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FILE NAM E: E te rn it (ETER) DATE: 1983 Sept 23 DOC#: ETER016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: L e tte r to Barry Castlem an fro m Everite A f ' m4,. EVERITE EVERITE LIMITED / BEPERK Everite House/-gebou 20 De Korte St/-str Braamfontein P O B o x /P o s b u s 3 1 166 2017 Braamfontein Johannesburg Yourreference/U verwysing: Telephone/Telefoon (011) 39-5411 Telephone/Telefoon Intern. 27 11 39-541 Telex/Teleks: 4-22035 Telegr: EVERITE JOHANNESBURG Our reference/Ons verwysing: HG/sb EVERITE Fibre-cement Veselsem ent Johannesburg 23 S e p te m b e r 1983 Mr B Castleman 1722 Linden Avenue BALTIMORE, MD 21217 Dear Mr Castleman - Thank you fo r your le tte r of August 23. My secretary forwarded i t to my vacation address. Thus my late response. Without detailed reference material here my response as complete as possible: 1. The to o ls you mention (d isc ^ " ^ ^ n y ^ n ' closrcoilaboration by the former Asbest In s t it u t in Neus ( . L d bv the German Central ts r z :: with the tools manufacturers, ment of Labor). hey ^ i~ In stitu te (Berufsgenossen- SLS SSW IS s is r need fo r re sp ira to r masks. 2.a) "L i f Z u S Regarding lung cancer m'Zi ^ rt30 TMThe a e u of Occupational Diseases has^compensate^asbestos^miners for lung cancer for approx,mately 20 years. employee his wido^an^mino^childre^inTfhe 5 disease. ^J(lndsVproportionatelynltora" a deatR dSe to occupational 3. When the Everite plant was closed in mo n t L E1 were6fre sh ly x-rayed. A ll had not been x-rayed in M 198J fo r a further check-up. Most r t ^ l ^ v ? i n nt K r ^ l i Zabeth region. / 2 ...