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earl~t report
on
this
mre
by (control
of
duat
witliin \bl' .factory
outsid~ ,.the plant,
and tigllin 'Other aspects of".'. int.,r"
national uoub~ litlllldards' olllld.
ASBESTOS:
p~
M~
-~.
,.. lopl ... I. ~Mdealllll,
Tho a British
PitbbaovloingaistaeGenloyanqeu,amwohooa
reported of
A es of 11-
prc:mi11 there ii
but not no mention
Qt, 11~
ubes-
toa which is banned ii,\ Qiber . parts
Fla!lfant .occupation! ud mental health atxms have
wiro.u.been do-
ns-Manvi!JI di-
Law II lBkyilineiai ' lnc. Barcurt Jovanovidl PuM.hller'
C11roinQOla of Pestos.ii. The
pleura i cu
car~no11enkicy
of
11 11~-
1931!
of tho world.
Thrcahold and 1tand&l'df rclaUn1
o~nted at a Joh
llate in AhmeilablM!,
ln4ia,
aianu
J;!ld a
Braco
btitos waa
by. variout
wdl recognised by German workers as
w~l.
to- ..i>estoa bavo been cxtcoaively documon~ in Olli o.f the chaptefa.
!actQl'ilii asbestos lltlllent
~rnor and Newall 1ubsidiiiy
i:A
r'
'In ev,.ru i'...dustrial nati'on
uMnOlll.i$tUalullythorl&argwectp&roHpmoprtrieossnedobf yluthno1
Tho
dctlclenciot obviou1
~ovetrh' mabo~lfdloldeveloat
B'cimb11y. ma.ltioa asbestos
and friction products'.
1"til .: .. .
it has l-oJng.,,.. been ac]tnow-
U...le. der soci~ Ol_i_
can;;ors amongsc asbostos workc:ra
oriiiipliti11& in th.e:lQ\ller .lqbes of tbo
become
ti.mo u.
th 'lnid~acica -'~f
\h~
old
a .becomes more a.nd mor41 00.
1'hol,\ih
tho dudly
the- .fllasa clf~t.a o
awaren~-.i
f. u~tor'tl...,1111&
kdged that P
f'-..l. all
'tll:e ..nd welfare, m .iw1. :
lunp. usually
They -.i.o Iona lhno
obsQrlvca claspin&
the unbctw11
can
lcvel vioua.
Al1d
work
place lllbeatoa
standards in Great Britain are a ca.so
yet the
sufficiently widespread, organisations concerned
sgme with
of llJo
lll
..dvantagea of .=xist because of
civilisatiO!l, the working
1illo
f
'"'P"sure and thp onset .ot syaiiptolllS, Autopsy studie1
con-
'
in point. Even in 1-960, the stan
dards prescribed there did not pro
health of workers, like lnterll\tioll
Metal
Workens
Federation *e U worldwid~ ban
Uan and woman. '
firmed tl1esc Alonii with
observations. this k.nowledac, doveprotect~ve !e&islaLiona
.
tect the workers ~er and the
naograll.:iIlllitse~the~-~r~iakWotf-
1St1c ap-
ready d.emanded a 01\: use <>t a.sbestos.
The
de~opina
eigh the IJG(ential
Oreat lhinil have been said about
\fQQprC:tdhev;wmooruksers iwn oarkwinaay inis saoic.bi1e:-sLtoy'sa
tpuriliait~eadl
just of a
on the opUm ijmited study of
acLive-
choealilnthtr-ieshamurudsst wof such 1ublesltanthc"
dwb1lei~Ldiio&lnllitiy
of to
labour peoplo
and society'' WQiltiUi. ID
finodrmtlsatlry,rewcotugcn.bili~ of clasuelsleli.eas.ndEnesf.
auonal. d
Jy Ctipeixptlioleyedplawnotr.keAllnl "ua.tonthet~~ashteosp
ere
before CQPini West.
blindly ,..
fr6 A. is to-
tm.i~.0toraiscbsest&olii;d
trdaidsea,ss.terThree~c~onunthuo-
flea<n:td fworaa oJc,hceupfirstmnjlaUsona toc:ofomrpme.nlislay 1ore0ff1u&thOids
independent sc1cnlis)4 w acceu to the chClit ;K'ray
Even ll tho tally atoppcd
use of asbcstO from today, there
ia
sed
aiecliCal t1* ..:cpth
of
failur We.at
e
t
o o
f
ta&keooie~tni0l6lilb>oltha
rocp&Qiilc asbesto blc occupational disease.
