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FILE NAME: Foseco (FOS) DATE: 1964Jan-Apr DOC#: FOS005 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memos F O S E C O , INC. INTEROFFICE CORRESPONDENCE to from F. Eastwooc F. S. Bilton FILE. bate J a n u a r y 2 3 , 1964 { D ie t . Ja rt. 2 2 ) subject JU4 265 Paul Norman tele me last week that England have dons Laboratory work with White Asbestos and, like ourselves, have found that it seems to perform as well as the Blue (Crocidolite) Asbestos we are now buying. Like ourselves, they have never used this material in products which have gone into the field. 1 ^ Paul believes that the only reason Blue Asbestos is used is because International happened to light upon it in the J u initial stages. Paul points out that although the Blue ^ li Asbestos has a slightly higher tensile strength than the White (Chrysotile) , this tensile strength is probably never put to use in the function it performs in Profax. " b SB: rk cc: RV?R EJJ JAN 5*196* ' A C ' S ' 3 ' - 3 i C S - -* * - `S ' ' a < ' * - THE CAPE ASBESTOS COMPANY LIMITED HEAD OFFICE 1M- - 116 TARK STREET *.LONDON W1 tLt**ONC G*0SVHQ8 &0i: *^0 7 < a*<*uto9<iM)Sc*io(atwat**!a*t 0 ( U O H I ft A 0 A N 1 A `*tAH- iru* P33&* AU( *>*( au.ft'H m m * Ml*** O K & A A C* * C frft&vinCt P * 0 f & * * * B A * * * * i o.**e*n rc kOwmAcftwc0ilc>m*ai MQ> NW*t**1wI C4r0tHlCN*h3(0IBvA40MI0LAM0 Ur. P..3. Cryor, ITorth Araeric&n Asbestos Corporation, Board of Trade Building, Chicago 4. 3rd April, 1964 Bear Bob, Pos?co Inc. Health -'roblen3 vc-rc rrir. ulva ...:t tos of this fibre* to hear tint you r. i -r. to health probi V haa m en:.v.iry froM JSales people that x};c;r isito anyway in viov: side, thi situsXLvl'i straight forw&rc m u is confused b; : r.ass of- seni- scientific and speculative theory, The facts say be sucauarisefi as follows : i. The nodical world now u';-';:.ru to accept th-'.-t exposure to" asbestos increases the rial: of lung cancer. There is no evidence to indicate that there is a greater risk from any particular fora of asbestos. Burir.g recent years a Br. J .C . V/agner clhf.nsa to have found apprcxinately 100 eases of a distinctly different 2 tr * n y . .eU * -- - J W * 3rd April, 1964 kind of lur.p c a n c e r called 'cesothelior.a' c:r.cng people in the "orth 'Vest Cape in "Ou;ii .'frier., most of whom have some history of exposure to Blue Asbestos. lii, f r . V.'cner hts been working in Britain for the last twelve months and he claims to have uncovered, from the r3cores I'gomg hack over a considerable number of years), a comparable number of casts of mesothelioma here. iv. Cases of me so the Home, have also been claimed in the United States and Canada associated with exposure to Ckrysotile Asbestos. v, .~o far as I an aware no cast3 of mesothelioma have been definitely associated with Amosite. These then nre the facts ana I should add that I have heard absolutely nothing of shir, cancer in this connection. The problem is an c::Ions in of-the old asbostosis hazard and, although v;a v.ra concerned with the extension into these- .-.ere abstruse diseases`and anxious to establish the facts, there_ is cls-rly no reason for alarm when or. considers the very small incidence of this affliction in relation to the enormous number of people who handle- r.a'oestos of all kinds. It is accepted that precautions must be taken sr.d I suggest that, so far as Posceo are concerned, all that it is necessary to advise than is that precautions should be taken to prevent inhalation of asbestos dust by their operatives. 1 hop that this answers your question. If you would like &83 more information, please do not hesistate to let as Spiav?. Yours sincerely, RS/V.u T