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FILE NAME: Eternit (ETER) DATE: 1967 Nov 10 DOC#: ETER098 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Translation of Presentation - Use of Asbestos-Based Products On Board Ships, Pg. 1 QW SOAKS SHIPS Information given on 31.10.67 to the General Inspectorate of the Danlah Merchant Navy fay P r. IttBYttflM Head of the "Industrial Hygiene" Section at the Head Offices of the European Section of the World Health Organisation, Copenhagen. Dr. KAEYOM&H gave the following information regarding >saibl< connection between asbestos duet and cancer of lung. The General Inspectorate of the Danish Merchant ' noted the following pointss- .) A connection between asbestos dust and cancer of the ; does, unfortunately, exist. The World Health Organisation la at presant carrying detailed research work on this subject. Considerable :reas was made in 1966 and 1967, and discoveries up to ? would indicate that pollution of the air by asbestos - mist now be regarded as one of the moot serious problems hich exist st present. If shipyard workers have to do intensive work on ?ets of asbestos (Bulkheads, csilings, inner platings, etc), they subject themselves and other employees in the shipyard, and also the inhabitants of the town in question, to an increased risk of cancer at the end of approximately 20 years. . 1 the United States, the American Medical Association wovided the American Havy with a certain amount of information regarding asbestos dust and Its effects on the ___ would w e a r that this Information was given Americ .y#aT V * * 8 "* 1962* exact information which bttt i% 18 Interesting to note that th. avy'a immed--iat--e-r-e-a-eittltooin was to remove, at