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FILE NAME: DuPont (DUP)
DATE: 1964 Nov 2
DOC#: DUP076
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to MD in Employee Relations Dept from G.J Stopps RE Secondary Effects of Asbestos with Attached Trip Report to Conference on Biological Effects of Asbestos, 1964 Oct
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November "2, 16A
Incidence o f chronic
efc. v ln - d is a b ilit y allowances
card iovascu lar d ise a se in ; es c - TM s 0^ a a ^ n a a le s
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" o^ to * e u " s eontinue. to r l M . tho p r o
iS -ld ^ b e1!* s e r io u s one fo r the Company. One *?*"*? t ,t h i *
p M ilen 1* to Know
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erployees In the t t a * j u ? t. employees i t doeurented. > ; t ^ {
b is^ lfn e pulsonary function position i f
, evalu ation the C o B p ^ w o id i b e ^ * filtgnosed in an enployee
chronic pulmonary d ise a se i# l ' r*a 7
nft r. . t in i t s
; to s ta te tn a t the ^ ^ " * f " ' X r f e r l e s s n o n e / than would be
K X S T i. 1 1 ` lo A ff f ^ n c l. jo u rt " r ^ K U t e * pulnonary fu n ctio n t e s t l n s prosraE can be se t u, a..u >for a t r ia l period of fiv e years.
I s h a ll be 6l i to p resent a eonerete proposal along these lin e s .
ORIGINAL signed sr
G. J. STORPS
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under th e au sp ices o f-th e New York Academy o f S e i^ n c e s^
th e Section of B io lo g ic a l and Medical Sciences --
sacers g_iv en ,
her. were given oeooie :r.nected v;i '
,he a s b e s to s #in d u s try in the U nited S ta te s and Canada, whereas
Jiere were seven given by re p re s e n ta tiv e s of the asb esto s in a u stry
J B rita in and a fu rth e r th re e or fo u r papers were given by persons
pnnected w ith the. asb e sto s In d u stry in South A frica.
th e p o in t of view o f th e Du Pont Company as a whole, tne
nr. i n t e r e s t o f the m eetings was in drawing a tte n tio n to th e f a c t *.at a s b e s tc s is and c o m p licatio n s of a s b e s tc s is have now been
bund in p erso n s who would not in th e o rd in ary way come to mind as
ling exposed to a s b e s to s ; t h a t i s to say, th ey do n o t work in
Ibestcs* m ines, asbestos m ills , or asbestos t e x tile f a c to r ie s .
W erlin in g th is r e la tiv e ly wide exposure of persons to aso esto s
is the work o f I . J . S e lik o f f , from th e Mt. S in a i H o s p ita l, New
r *'k^ ,j who has been * #s*t*u* ^d^ yi*n* 3g. th. e. w.wo*rkers . -i-n-- t--h-_--e-___i-_-n--_s_u. l*a ^t i^o n^ tr a_d^ReAMs Pin lw vork C ity . The in v e s tig a tio n re p o rte d concerned 1522 memcers
t the I n te r n a tio n a l A s so c ia tio n o f Heat and F ro st I n s u l a t o r s ar.c io esto s Workers in th e New York-New Je rse y m e tro p o lita n area^. -ne i*udy in c lu d e d every In d iv id u a l who was a member o f t n i s union on ^
fcember p i , 1942, or who Joined by December 31, 1962. Two huncrea Lxty-four men were dead on Jan u ary 1, 1963, and 4p have c .e d s-..ce . Ith d ea th was s tu d ie d . One thousand two hundred f i f t y - e i g n t men
s t i l l a liv e and 1117 of th ese were examined. T his re p re se n ts
of the population a t r is k . C lin ic a l, ra d io lo g ic a l ana N o n a r y fu n c tio n exam in atio n s were a ls o made of th e s e ^nen. Aj-c}
dicing of the degree of a sb e stc sis present in four graces
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the ripping out
moot d i f f i c u l t to c o n tr o l. s "e?hi 5 * J ^ -I d le n t fo r Of old im u le tlo n or the l n s o f t h e ^ d r y ^ ^ ^ u, . }. ,
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fftc tiv e means o f p ro tectin g tne w once.s.
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Du Pont Company pends ^ ^ ^ n^ t J1^1 a*rBuch"off inich
stu ionf i neawsbceosntostr. ucRtlooungholny 2CO,OX ^ un d s oo ff Dp iiup*e ^innssuulai^ti.o n
P uied every year and approximately /0 pe ma--. ltuCt i t i s
insulation i s a sb e sto s. With rigore o f JL 5 5 St?ng Jut et d if f ic u lt to v is u a lis e a real health haxard e x is tin g ju*
ia th is one uae o f a sb ea to s.
Because of
long tl * lag fro f l r . t exposure to
arriio s i* (^tthhee mean per:ioda j1b. *. ^*.1r ^ i ' ^ e l S i .
Ji?iretory d isease problem i s lia b le to ch are b ig u se rs
i* p a rticu la rly true of the nylon p la n .s wh-ci
asbestos inr seul alattiioonn on th e irr '"Dowthhera. ' 1
been lInnesttaallllee dd iInn. tthhee llaa es tt 2266 yy eeaarr ,s., *.*he e npoei.n.et ttuo _1
beets o f t h i s problem speak fo r themselves w i P1" .
for adequate pulmonary fu n ction stu d ie s *?*ed to a d e fin ite r is k o f resp ira to ry damage.
