. while there is any danger at'-v* asbestos dust." > / mer, to asbestos fo r eight v-yean; th e other, also a wo- til --- never mind how small i \ -- they are justified in press- * . ^correspondent national newspaper fol-.. . man. aged 7 J, had, in all, .ng for every possible p rc c a u i;1* 1it up, other newspapers ` > ... >wo years exposure in the ion to be taken. 'V uickly did the same and bc- mattress and opening depart- That is why fbe Ministry ,/ ? * *- '.' it .?n ore long asbestosis had be.' ment o f an asbestos factory, .-/. com e a m ajor issue in D o c k -' but some ! 5 years before, of Labour b now working aa*&.' a new set o f docks regula- *-;V. \ c land , - :.*j . ;j, -. -,-r. \ ?r @ M E SO TH E LIO M A is a lions fo r the packaging o f a * bestos. j M edical experts have since queried the authenticity o f malignant growth and affects the pleura, covering The draft o f th ese' should .V * :. .' .V V:i*> 4 w^rte-T . the case.. ... - :-.lhe lung or sections o f the ; T h ey say: H ow m any cases . abdomen'-- peritoneum. be available later this ycar.' :":-1and these, it is hoped, will solve the problem once and occur o f a docker, handling - The Ministry o f la b o u r In V so much asbestos- E V E R Y their Chief M edical Inspcc- for all. ^ ^ . r . :.t5. d .'- I ' D A Y for a period o f three or -tor's report fo r 1964 conced- Until this controversy'w aa.^v :ir i i e i s s I-' V' four years that EVERY . *d: " The latest data suggest sparked off asbestos w as`u n -/ 'v - * > : -.V 7*\ trfei--' M IG H T his clothes are." coy-, a , ' that there is a considerable ported into this country inptf- . . ' ..M -r.'iw A V may . work'1! a -*, em ployees fo take visits if . crcd in asbestos dust" 7 ,, . . risk o f meu and women with / unlined hessian b a g s .W h ile 'l l these were adequate under*. * hours and then 1-'- bis duty So take every conceiv-A-*; -` i- T h ey point out th a t: ( a ) ' ; * asbestosis ultimately- dying normal circumstances, they ^ ain for weeks or '<; able m e a s u re to see that' th e'/':V * 'T h ere is not a cargo o f as- ' /from a lung cancer." - did become damaged when ?' o p t o y t . . -'bestos to be unloaded every " O n. mesothelioma'-- the . :' lay; and (b) even iuf uthiecrice ' . otinhecr doisease boeiliteveda to boe they were unAlnora.%ded a t speed was, it w o u ld ' Lbe done b y ' . >earned b y inhaling is b e a io .-;- - i ! V L - ,h-e. * * * * * ,u? d , h?:i & ..Vr1" '. 'd u s t -- the Ministry's re p o rt: ew e posllfoa then ' f ` V11? and oficn the b a o were b a ib T ? ! U b cn sed - t n e c r.. mesolhelidma . J i .n. . j T a & b ^ is the dam- 2 ? h '! Tbe altemativcs t o U K o t l f i ? J ? * ? . " ' 'r -slyle o( packing is con tain er.;.a . ' M l i h h i M 'M M y r 'n g g * ---- l pressure iron k M w V A f t W S ^ l J re:i . p .e-d. undoubtedly cautions.ould*bc laktu that vheimprorement , would fn a k e .il J a fe fo i dock- ady taiai place. -w n k \ l o i i a n d l c then. e -r .s.v.s-u. z ty ,ltthkUltg'7 R*-.'aunc n c e r - ^ :vi* ' ittlinn Or specially lined - ' legitim ate fo r dockers 4o hanole -asbestos xlust. T h e early .. . S S h S v ^ * hags.