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FILE NAME: Asbestos Cement Pipe and Sheet (ACPS) DATE: &
DOC#: ACPS0
KhMENT DESCRIPTION: E - Health Board to Review Asbestos Water Pipe Use
-THE NASH\"ILLE BANNER, Wed., Feb. Zl, 1963
Health Board To Review
Asl>estos Water Pipe Use
The Metro Health Board on :i,causin: ai;ent \\hen inhaled."'
motion by Dr. David Slrayhornl Dr. Bistowish said. but added
Sr. voted today to reconsider that sufficient information is nol
I,.citosnsctraented
on thP. use o( as?estos-1 available concer_nin;; its 1~se pipe or wat<'t' Imes. .a water conducting material.
as,
: The board voted Jan. 17 to,1 The t:.S. Public Health Ser-
;"not approve t~c. use. of thej vice is initiating a study into ,oipe" until sufficient m!orma-, asbestos pipe, p1obably as a re-
:tion could be obtained to prove Isuit or an inquil'y to them from
the pipe was medically safe. .the health department.
Metr_o he~lth du:ector Dr. Jo~-: "The service told us we were
eph_ Btst~wtsh said the board:~! the first municipal health board
.action did not_ mea~ . that It: to raise the question concerning.
would change its position co~-,the safety of the pipe,"' Dr. Bis cernlng the pipe but onl_y that 1t1 towish said.
~-ould recon~ider any mforma; Represeotali\es I)( an ashes
tton concernmg the safety of the. tos-cement pipe producer spoke
pipe.
'to the board to explain their po-
"Asbestos is a__!;nown_ cance_r: sition. The spokesmen said thev
objected "to being guilty unlil
proven i:1nocent."
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Iron vs. Asbestos in Council Squabble -Sllf W ~, Jack Cer,1
!llelro councilmen llen jnlenlly as spol.eunen for ca~l Iron and a,bco,los nmcnl pipe firms argue the I clali\'e merits of their product~. 'l'he piece of l''I''" 111 lhe fnrci;rountl b ca.l 11011. II was lal.rn from an old city waterline
Iafter i;ervlng without any breal.down for official,; ,aid. The councilmen, lrom left, aud llichard 1'aylor.
nearly 15 are Tandy
years, l\letro walerwo1ks Wlh,on, Thurman nrool.s
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