Asbes
U.S. wero
film& whdo~.IcCtoirntoerfptrheotatTlnenxiub,yPltahnot
a great peopl~
potential of developinii
lots of Qpo this di&aue
iu
i~:,lao.:p.t& atondprotect tho rheecaolgthnimo.f!,wionroki
to m141ij.facturcra in acnerally aware of
asbeitosla
formeJ the omilUJlption
basis of standard. Tho of a:;bestoa in United
future. The f11ctor~ .aiding tinuati!lll of ,these deadly
con
o~u~a
ors agalllst a 1001 dious threat to life.
Thil
monaco
ull.) carrit.d over from tho work placo
o endanic:r .IOOiety atth1o1.croan'c: ludioa
41 1930'a, 'fbo
corn to avoid
industry 1.\1 ita con-
payinuandeth~eplacyoemd p.cthno
aation, 1;0n$tently role of asbe3tos. in
oau&1!1a
van.ius
C Sta.tea
ia
drastically
COOJin1
uown
and this trenodveiri.tahtetrihbauzatrds\Qofpuabg.
lie concern belt-Os and
liability
consider11tlon1
tional disoatiea te&rity at tho
are lack of IOOl&I highest leveb"-in
1.min-
dustry and politicians
illck of to take
courago . .amons up public inter-
ThU quote from iwt of Ibo book under
Rviow
sums
lem
disease!!, tempted
iiot: ooly ita best to
tbat, hold
it also at down com
by
comP11nics who used brake linings,
to use as firo ra;ia
est and resist the pretisurea of pr! vate interest.
up to ielau.d
a areat extent tho to asbesto1 industry
prob and
th111
pcnB:y;at1io9n50sc,oastsmeind.icdailffceoi:nenset nswuasyah.ad
bC$tos in tant textiles etc,
ant epidemio- Will it beorktoeors muunciohns,to'wehxopecatt
healtb of work'.~rs. workilJ.i in the)e 1la.nLS. This book Is a doctoral di1
formed about ~e role ol ~libt1>t_o1 compensa~on cl~nu filed oy
One loiiical
of. the si&nillc points made here
re1*1tt.i1
to
the Mount
from the w the moment are'trying
10
bring
moro
i related t9 their
.;.,>rt111m11oennvoirfonlimarernytalCabctolenmsualnt,antwhion
1t1hnedse workedr'asm1ange1950,i p!rhesaatge~doutlhJo
0S0in0aist&ud:hyooclonodfucMteeddicaint e. Thia stu f in
and more i.swel! working lives, within
the
sc-0pe
of
the issues re-
...uucrous federal &iiencies and envi .unmenull groups on public policy
cleluge come
of in
197~'s.
$Ult&
Tr~heprrod.migs
ma anian~teer--
dsuyladtoivr;sidlyfrosmhowae.dsb~thtoastisdewatahs
o com-
bargaining, to tllke up lated. the safety at work
pliM:e,
al
nduct1
clal.ioi to tho con1rol of toxic sub-
.t~uce). He baa accumulated a vast
estini 'conclus1on moots atliludo
to ~mpen~at,ion ily in buy_mg
mon and there was a cidenoe of cancer. SO
excessive per cent
ill
of
ternatc technologieis to avoid the chemical
and pr and ot,!ler
ha
i..uowllldge on thia dreaded min~ral has ~ervcd al an ell.pert witneu
claims. They spent heav insurance, hinna legal and
medic~
~nd to miru
the workcn were aure to
worldlli for 30 die of C1111Cer. It
years
is a
zards. It is
jwt
to
be
hoped
tbaJ
thoso
.. 11d
.iu ubcatoa
litiaatlo.n
Jill~
1~6.
