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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT THE PRESS, (Christchurch) Canterbury Province, New Zealand, May 1, 1971 iiooilli :gi? iT"' T"7. OCbllii t:a7/-,-.n~c ! .7- ,o. ! virtually impossible to avoi oZUo Vv JLlI'O using some of it in som asbestos products. (By of.- Lrd-jsitizl :zpo:tzr) However, by June, I0GT the United kingdom's ir.i Evidence from overseas strongly suggests that a number of New Zealand workers ports of blue asbestos hs been limited to 2.5 per ccr, must have died from diseases caused by exposure to asbestos. While the greatest dan ger arises from the handling of asbestos fibre itself, workers handling asbestos in of the total imports, an inure have beer, substantia reductions in the proporcio sulation and some asbestos products are also at risk. of blue asbestos used in Nc\ Zealand. The diseases are Jans1 and abdominal cancer, and asbestosis. ` Asbc-3:osis is & build-up of scar' tissue in the lung's re-suiting' from the pre sence of asbestos par ticles, and according to American medical au~ 1 A type of ccnccr pt.rticu-! 'Icrly associated with csics-i '.Much of :h:.-. rise--perhaps The physicians continued! ail of it--conid be ascribed i;c keen a watch on thu study j tos is mesothelioma, end this! has been round ir. a -S7.ycar-I old ir.surcr.es egcrc whose; 'contact was limited to !$ months work r.s c storeman i ,ir. cr. nbscstos pleat 2-5 years . previously. '[ Another victim of rncothe- .iicrna was a l-i-year-old boy- to groat incroa.-.-s Loth in the :group, end during the next] use of a:.'.;i,-. ciid in :he live years 213 more died,; uumhiT of people hanvib.ig. compared with the 50 pre-, it. 'Cut this doe;- not account dieted by standard mortality | for a three-fog; rise since the ' tables. Cf the US deaths, 22: If-'.Os in the incider.cc of ;were caused by cancer in the! iur.g cr.r.ccr cr-socictcd with .pulmonary tract, sight by, asbesmsis. : gastro-intestine: cancer, and, Of tiie 6-1 known ashes- : 15 by asbestosis. j The largest asbestos fac tory in the South Island : dee Fletcher Industries, Ltc asbestos cement plant in Ric carton. Lest year about i per cent of the asbestos fibr used there was blue fibre this year the proportion i down to about 5.5 per cent. The factory manager (M L .L. F. Waugh) agreed : take the writer on a tour c tboritic-s: "There is no' ;:-^sos crime=from"ths^heip tosis deaths in the United i According to the- United: the plant, and pointed o', cure. Death, a strangula- ; he gave his father in replnc- :i:ig, coughing demise, is Poster board ir. an c:t- Kingdom ;n 1055. -'.2 were as 1 Kingdom Adviser:-' Fur.ei on; many improvements thr sociated with cancer of fr.c j Problems Arising for the Use! .have been made ir. racer lung. In addition, an un lof Asbestos, particular sigr.i-i iyears. While the cust prol the only end." :j:f-as"ms-i'-lvyo home, ;.ae- cpflasttheer Public attention was drawn to the cancer threat by an article published in the British Journal of Industrial Medicine in October, 1SG5. \shcstosis was first clearly recognised as an occupational, disease ir. the United Xing- ' font in the iate 1320s. ; board contained a high per- 1 carnage of asbestos. The New Zealand Depart ment of Labour has now spotlighted the hazards with a well-documented article in :he latest issue of its official magazine, the quarterly "Labour and Employment Gazette." There are 25 asbestos facorits in New Zealand,, four ,f them in Christchurch. In! ) This! i!'rTu.nf;n';-e:rr in turn, is the foreo?fAaa detailed rrce?poorrft .edition, many workers be-'. D<5}'"',kR:':iK of omc exposed to asbestos expected to com- hrourh handling and install- :p:a'- aS Jkbc. Tr.o article is insulation, thresh trim- themedicat