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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1963 Feb 21 DOC NMA008 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION The Nashville Banner - Health Board to Review Asbestos Water Pipe Use it ore bs aba ffs yee Sos as 14 whe af et nk oe ce or re che Se a Saat 0) y On f Ry MIO tf $ Pacers nn : me ayes eh ro oy wok ag: ree 5 re me te ee tipo : tobe bee 1 t a yen . Saran - -THE NASHVILLE BANNER Wed. Feb. 21 1963 - ewe. em . wm oun. Os me em ew ee . cae ame 9 epeer eegat e toe wee 8 OS eee. me | Health Board To Review ed , Asbestos Water Pipe Use e 2 7 prove motion The Metro Health Board on causing agent when inhaled motion by Dr. David Strayhorn Bistowish said but added Sr. voted today to reconsider that sufficient information is not its stand on the use of available concerning its use concrete pipe for water lines as a water conducting material The board voted Jan. 17 to The U.S. Public Health Ser- " not approve the use vice is pipe until sufficient informa- initiating a study into tion could be obtained to asbesatsobsestos pipe pipe probablpryobably as as a re- re- the pipe was medically safe sult of an inquiry to them from Jos- Metro health director Dr. health eph Bistowish said the board's were municipal action did not mean that it thethe fifrirsstt municipal health heahleatlthh bobaorardd would change its position con- raise the question concerning the but the pipe Dr. cerning reconsider only that the safety of Bis- would reconsider any informaconcerning the safety of the Representatives of an asbes . pipe cancer cement pipe producer Asbestos is known known tos spoke to the board to explain their position The spokesmen said they jobjected to being guilty until proven innocent