Undoubtedly thi6 la tho be.st con
emAipzecruthoto odoesft.en~fd
them tho claim
by
every
lea~
political m~a.
great lillrprisc as to why suitable
alternativra
to
aabestoa
are
n
o
t
used u~ina
in power of decision making, the
ministries
and
industrialists wake
give a
up
se-
;Jiehewive, material 011. most 1ueful
and
f asbestos uso izl aociety.
ira (in United
whc.n them.
there Tho
is a possibility of book extensively
llsta
oven rious
&t this juncture to thought to ban the
use
of
as-
...,pects o fh.c book
beiina
with
rho
historical
lopment of die know
This 1tate of affa Statea and Britain) still
aouods much
such alternatives which can be suc cessfolly used instead of asbestOll,
bestos where possible, to ieltlk for alternate products and to :initial
o.)pccts of deve lcdae about asbcst0il
and
then
aocs
fashi9n into tho
-pbreettveariliwnhgenhecroemipnareIdndtiao.
the thinga Herc .we
a
After deeper
t' .
t
1nvcs 1gat1ons 1n o
all possible clforts to protect tho :
over, in a masterly varioua 1klol effects
of
worldn.a
in
a
ffects in
lui.vo nCllrly 7,000 people workm in ,20 asbestoa industries Jpread all
the recenetty Bshtoapnadlargdass fdoilsloawsteerd tbhoy
workers. In nutshell
this
is
a.
remarkabl
most of the com
..,,bestoa plant. These side e
hich has bcen
over.
As
""r .--
outstandina
Dr, S. expert
R. Karnath, m chest me
dmvu1u'aoltulis'n. s.t.aB"fiount o..ltshisbe1c'samneot
a]arinn. ,1y
r#stricted
obto
book, outlining
plex issues in a.
very
lucid
style
and
us tho
.JJcu.edre.'.",.'W,.".ibcSsltOlSlL~S,Io("n"aW.0 .n.M. d
1 a rl
.M...t.h."..e.-.l,ris~owo~,f
types .,.o meao etc) It
an dlcine:
'There ia
no
doubt
ti.lat ooo
third of workers in asbestos facto-
tph1a~t
1'nd-"try
alone.., Thev
also to a greater or
same lesser
ap de
~
in the process knowledge of a
bringing to slow and da'llgerous
poisoo-~bestos. Surely it's must
~>'rilonO"U-"~Snolaeruc
Catrhc;~noh. ato i al
o is r c as
covers.
ries a.re suffering from asbestosis D~pitc this, aiedical experts are
arec to all segments of i,ndustry. in
an" to asbebtos m p. aruchu-
for
all
concerned
with the~ health occupational
uot tso 0fY 0 5t 0 f th~ themes dealt
";i'on.:h but ma!Jo deals w"' i.ih upto date
very
rel1.1ctant to give thc d'uigno1
tosis to the asbestos work
aeneral \llr. The
" author
is
emp1atic
: at
to ufe
and safety of workers, health physicians, laboot
lawyers
w iuformation
relating to tbose. bestoS!S aa a disease
o~rfs Asbuelfser1'na from lugnrgeat daismeaosuens.t
'These statements (relating Id ty of plants in 3rd or
cou'I-
and the unionisL' who should undertake issues
preirumably
of lifts typo
By entity
1935, u occurring
in
those
worldna
in
. d
11 t""li5h
Eovf elnootphheolleasw eh.ge.reMheassotheliomcoapecoonf ttri'ineys) onhav~~ecasbieoeon, shu.obwjeecv.teerd,d tthoe slce.rvucl
also
to
the bargaining tables:
SMITA PUNIY' ANI
"ed' b. a l tAops armt ~~L1Scd by
uufsrpotromysuwraoassbetwaoteosaiaseb, sesk"cctrs"oa.-'\ns.,c:lae:i,sr:id:_d;:o:ttw:ih:n;ne:u...e.;asf:;c,:ho:t;eo.rd_:tuM:h:l.oe...,:.slu:ep:.f:rpt:o:.v:po:i.s.u:iro:t..m:cnit1.h..:o...h.:asonv..:e.._111b1..e.:.e..n.:d_,.,.;.oc~ouf_n.,.c,to,..nri_ter.o...l.,.h_iasn.,....pb_reea_n_ccot_nis.c.,e...is.m,.te_n.,.tel:v"'ye"'"1:o"'pp-oom..,.gr_'_ _ _ ____
daniierous threat to the wor