known number of asbestos ' licence must ce given to one: iicir. has not beer, eliminate, workers died from car,car not o; tl'.c varieties of asbestos--; lit has certair.iy been great', associated with asbestos is. crocidolite, or blue reduced by the ir.trociuctio As the "Labour Gazette" --as a cause of of forced-draught ver.tiiatio: articie points on:, ir. the ab It -recommends that other Respirators are avaiiabic, e sence of the systematic medi types cf fibre should bo sub though one suspects they sr cal exammaker, ci ell as stituted where possible, r.r.di r.ct often used. where this is at present im Tire plant has-about .0 bestos workers some victims possible, special precautions tvoricers on the factory fioo; will die with their discern tin- should b; taker, to reduce tk ar.d office and rr.ar.agcm.er, recognir-ed. or ur.attribuied. . risks of inhaling the materia; personnel bring the total sta; A study by three leading! to the lowest possible level. ' to about 120. American physicians has; statistically tied asbestos to: cancer among workers hand-1 While same of of asbestos have for r. long time, the dangers! been known J there is r.o, Commenting on the Heal: Department's survey of th industry, Mr Waugh said the ling it. ir. 1052 list crf 632 ! they compiled a; meCnri who had beaein substitute for it ir. mans' mcd-i cm processes and products.' Nothing equals it for fire-1 more than a- dozen of th factory's long-term employ ces had been checked ovs ring asbestos-cement s.-.eets or building use. and through if". ** Wll` "e s.ccuec. w.,h ;;;-:crti,. cnd says tra: rega- ;members 20 veers \iv.c m.etroioiitan '--w-- --r., New'Vo-'1 proofing, cr rs vehicle brake:. a lining for; ; a period of months. There perhaps i had been . dSohl.S"'"'3 <sfe"iwK;^ > tt= aaiu! Furb''.:mv,ore1 blue asbestos j series of X-ravs and Jung i Association of Heat and Frost; he.-; a much longer fibre than;' capacity tests, finishing abac .:sr.bidtesostoecsecr.raiassskioncelaveleanrextf.phr..ooe..smr..eu..r.e.li.is.g..ht.o.atcon-4lao.snTMIidnde.yriena-sKdtsiouMensnttcrewyo,.ef ltlhNweesawerraZrneegtautlhae- i Insulators and Asbestos the other varieties, ar.d it is: [Workers. 1 : Union, medical and ir.sur-j cr.ce records showed that in; a year ago. Neither the company no any of the workers net heard anything since, whici c-Ar.tcecdordaitr.gthteo aIntpearnpeartiopnrea*l P:`cyavsecsuqvuc icreotrr.emspgirtaotebres pernod-j Q.'., -V .AT pwu't^T: fencer Congress in Tokyo in * for use in workplaces! ?* &1.^i 236. out a 10 patients who :'v--r* asbestos dust is pre-; "..T? .ad occupational exposure to lMn:- , jl.ou,,. this was oS; surely indicated that no-on. had needed medical treat mer.t. Mr Waugh seems to hav. grounds for optimism as fa ;s:bikeesrtows,hoonweorwkeads oan tbhceiicinr--, !fpUmnitedtssbKesintogadi*omavedreaagtehsd*: TXkP 1 c ivcr`! ns his own staff are con corned, cut It view of th. Action of steam engines,;c- year from 132-1 to! i ... .. , J r.other built bakery over.s in |! y'-5'1.- Since then the known ,*5nf"'Alrf0!* -0| ' -hich asbestos insulation! :t?s;n toll has increased Al-V.'ln4a, -ctmarirt. overseas statistics the Nev Zo.-.iand Health Department' findings car.noc "ce release; .as used, ar.d a third was a::' reaching .7-: ir. ms. ccou.-.tr.nt ir. the c:~cc of 11 toe iatest year for - which |V *0:> f.u C.,LC *ro*" too soon. According to tlv. hand c: the department's oc a asbestos textile picr.t. j i*'.'cures are avaiiab.'e locally, i.eilujd?i*ng:.S235Tsfro0m1 gwarsctr2ov-mte-ns*-..' Itinal careincma when only 101 cunstional health unit fur 5 F. Ccpplciton) tiie compile Avcuicl have beer, expected. tier, cf'i'cca has been ccm p-ieted but -the analysis anc evaluation will taka ar.ctks: month or so. CAPCO KIN 0001358