Document 76Vr8NNZrMXq46eowM72k5Jo

FILE NAME: Asbestos Sacks and Bags (ASB) DATE: 1965 Aug 12 DOC#: ASB026 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Turner Bros. Memo RE Asbestos in Bags, Medical Opinions & Reaction of Dock Workers 303 ;... .r*4us<a 'W* 'r -* >:v !k% /' . '' ;M & $ -;x?x. ]}(2 B X. Jt ';$*' V- : : -frhr / , . * -1>* ' -v'.V?v0 Office of Origin TU RN ER BROTHERS ASBESTOS COMPANY LTD. imki ';> To -, #M r. Jofel ;w eii!. t : M r A D N. Jones, '^f. ..Turner & Newell Ltd." -*in* i v i ...... , ',i * v r - 1 - V., '. .* -' : MB. 1965 *y`.ix.-' ?<!> ,v,`, -&*12th August, V.*^v f-- X $&;. 'C-f.v \, *v. ft.' , ' i V Y ., :.v.'. wi^.vT*rjj Vfjt.:? !;; .<% .<**-''7'l : 1 . r J ' 1* ' ;.;v< '' !t >;;v _ 0 >1, '</ Vv V?v';iv !t'.'''y.-1VV-'s$'^0**';.l'v*,y,-',T\-: u.v ftsbcstos ln Bags -, j * ;: i >. ;.'V, ;** "V;"*;>'v<> i) , ,J ,< J'" *' ,IV\ * i.'i*.'1 " < " ;.. . . '.!..}. j'_ /' 4 : < * 4'" A*.; ;; ! * iv ' ' ; i; v*i . : j- - : ifr '1 fy . , ``V I .have, discussed your letter of 10th August V.'.v I' - '> 'r * / : , y x /v/ith Dr. Knox and I find that Dr. Smither of -,1 Cape has already been in touch with him about ' -5; v':i fV ' ; the same matter, so presumably Cape have also f 1 *t*`h.i ;-V:V heard from the Ocean Ship Owners Group. ''yj This is clearly a matter of the utmost gravity, and Dr. Knox entirely agrees that Dr. 4 , , .Smither is the best man to give advice to the Ocean Ship Owners Group Joint Committee. Dr. Hunter yv is v,rell known to both Dr. Knox and Dr. Smither. & .1* v\hH'/*>' v,:' t o Vf- .In "the short term, it is going to be extremely Lv,,difficult to get round the rather extreme opinion k-`' given by Dr. Hunter, and now that the Dockers |b%. . have got hold of this they will never let it go. yj$-r.\ * X' l-:.,' In the long run impervious bags should help a great deal but of course there will alv/ays be a SJv:-f.:-,/'X ;'. certain amount o f ,spillage d u e to-torn bags, and .*' I this could best be .dealt with by damping. v, ;'. With 'regard to our experience of "the risks :.to bag carriers it is difficult to be categoric, since in the old days at Harridge Mill the bag `" carriers v/ho d i d !.the stacking and unstacking of . crude were also employed to some extent in the %ir>-* manufacturing areas in the same building, v/hich ":were always fairly dusty. x Y o u may well be right- .-that there is only one recorded asbestosis case '<-iin the T.y'& N.?Group of a* man-who.was never vf" i1'''O'.Avi``Vf..' *.$' , !%: ` X/;. `k , X 'r- C o n t 'a... M2 BQH y/ i&- *w .'.I* y- .;xv< ?'/'; ..; v- .;- .. V?w*.v -. ' * ; ' _ .. %if | >. . ; *.** ! ' ' <'/ 'v ` - * V* . , employed on anything except hag handling hut I am 'p. . afraid that this is not very;.convincing evidence \ that the handling.:of dusty hags is not dangerous. ) - If you have'written to Iilr.w Dent,'as. I suggested, I think it would he useful if Mr, Bateman of I had a word with him tomorrow, ;I am quite willing to do so, and of.course I know Mr. Dent quite well - ,, through the Ashestosis Research Council, hut possibly Mr. Bateman might prefer to deal with the matter himself. vr Perhaps I should confirm here'what I mentioned to you on the phone about Dr. Knox, namely that he is still convalescing and will probably not be fully operational again until about the end of September. He is going on holiday next Monday for two weeks, so it will be inconvenient for me to consult him = even informally, as I have been doing in the last ];' week or two. .. \ '< j.