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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR DATE 1974 DOC CSR055 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Press Enquiry - Mesothelioma 5 PRESS ENQUIRY . mesothelioma In 1948 Dr. people working at Wittenoomaboutasbestosis but he implied in his advice that asbestoswasnot particularly injurious because e of the body reaction prevention totocrystalise intothe lungs Under the existingHealthRegulations inWestern Australia A Subsequently McNultyconductedconsiderable into dust hazards and was encouragingany persons found tohave deterioration of health toclaimpensions About 1960 a number ofotherdoctors inWestern Australia reference tHoowaevsebresttoostihsebestofMr. TThomashomas recall i| t was the diseases of silicosis and asbestosis that were being watched and he cannot recall the term mesothelioma being used . . All work carried outin the mine a- nd mill atWittenoom , was under strict Government control and mine workedunder close Government and union inspections Themill was controlled by the same inspection as covered the mine and considerable amount of money was spent in dust collection plant in themill If the mine did not accord with Government Government standards it could be shut down at any time A.B.A. enforced the Mining Act and the controls under it to the limit .