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FILE NAME: ICI (ICI) DATE: 1967 Feb 21 DOC#: ICI021 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo Roc tidal* Mr. J . M. W i l k i n s o n N avcu tla O ffice. ACM/DC To 1 JWW C o p y i SM/SHa CONFIDENTIAL JMV/MA 21at February 1967. Aabeatoa In su la tio n C loth I.C .I , Ltd. Many thanks f o r yo u r r e p o r t o f F eb ru a ry 1 6 th , w hich l a r g e l y c o n firm s In fo r m a tio n w h ich we h are had from o th e r p a r ts o f the I . C . I . O r g a n is a tio n . I t would seem, a t any r a t e f o r th e moment, as I f moat o f T .B .A .'* b u sin ess w ith I . C . I . In a sb e sto s m a t e r ia ls , d ir e c t and through W itty A W yatt, l a not a t r is k as most o f I t Is not used d ir e c t ly f o r In s u la tio n w ork. I w i l l see th a t H r. Edmonds and W itty A Wyatt are advised o f t h is . We have a ls o n o te d t h a t I .C .I ^ T b o u l d be I n t e r e s t e d In tr e a t e d o lo t h s w hich we h a v e produoed on an exp erim en tal b a s is . ... As fa r as g la s s c lo th la con cern sd , I have c e r t a in ly no wish to see W itty A W yatt h a n d lin g t h i s , nor fo r th a t m atter alum lnleed c lo t h , but do not take any a c tio n u n t i l you hear fu r t h e r from us a s I want to f i n d o u t what M r. Edmonds has d ls o u s s e d w ith W itty A W yatt. Office o f O fliln TURNER BROTH ERS ASBESTOS COMPANY LTD. To *. ;, c : . .t v . * i. c. ci, M * '> j :-sv;/;:a . p o r i p p n p r ' T T * T. Your Ref:- " f V) . 16 th F e b r :a r v , 1967. T hark you f o r y '-u r memo o f th e ? 6 th Ja n u a r y . I have now seen M r . A . I. eiraes a t T . C . I . Hi 1l i n g h a n . Hi a o f f i c i a l p o s i t i o n i s Head o f the ron--eta] U c a t e r a la s e c tio n o f the T .C .I . T e es-sid e M a te ria ls C ro u p , whose f u n c t i o n i s t o t e s t and e v o l u n t e , approve and recommend a l l non-metallie m a te ria ls which are used in an y"of the I . C . I . planta on T e e s -s id e . He a d v ise d t h a t t h e y had c o n d u c te d an in v e s t i g a t io n in to th e use o f asbestos in s u la tio n .m aterials a t the in s tig a tio n o f th e ir m e d ic a l a d v is o r s srd th e c o n c lu s io n s w hich th e y had now re a c h e d were th a t where I t i s t e c h n ic a lly or econom ic a l l y f e a s i b le , in s u la t io n n ateriT l3 ~ w h - cn no n o t c o n t a in " a s b e s t o s s h o u ia be used^ r . ^JLxaes "a t r e s s e d t b a t th e re was no ban on th e use o r a s b e s to s and t h e y ^ v i l l continue to use i t w h erever c ir c u m s ta n c e s demand but a s yon s u g g e s t In-your la tte r they w ill a ls o continue to search fo r a lte r n a tiv e s , p a r t ic u la r l y f o r use on new p la n t and in new b u ild in g s w here t h e y w i l l endeavour to a ch ie v e a s b e s to s -fr e e a r e a s . Gne o f th e m ain Fro iflQ n - D 2 ^ th is i s t h a t w h i l s t t h o i r m e d ic a l a d v is o r s con s ld o & t h e reeen t p r e c a u tio n s w hich th e y ta k e when h a n d lin g a s b e s to s m tie r ia ls i.e.Ltfie w earing o f masks and th e is su e o f fre e o v e r a lls , w hich are laundered by the Company) to be s a t is f a c t o r y , these ap p ly o h l y t o la g g in g personnel and w h ils t a job is in progress there are a la o s t in v a ria b ly other tradesmen or process workers in the vicinitypw ft do not have t h is p r o te c tio n and to provide i t in resp ect o f thew hole o f th e s t a f f o f the p la n t would n ot be f e a s i b le . M r. Eiraes co n firm ed th e in fo rm a tio n riv e n by D a rlin g to n I n s u l a t i o n C o . t h a t th e u s a r e o f a s b e s t o s c lo t h on i n r u l a t i o n work a t any o f the I . C . I . p la n ts is s m a ll, co n s is tin g m ainly o f expansion jo in t s in the hard s e t t in r and m a ttre sse s. As regards the l a t t e r , T . C . I . , in pursuance o f t ! e i r p o lic y , endeavour to uso, where p o s s ib le , 1 the v-lred type o f m a ttre ss trith m in eral wool or p la s s fib r e f i l l i n g w i t h r o s s ib iy /-lass c l o t h on t r o o u t e r s u r f a c e . here th e te m p e ra tu re does ro t nerm it t h i s t.hov use alum inscd a s b e s to s c lo t h . -