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FILE NAME: ICI (ICI) DATE: 1967 Feb 16 DOC#: ICI018 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo turner bro th ers asbestos com pany ltd. ^ / ? o o --( ?t y r v T f. 1th Febr w ry, 1967. T h?rl: you "n r p u r memo o f the ? 6 t h J a n u a r y . T have nnv: sr c o r. . .'lm.cs a t j . C . 7 . R i l l i n e h a n . H is o f f i c i a l f o s J t?.on i s Head o f the "o n -"etall.ic a t e r ia ls Section of the *.C.T. Tees-side a te ria ln whose fu n ctio n i s to t e s t arri e v a l u a t e , approve ^ ' ! recommend a l l r o n - m e t a l l i c m a t e r i a l s which a r e used in. any o f t r e T. n. T, plant- an T e e s - s i d e . He d v i s e d t h a t th e y had conducted an i n v e s t i r a t i o n into the u se o f a s b e s t o s i n s u l a t i o n rvi to r i a l s , a t th e in r - t ip n t i on of t h e i r m e d ic a l a d v ' s ^ r s a-d the c o n c l u s io n s which th e y had nov; reached were t h a t where i t i s tech n ical lv or economica l l y f e a s i b l e , in su la tio n mate r 'a .i s~*vh'~cn do not c o n ta in a s b e s t o s sh o u ld og nsecL. wr." jilnes s t r e s s e d tha t t ere was no ban- on ^ h e use o f s^ b c sto s^ a -'d they w i l l c o n tin u e t n use i t w herever c ir c u m sta n c e s de-.ar.d b u t a s you s u p r e s t in yo u r l e t t e r t.f ey w i l l a l s o con tinu e t o s e a r c h f o r a l t e r n a t i v e s , p a r t i c u l a r l y f o r use on new p la n t and in new b u i l d i n r s where they w i l l o r den vn nr to ach ieve a s b e s t o s - f r e e a r e a s . Cne o f the main ' e sso n s fn r t h i s 5.s t h a t w h i l s t t h e i r m edical a d v i s o r s c o n sid e r the '- r e s o r t p r e c a u t i o n s which t!:ev tak e when h a n d lin g a s b e s t o s m a t e r i a l s ( i . e . the w enrjnr o f .masks arci t h e i s s u e o f f r e e o v e r a l l s , which are I su n d e r e d hv the Company) t o V s a t i s f a c t o r y , t h e s e o p r l v ohly to l a - " in*" persnr.rel and v/hilst. a job i s in p ro p re ss there are almost i n v a r i a b l y oth er tradesmen or p r o c e s s workers i n t h r v i c i n i t y who do not have t h i s p ro tection and to provide i t in re sp e c t of the whole n f the s t a f f mf the p l a n t would not he f e a s i b l e . -',r. lie s confirmed t '^e in fo rm atio n p i van by d a r lir.-to n I n s u l a t i o n Co. t h a t trie r s n r e o f a s b e s t o s " c lo t h bn inr illa tio n work w ith ro--Fihly - l a s s c l o t h on th e o u t e r s u r f a c e . here the to-per-'-trre ^es not nerm.it t h is they use alunsirr.od a s b e s t o s c lo t h . CPier) i i. Rg L ic i: & akmum M r. .---I r / t u r n e r b r o t h e r s ASBESTOS CO. LTD. CONTINUATION DAT! It th ?t a fn ir nort.*n o ' t ic nsbentos clo th --irc i:n .-^ ry 7 . . i s used fo r n i r ^ s e r o th e r then i r s u l t t i o r ""ri r . .I1-nr* - e c V o r he vs not yet I n v e s t ig a t e d r.re se . Thev *r. h v f i v r , v ery -t re .-tei? in t.'*so r-.rV v/H cr -*e ere dei-.'* to -r::c e c l ' t h r ' ir n ' U * ve n c o n sid e ra b ly reduced ::u r t " t r s i w ' ar-'V- ro-w s ve heve ".ry 1rfo rm atio n i r t> v s rery-'c!- tire- tro H w . ; c be r r rr-tr i t .