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FILE NAME Manville JMA
DATE 1971 Oct 1 DOC JMA204
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Report - Helsinki International Labor
Office Conference
HELSINKI CONFERENCE 1971 AL102602522
October , 1971 Pr. L. Pundsack Research Finderne
ce
J. B. Jobe
A. C. Smith
F. J. Solan
E. N. Fenner Finderne
M. P. Raines New York
G. Wright Cleveland
REPORT OF TRIP
TO HELSINKI
FINLAND TO ATTEND AND PRESENT SYMPOSIUM ON SAFETY AND HEALTE
A PAPER AT THE INTERNATIONAL
AUGUST 36 to SEPTENDER 4,
IN SHIP BUILDING AND SHIP REPAIRING
;
1971
be the Finnish Government
International The
symposium
was
sponsored
inintly Seaith
and the
The
Institute
of
Occupational
United Nations
Group .
Participants
Labor Office 1.1.0
were from Selgium West anFdinElaasntd Ge Fr rmaanncye
Czechoslovakia DenmarkLuxembourg Norway
Kingdom and Ireland Italy Japan
Switzerland the United
Romania Russia Sweden rotal of almost 200 200 participants
the United States Of a
industrial hygenists or engineers
most were either physicians
are as follows Professor
Some of the better known participants
board
Leo Moro N.D. Director General Kational PhD Director
N. J. Karvonen N. D.
Finland Professor
sealth Finland Dr. J. Lepoutra
Occupational Institute of
of 1. A. Sternit selgium Mr. Carl
M. D. Medical Director
Sabourin
, Dr. A. Grut N.D N.D
Lindell Canada Mr. Ivan
of Labor in Denmark Nr .
Medical Inspecter for Department
A Denmark Dr. Frits
Dansk Eternit of Occupational Health
Johnsen
Manager of
Training
Institute
Director
Finland Mr.
Blans
Mz A. Palom^/kiP^/rsistenKalkki Oy
Dr. P.
Pinland
Paraisten Kalkki Oy Finland
Occupational Bo Sandberg Director Chief Institute of
Health
Control
Environmental Sumari N. .. Deputy
Director of Environmental
Finland~- Kr A. A. Cross
England Dr. Steve Holmes
Company LTD London Cape Asbestos
LTD P.O. Box 40 Rochdale
Turner
Brothers
Asbestos Company Marketing Manager
Scandura
LTD
England Kr Douglas Wright
Mr. J. Leroy
Belser Uzak
BEA Group Yorkshire
San Francisco Francisco California
England Mining and ConstructionConstruction way
Page Two
October 1,1971
7. L. Pundsack
Washington D. .; Mr.
Commander
Sam Barboo
U. S. Navy Public Health
Service
Salt Lake S. Navy
Duncan Boladay U. S.
M. D. D.
City
Utah
Commander George Lawton Dr. W. J. Nicholson
Mount Sinai
Dr.
Washington SD el.iC koff Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Irving J.
presented must Irving J.
Several interesting papara ware His first dealt with the
Selikoff presented two papers
workers in the New York
familiar data on the Asbestos
in that be
same
Ne added a new twist
and New Jersey unions
data on the New Jersey
related some of the Patterson
dealing with Amosite
Plant By adding this data
that Amosite
equally Unarco
able to draw the conclusion
as an
only he was with Crocidolite and Crystotila
take its place
hazardous material
series of dramatis extrapola-
second paper was a
of Labor
S. Department
Salikoff's started with the D.
tions
States skipyards during
of workers in the United
down by job descrip<
figures
These figures were broken
World War II
Cancer and shortly die of kabestocio .
numbers of people that
Bronchiogenic
Mesothelioms Mesothelioms
in his usual dramatic
Both of
Irving's
papere
vore presented which
followed was say
style
If
the
tone
of
questionning
towed
all
his medical
Irving has out yet
button should be pu
indication in Europe that the panic
colleagues
on T.L.V.'s This was &
W.
3.
Nicholson
presented
a
paper of the
controversial
article
rather disjointeidn rTehweorkGirnegen Sheet
Bill took several shots Holmes and Alex Cross
Stave
which appeared
the British standards
Both
at
with rebuttle
were rather quick
presentation vent rather well
Some were rather for the safe handling
My own
to hear that control methods
to the handling
surprised
are readily available
of Asbestos products
tion trades Medical Director of A.B.
