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FILE NAME: Asbestos Sacks and Bags (ASB) DATE: 1965 July 9 DOC#: ASB020 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from Middlesex Hospital Recommending Mask Use by Workers Handling Asbestos 30--M AP--00 * *' I1 12:20 I M T E P N A T I O N A L B U S I N E S S U H T 44 161 2 47 6 3 1 3 :'S MIDDLESEX HOSSlTAL MEDICAL SCHOOL P. 05 I'm '.v;A.towtiii,V.A, F.A.C.!*. i Ml h D. C. I DN`4 rKVkuu, Ms: w 3r**-';\ V ? * " ' INSXITUTfc C CLINICAL A iS a A .w n ,- ' 40 HANSON STlviLT % LONDON, W.l Kr. Seech, 9 th J u ly , 1965 * 1 As you know, Mi*. Eon C h at toway came to se e me aVout th e d u c ty teriditions a ris in g from th e hnr.dli.nc o f a cargo o f a n .e sc o s l a a iu aslar. s h ip i a th e S u rr e y Cc.trr.ercii.1 L o c k s. F o r tu n a te ly I w&s able to go w ith hit*, t o s e c -what th e work e n t a i l e d . X w onder i f i t 0I d Ibo p o s s ib le f o r you t o d is c o v e r f o r me two o r t h r e e non who Worked on and o f f w ith such c a rg o e s o v er some y e a r s . A lthough .woiildbo a tr a g e d y t o fir.u t h a t a s b e s to s had. p e rm a n e n tly damaged $ th s i r l u h g s , i t would s e t t l e th e p o in t once and fo r a l l th a t such $ a state Of a f f a ir s i s p o ssib le under th e working co n d itio n s th a t I tayi, * fk. dut, w h eth er we o b t a i n ouch x -ra y a o r n o t, i t i s my c o n s id e re d .opinion t h a t lx*, th e .jeobe f C oraaa mask Mk k , m ut bo u sed by a i l th e ruon, b o th i n th e hold end in th e b a r g e s , i n s p i t e o f tiie. f a c t th a t th e b r e a th in g ro s is tc r.e e c r e a te s ,a d i f f i c u l t y . 1 r e a l i s e t h a t i t w ill ta k e them much lo n g e r to. unload a g iv e n cargo b i t i f t h e i r h e a lth i s aamazed by a s b e s to s , th e p ro c e s s i s i r r e v e r s i b l e . ;'il ^ i r t h c r j .1 to k o th u view t h a t vr.cuu. a u c tio n a x s t b - ucod or; t t e '-c. .rgo i i s e l t f d u r in g th e w hole p e rio d o f u n lo a d in g , f o r whon e v e r a t e g 'breaks,? the dangerous pewder i s w ittered around and m ust be removed }ji<*/th a t; i t can n o t e s c a p e in to 1.\c: -.erking en v iro n m e n t. ,;(^SfeUPi a re i n 't h e London oi^phor.. d ire c to ry * w Kay I w ish you s u c c e s s i n your endeavour- t c p r o t.- c t th e men ^longing- to your U nion. . lours alncwroly. J , Beech, S oq., 15 C o l l e t t Rd, ..16. lo n u ld H u n te r, CBS, KD, DSc, PRCP. 03/30/00 08:37 TX/RX NO.5375 P.005 A-Jlr.'ulViAii&; -