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FILE NAME: ICI (ICI) DATE: 1966 Oct 20 DOC#: ICI012 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo 1 Dr. S . Heines N E W A LL S IN SU L A T IO N & CHEMICAL CO. LTD. 70 PRIVATE & CONFIDENTIAL. M r . JC.M. C o l l i e r , Nor t h e m A rea. Mr. R.H. Wilson, W Bh i n g t on . *E F- O U X R EP . KMC/RA 20th O c to b e r, 1966 ) T . C . I . - ASBESTOSIS PRECAUTIONS I would a d v is e you t h a t d u r in g a m e etin g of the S i t e L ia is o n Committee which took p la c e in I.C .X . C onstruction D epartm ent's o ffic e at Wilton yesterd ay, the variou s C on tracto rs' R e p r e s e n t a t i v e s were su b je c te d to a len g th y a d d r e ss from Dr. Jenkin-Evans, X .C .I. Senior Medloal O ffic ar. This gentleman has recen tly returned from attending a symposium on th e s u b j e c t of A s b e s t o s i s a p p a r e n t l y h e ld in th e U n ited S t a t e s and the c o n t e n t s of h i s t a l k o o v ared a s p e c t s of th e d e s e a s e in g e n e r a l and s t e p s which were b e i n g taken, both a t home 0nd i n t h e S t a t e s to co m b a t the d e s e a s e . I * S u m m a r i z i n g t h e l e c t u r e I w o u l d s a y we l e a r n e d n o t h i n g a b o u t w h i c h we w e r e n o t a l r e a d y a w a r e , a nd I n d e e d h e i n d i c a t e d a s d i d y ou y o u r g o o d s e l f in y o u r r e c e n t p a p e r on t h e s u b j e c t t h a t th e main c o n t r i b u t i o n i s b ein g made b y B r i t i s h M e d ic a l P e r so n n e l* * <: f . i p x i **' ' - Ho r e f e r e n c e w a s made t o Z . C . X ' s r e c e n t p o l i c y d e c i s i o n s on the m a tte r re g a rd in g the use of n o n -a sb e sto s content m a t e r ia ls , e x c e p t t h a t he did admit th at any s t e p s in t h i s d ir e c tio n might ` v * q u i t e r e a d i l y r e v e a l unknown a l l e r g i e s t o s u b s t i t u t e f i b r e s . On b e i n g a s k e d w h e t h e r h e c o n s i d e r e d t h a t t h e p r e s e n t C o d e o f P r a c t i c e now recom men de d b y t h e A s b e s t o s R e s e a r c h C o u n c i l t o g e t h e r w ith th e s t e p s which were b ein g taken to t r y and i n t r o d u c e l e g i s l a t i o n and r e c o r d r e g u l a r m e d ic a l i n s p e c t io n s , w e r e s a t i s f a c t o r y and in h i s o p i n i o n a d e q u a t e , he answered p o s i t i v e l y and s a i d t h a t he f e l t e v e r y t h i n g t h a t co u ld be done was being done. Whether lik e to say, h i s i d e a s on th is represents a change of thinking but i t c e r t a i n l y s u g g e s t s th a t he i s the su b ject. I would not now t e m p e r i n g Cf tnd... S</s-i - - 2-The D ootor a l s o m e n tio n e d t h a t he hoped in the nee fu tu re to have the o p p o rtu n ity of v i s i t i n g tha A sbestos R e se a rc h C o u n c il and i t may be t h e r e f o r e , that i f you a p r e s e n t on su ch an o c o a a i o n h e w i l l be more r e c e p t i v e t d o w n - t o - e a r t h a r g u m e n t s t h a n he ha a b e e n i n th e p a s t . T ru stin g t h is v illi be of a s s i s t a n c e .