Two speakers Dr. O. Maglind Swedeannd Xr N. Bundst^,dt
G^taverkenShipyards G^teborg
aed
e
er
oe
Page Thre
F. L. Pundsack
containing Safety Engineer of the same firm both strongly amdavtoceartieadls
the complete substitution for
number of possible
and displayed a
was rock wooi
Mr. Sundstedt listed Most of the material
substitute
products Both stated
their
yard
will
not
be
using
in so Am se besftoorsm after January , 1972
any
spidsmological Commander G.
the old Navy
M.D. USH gave & review of Bureau
M. Laughton
he and the
records George did say
with
studies
of Nedicine vere doing some
Navy shipyard personnel
an excellent paper oO
Commander S. N. Harboo UEN gave in the U. 6. Naval
conditions and methods of control that the Navy favored
shipyards San repeatedly stated of known bazarde rather
control methods for products
whose health
proper
than uncontrolled
use
of
substitute
products
with
Sam
he
In private discussious
to risk
effects are unknown
vere not going
stated
the
Xavy
design
engineers
of ill
conceived
substitutes
poor performance by the use
discussions most participants
In both public and private
of Asbestos material
seemed
to
feel
that
substitutions
the
material
represents
&
considered only when
conditions
the
should be
significant improvement health
standards
.
material meeta recognized performance
of Environmental Control Cape
Mr. A. A. Cross Director
on control devices
Asbestos
presented
an
interesting paper Alez had before
and
after
in
the
construction
industry of devions
and
products
Scones
counts for a number start accumulating this data
be fiber
or later I believe N aust that our products on
to demonstrate conclusively
safely
proposed Construction reported materials Utah Mining and
Mr.
Leroy
Balzer method of
testing construction
on a laboratory health hazards
The test setup is very similar te for the 1.1.1.R.P. A
for the one I had
initially
tools and methods
reliable totally
enclosed
room where
construction
are
more
can be tested before and after countsdust figures on P reliable . a
when this method is used Leroy gave
abt,
Page Four October 1
1971
F. L. Pundsack
Asbestos new
covering
free
Calcium
Silicate block and pipe but the dust count
The fiber count is low
is very high
1. Dr. P. Sumari
morning Early on the
morning of SeptemCbheiref of the Instituts
Chief of Medicira and Deputy
Eero Siltanen Director
of Occupational deoafltIhndaunsdtrMira.l Hygiene gave me a tour
of the Department
Test and Analysis Laboratory
of
the
Industrial
Hygiene used the
latest methode
for
For the most part they
The institute uses
industrial hygienwehiecvhaw leuamtaiyonbe able to use in our
several methods
Service
Engineering Industrial Bygiene
Palom^/ki Realth is a profit making of Occupational of the Finnish Government
TohreganIinsztaittiuotne but has the backing It appears to be & very
for 20 of its operating costs large and rather well run operatie
Later on
hosted a
September 1
tour through
Mesure 3. Sandberg and A. the Huijala Asbestos Cement
Board
The fiber used
on
environmental
conditions
in
their plani
Casedian Crystotile
most
is 80 Russian Crystotile 20fiber la pecked in jute bage--
from Flintkote The Russian
new plant and the seviros
unlined This is a relatively
geological potatons environmental mental control is good
wes arranged for a meeting
On September 2 1971 these same
Manager and a tour of
with Mr. Rolf S^derstr^Tmechnical The nearest towns are
the
Anthophyllite
mines
at
Pankkila
about
350
miles
from Helsinki
and Kuopio and are both Joensun
and the fiber is
Paakkila is an open pit operation
The nearby nill leaves
from so called
control view
such to be desired from an
touring the shipyards at Kauma
September
3
and
4
were spent
Valmet
Oy
in Helsinki
the
Raume
Turku and Belsinki The
in Turku were all visited
Repola Oy and the w^an/drtesnivliOryonymaerndtasl problems are rather
The work practices
enap seein
Page Five October 1
1971
F. L. Fundsack
similar to those startling fact is
and plywood for bui
control rooms A
the gutted portion | board and plywood
for American or Bris are built for China
rather the Unites Staten A
Finnish yards use
in
out jain
creve quarters ship was in for being outfitted
chipboard
and top sidan
repair and
with chip-
Finnish yards build few shipa
Most of the ships
On September 5 197
where later in the
representatives to
for destruction of
so their new Pryolytic
wastes This meeting
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