* . '-The problem .with /"i th em with safety. B u t I think ' symptoms a rc a cough and ' ,, ^ "1 * . ? I1 S S C ` ` -* containerised cargoes is that^ ' r ^ .Jt\c .nlually w e must g o ' o v er to shortness o f breath, i t can * t i w c h y*in 1^knladin ^ S !> 2 ships carrying asbestos would - complete conUinerisation." b e diagnosed in its early ahat in ?ha. v S r afone * be limited in th e num ber-of * 1? * * * dUmrog . . j< e ll i t * * W f ae wouldsot tx . . -sSI-.would Jie*Tong |< * and ; " O '1- A - W . ` n ritn ce-S m liih ' ^ n d iig 'iu r t h e r i'v *'e-TM - M ed ical Officer o f the P L A , det-. ' j There i t Increasing e v id - . . ." m b e d the li s k l t o aiockcrs as '.'nee .that a person wiih ns- vt ^ v : escapes, dock -vrorters co m -i^ ; - - V-- p lain -th at-on e -windy day - i; imtllthcrearassi . . . !ghe Tfhanct 3)1 th e d ig h te st -v f l i g h t to negligible.".J : * . , - . . ~ b s s t o s i s can get lung cancer - " J ? - '. " - - *1 he blown f o r a consid-' is w unpm m g^ f-; r..-a m o u n t f - d o a x e n S < i f , , j ' . t - V ' :`V .* - and Uus Is what is causing hlpc asbesios-i . - ulm ospbert. . __ .d' -----Because.-there -1- **- " ' ' " ' e ` 'd been ad- - ^ble distance and probably 3 i- v a n e e d which .,, .M i e r f that -- -- - - ieF-hedv* s - : . . . ' ^ v - v^': J h en t," lie said, Wwe n * '.> W i e propcr-.-precauti ns fo r -r-wirccautions and keep " Jwndling.the p lb erlw o ypes o f-" iT h e m a tte r * ,-O u r i e p u lijlo - T h c - ; sbcs(os.d ,t ^ d , had eventtt the chemicals ,, a, i ,, , ,, t ,, i udes:om aincisalion... M S R H * ilT S his.haPPns. ,, ^ fo r niething in the rature of in terK U ?rteU ^ 'vilhrcc months, and under produc-, xoVd J n n ! 1 3 O- r^TTxeUse o f palletisd paper > '..n factory conditions with de- m. . i a. *" ' ^ i i u r k x o r 1 )3 E S W ith p t y t h e n e .'. .-< .,,4 : u > n f l l n f i n n n n l r n t i v f t i r e 'it'lation living in the icin iiyV A C & J & & & K S S L * i . ,v t asbestos faclories.nnd a ls iV . W . J iO T K E N A CASK , Factones to he Ministry o l . . . . . pi,imcd x r o c id o lite - b lu s i O K A D O C K K R U Y I N G A S Labour .at symposium in --V Mew .York in I964 -- there . asbestos - as the particular . A RESUI.T O K HIS C O N - ir-- appeared jiothing to suggest o ( asbestos, respons;- rACT WITH ASBKSTOSINs^w r this.- . ' * .1 r thle. - . THE-DOCKS. . The first published sugges-/ tion o f such an association 1 A TH ESE A R E T H E * ' . - -T w o months ago lh e 'c n r .. i .. ) w M E D IC A L -* F A C T S . -^rsnn ci-rr ff/otrr S!>t. PDa-nn c. -rnasr . MU #r. II aann ^__* icame in 1935 and described - W H A T IS T H E D A N G E R Milne, recorded a verdict o f* *Ihe case o f an asbestos weav- ' T O THE DOCKER? . - v <**! from an industrial dis- ,' *. Doctors argue, that t h c iV . case, asbestosis. on 4fi-ycar; G.fck tim e o'docker is exposed to ' j . .'o'l,d'1 J' ,<,vvLk'c'r Mr. RPor'bse*,rtf L1 owe, "'and handles asbestos is so o f NorHi Street, Barking.