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FILE NAME: Asbestos in India (IND) DATE: 1981 Mar 23 DOC#: IND009 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Times of India Newspaper Article - Flouting of Asbestos Safeguards Alleged /' t ,m*` m the light 3 f the ptevailiug m terest ia tes. ihe iale of interest allowed to subscribes should provide for a reasonable return taking into account the eiosion in the value of the rupee on the one hand and the iale of interest on investments in deposits with the public-sector undertakings and on long term deposits with banks on the other ' As on M arch 31, 1980, the orga nisation covered 93,094 .establish ments with 1,046.6 million subscrib ers. Their total contributions amount ed to Rs. 6,433.72 crores and invest- "lenls Ri. 5.847,37 crores .till March JJ , 170'*. About 70 per cent of the subscrib ers were contributing eight pci cent and the rest 6.25 per cent. Amounts paid on account of sett'ement of l-ONDON, ,March -22 thesole selling agent in West Asia and T W O large Indian asbestos firm si Afnca- , . " ( t ' , ar)d multi-nationals collaborate' Tbe British company owns 74 per ing with them are "allegedly flout-! " nt lhe Bombay company. Inside ing safeguards against hazards o f ,,lls -'pIam> on,y workers in the fluffing asbestos exposure.- V "7 ,, aTM carding areas are issued with res It has.been established that asbestos ,.are 1,01 ,oId abou,i exposure causes cancer of the linino S o ^ ^ r d s of asbestos and often do it .ooond f,v'anoe3 up to 'M arch 31, 1980 totalled Rs. 3,003.71 ctores. rtes m the United States. ' Originally the organisation had to. * TI e . ... , , T ?1 ,n' . . The report says even simple "house-, invest all the collection in govern is f' u bnaponal collaborates JteeP|n8 ' measures are not employed., ment securities under the direction n v Ua fary, m -Ahmedabad and a ,m th Plant. The floors are dry-swept! ot the Central government. The pe-- f ir m b roulu,iai!0 d '!:5witb a Bombay, creating dust.- The same lockers hold, centage of investment in government a* . . , ' overalls and the workers own clothes - securities had been brought down . .A. r--eport min tmhe Nisew Socientist" ,here '^plm'iecnh'aare thus ct ontaminated.', ? 'i over the years but the inteiest earn- says that the road to the faccttooAryr-1in'! 'WWoorrkkeers undergo regu_l_ar medical' Political links with dacoits under study KANPUR, March 22 (UNI): For the first time, (he antecedents of pro minent political leaders in the dacoitmfested areas of Uttar Piadesh are Oemg scrutinised by the police as part of the anti-dacoily drive, according to reliable sources. Already, evidence suggesting possible links with dacoits of about half-a- dozen legislators had been found they said. ' ^ i l d S l,nd both 'sides, by asbestos .cement wassttee..**<''OOuntside un treated waste water is emptied into a trench piled with solid asbestos waste. Solid wastes from the plant litter the neighbourhood houses. Children play on the wastes. - * 3' toXh<!. asbeslos Products of this factoryJ carrIyJ nn1o7 w' arning labels, telling p*eople h--o-w to "avfowiidw icirecaatuing odust when they use the pipes and she*e!t*s. I he Asbestos International Associa tion -- an international group of asbes tos companies -- requires asbestos to carry warning labels, the U.S collaborator of this firm was sued by thousands of American (exam.....i.n. -a"t"ivo/nas bu uti "aari se nnou ti ituoilad itnhe,'7 t ' ssuumitss. DDaayy llaabhoonurers w-ho carry awa) the waste dust that the ventilation sys tem traps have no protection. They are covered with dust, 'The report concludes: "These two examples illustrate a fundamental Ppoi,ntl.- Tinhe liitfte-saving medical ahd engiPf l feteArritnn go ti eenckhtnt Aolloi \gn y ti hk a. it s_ ih__o__u_uld <be e Ported along with dangeroui technoi gies is oftien left hbehlinnHd. " It is time for responsible member of the business world to step forwari and make a commitment not to proii by such abuses." I t has been widely inspected that several politicians in the Chambal and Yamuna ravines as well as other affect ed regions cultivated and protected dacoit gangs, but nothing had been done in this direction so far. It was recently disclosed that a workers for not putting warning labels on the asbestos products it sold in the U S until 1964, the report says rhe collaborator, which supplied the Ahmedabad firm with technical know how and engineering assistance, owns Shares in the company of which it is Excess'' r