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FILE NAME: Asbestos Sacks and Bags (ASB) DATE: 0000 DOC#: ASB013 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - 'Blacked' Asbestos in Dublin sa g&EgOPoear LONDON. -- Clan lin es, owners of the Clan MacGillivray which was "blacked" by British dockers when cargo of ~3hpctne was found to be damaged, were yes terday desperately trying to find an alternative desti nation for the cargo. I 'jwlf they fail to find a r t in Britain or Europe it will have to be shipped back to South Africa. * M A* iijj i-` lacked' :>' M- \ * r in Dublin Own Correspondent LONDON. -- A cargo of South African asbestos, which was "blacked* by Bristol dockers on Friday as a health menace, was still on board the Clan MacGillivray in Dublin harbour yesterday. It was diverted there by Bristol dockers, who are extremely sensitive about handling asbestos cargoes because of the risk of can cer from asbestosis. They claimed the South African cargo had been wrongly : packed and a number of the double-thickness paper sacks had burst. However the office of the Dublin Port Authority said yesterday they were un aware of any dispute from t dockers there. Spokesmen ij for the Clan Line and the Dockers' Union could not i be contacted because of the i May Day weekend dose- i down. There is at present a ma jor asbestos scare in Eu rope, and the Bristol dock ers refused point-blank to [` handle the cargo for extra