Document LorqRwgw0Zb03jJLE3EOe00MQ

FILE NAME: ICI (ICI) DATE: 1967 Feb 17 DOC#: ICI032 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo NEW ALLS INSULATION & CHEMICAL CO. LTD *OM TO VM#isviVra/w^x* M r. John V .'a cce ll, Turr.r bro thers Asbestos C o .L t c , Mochos le o u r RET. OUR REP. SBl'/tl-S 17th February 1967 c. k S/GHP ? r1vate C o n fid e n tia l 7 I . C . I . ELCUGH - ASSKSTOg COSTAUUH^HATEhlL Thank you fo r your memorandum o f 1 4 th ^ te rn a ry - There are one or two p o in ts which I thought you would lik e.) to cannon t upon. I . C . I . Slcugh le tho P a in ts D iv ls i/ n o f I . C . I . and the d ire c tiv e which tb *y havo issued on the q u e stio n o f non-asbestos m aterials i s th e ir our. In te rp re ta tio n based on t f t i i r Medical O ffic e r 's view s, he are fin d in g that other sectio n s of I . C . I . ara forming th o ir own opinions based on th e ir Medical O f f i c e r ' / in te r p r e ta tio n of the s itu a tio n s fo r .u'.il example, a t Billinnham we are . i ng asked to carry out contraci^worfc aluminium or sheet metal fin i s h e s In p la c e of BD 2 cement' w ith regard to C-E/O.B. a t t it u d e to BD 2 s im ila r ly app .,<28 sZt' iSBlBftX'.i&.L- They w ill tend /t6 s p e c ify any armouring ceaont which ^ V aA esto s or a lte rn a tiv e ,/ they w ill switch to a natal ty p e .fi ^ p re fe re n ce to using standard BD 2 m a t e r ie l, .t fc / I agree w ith the poin t which you make about the p o s sib le percentage o f asbestos in calcium s i H o s t s as camped w ith magnesia, however, t ; i i s would not in flu e n c e the m a tte r, although you w ill ap p reciate th a t a r.t.Tber of firms manufacture calcium s il ic a t e and I would say th a t the percentage of fib re contained in ca n p e titiv e products might vary fre a 10U to p o ssib ly / n g 'A . Continued/, 3T - & . _ & 6 - 2- In co n sid e rin g a lt e r n a t iv e to sSb o sto our I-t^D U ip a rtn e n t have c e r t a in ly oor.c ir.to th*s q u e s tio n of choppoc r l c c a r o v in c e ar-u dlocusulor.n have cr are tnbinr place w ith I '-s-A . >iy previous reference to the fa c t th a t 1 old n et think that i - C - I usca nuch aebestoc c lo th 1 s t r i c t l y re la te d to in s o la tio n work. Wo jr.cvo ca rrie d cut over the past year cr two, ace hundreds- o f -thousands L ' z worth of in su la tio n work fo r J -C -I and tho q u a n tity of asbestos c lo th required on those p r o je c ts has heon in s i c n i fle a n t . I t ca y bo th st the d iffe r e n t 1 -C -l* b iv is io n s buy asbestos c lo th fo r uses other than th e ro sl in su la tio n work-