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FILE NAME: Newspaper & Magazine Articles (NMA) DATE: 1963 Feb 21 DOC#: NMA008 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: The Nashville Banner - Health Board to Review Asbestos Water Pipe Use -THE NASHVILLE WANNER, WJ,, Ffc. 21, 1963 !Health Board To Review ijAsbestos Waler Pipe XJse j: The Metro Health Board on a tcausing agent when inhaled." motion by D r. David Strayhorn Dr. Bistowish said, but added- Sr. voted today to reconsider jthai sufficient information is not: its stand on the use of asbestos* {available concerning Us use as, concrete pipe for water lines. ia water conducting material. The board voted Jan. 17 to The U S . Public Health Scr- "not approve the u s e .o r the vice is initiating a study into pipe" until sufficient informaiasbestos pipe, probably as n re tion could be obtained to prove sult of an inquiry to them from the pipe was medically safe. {the health department, Metro health eph Bistowish director said the Dr. Jos board's i "The service told us we were action did not mean that it the first ;to raise municipal health board the question concerning: wceorunlidngcthhaenpgiep'eitsbuptoosnitliyonthacot nit the safety of the pipe," Dr. Bis would reconsider any informa towish said. tion concerning the safety of the ' Representatives of an asbe$-[ pipe. .tos-cemcnt pipe producer spoke! Ito the board to explain their po "Asbestos is a known cancer sitio n . The spokesmen said they objected " to being guilty until (proven innocent."