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fiecetpt is acknowledged of your letter of the 6th February \t f
1944, enclosing report of test taken,on th4 uee of Asbestos i.-: /
Panelling end h uee of iioo Chroaatu (Ytllos) Prier end Fire
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Thanking you for this lofomotion, Yours faithfully, '
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distinct froft the aobeatoa cdalahot be deUfrtfirted* but it: is friabonable .
to sescoe that the greats? ps?t o'f.ihe totoi ceUnt was due'to Asbestos.':
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percentage would she* oi^no of ;a*beatoa after working ednfinubuak'.in *.*
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hfcere this is practicable, and by,e$i6v?2j\^ that'ell porthdlefc fere-open,
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this point, should thes.ircurest4noe8 ;arifio,\... Allvthe above observations apply to healthy workers who hovo'cOti' pj*ovices',to'this type* of work,
enc^od on work involving exposure -fc^.esWstbe dusts . If there are'aay ., who hove worked for aoua years *in the debeetoe industry,Y<ar* have worked
ror'len^ periods, with this type'ef *dtorldl>tfcey avy ,rafe&&<e'dust reepir-
store to prevent further exposure, .
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1, / ;Asbestosis Occupation; & Health (Supplement 1$*3S> .iatei7*fitioD^> . Lelx>Ur Office.
2, '' stlicoaiu dt ioboetoa. toavta p, 3S7
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3, A Study of Aebeatooio in 'the Asbestos Textile Jnduc&ry,
0,Bulletin, #e2*l, 1$38.
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