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fct.hs amon& pcinonasof
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ii'^p^tCS ^, nSdltSuiC** Vw4US 5;
asoes^os -
np^-^he^onas
th e lung, 5 jja~ ^r*-, IZa^ -
2 s vsr*6 feu no. --to h^^v*s
of the p leu ra ,
r*aQ
and 27 had n eo p la srs a t
f K ill be noted iron t h e a t o v e _ i i ^ e s h ^ n / t h e Kt. S in a i
& S S S ^ r o f 1:?
e ith e r ^
Sly
S T i ^ t l o S ^ ^ ' t l & ' w * the general
Ipulatio.n.
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, _ r v ____ --r t'-e Mr. S in a i H o sp ita l
, At a l a t e r s e s s .c n / : . \ llU 7 ^ '~ c b u r n e r .c e o f carcinom ata .
roup fu rt.n er u n c e r l-.:e u ;:**
a* 1 he noted th a t in a
:or.gst th e in s u la t i o n w c r x - .s . *-*'" _v_
phis group c f
> : s t e t t iv e stu d y o f 2pp
.g at the
;c..-,s *e^- v c "'/s" S c a r r ie d out e v e .
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s - r -. h - ir;p UaS--a'.-is5 we6-.. *_n..ou-.e a sed--(vobserved ip,,p , ne^xspp^evce.". - U- ,
were d e a th s caused -y oanoe. cb e t t e d 7 ) , and stcr.ac.t ana e tio h
tr.se c u tiv e earn s frorr. Ja..t -,-<= -i*-1 r cs d id n o .
7 "1 1 . expect ed 1 0 ).
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k ` i r s ^ v e - ' t o - . d i r l l n . , t h e ^ L r U l X o v jr wha?` ^ h s
^sm inal necF - ^ s ^ s -e
aU ; c f phe g en era l p o p u la tio n
ve oeer. e x p e c -e d
-u- that for a v a riety of
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i---. n ^ w.'A *'**^ '**'s
f* i^u S - - . 6 LI w^* c5*^w**?
isor.s th e accu ra cy c . c i a g n e s - - ^ - 57111"`0i the ^9 such d e a th s,
i--i ---=--c---5s ~* s o fte n in s e c=ucrsje1, a'ni' ~e c a ra s.nc*eo u..e c . ct-----c * -' s pc .be a .y s is c f a i l o- -*e - *21-- i l l . , . - i v t-u e o f stomach can oe, ssu r/o tiv e o n ly . T nis was e. s ; ^ ;7 7 1 ^ can e - (6 o f 7 ) . T h erefo re ' our o f 13) and g e n e r a l i s e a b a ^ - - . ^ n c - . ^ i ^ ^ fflore
is p o s s ib le tn a r F e r-to n e a l m^Sw*.
ln addition to the
"men th a n th e 5 c u . o-
c-J-* - t va- we-e th re e men a liv e
calasd a euoongst che re c c ra e c c e a .h s ,
m4 1 perltoneal
-". known neoplasms (1 lunt, * 1*1-11-*-,.. C" -e c c f tongue c a n c e r.
is "th elio m a) . as y e ll as 'one J P J i- J - .- j - i i S w in g s u c c e s s fu l r e s e c tic r
cf ca n cer c f t.ne ceie.;>
,.. vev t- Cu e s tio n s a t .ne
^ lo calized lung cancer -ur.ir-i cf t h i s p a p e r, Dr. Hanmo.*riesrs had pres-uhatly not bssr. m= <i
"."1 th a t t h e `croup of stu d ie d from t.ne group of workers
l "h c lc g ic a l p o in t o. v - ev* - jf y
cation cf the re su lts
>h a n o th e r in d u s try sin c e u ...- - w'*__r.ll
concern th a t the
[(^d*reesthoasd i nnsout l abet ieonn anwyor?kaerrsr "wc"eir^er sshwo0w^ .nngr i aa-.-. a--bnormal in c id e n c e of
{ P lasia.
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A report from Turner Brothers A^ e 6 "os_Co^ " y , Bi; ^ id a
Bfetoale. Tr,J?s*s m Sb sj^ ^ suitable'dust prevention 1
r i . , ensiSi e for a considerable proportion of tn ls excess. a
fd P 'of a group
SSeSSn S ort^ it^
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& S * U S ! t o . Hwmond had. pointed out
*hat""the extreme, r a r it y o f p leu ra l
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^P eculation meant the fin d in g of e v e n s very feu e .s e s ... .
t"oular' study In Industry was h igh ly s ig n if ic a n t .
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..** T ^ lfa s t I r e la n d , ta c k le d th e proplem c.
o?tn=eii:o/m aC';.ol<i-Bia!n0o?tni eerrppo "- t . o f vieriw.n3 ~H,`-me eh''atdhs tuBdeilefda s4t 2 oovaesr es
p le u ra l m eso th eIlo n a found in - -? be4ng about th r e e - c u a r te r s
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irk was o - ta .n e c in 3* *s "bod^es'w ere found in the lungs of So
tched c o n tr o ls . A sbestos D0Q- e f
20* c f p a tie n ts w ith
*p a tie n ts w ith mbreosnocthhuelsioamnad o2f0.5^ 0piiepuarwa; eJn^tsd c^yn_ ls of non
freouenev o f fin d in g of a sb e sto s b c d .e s -*.
'fu n g 'ls^ h ig h e r (7*)
ween 60 and 69 y e a rs of age
went A^ % A2 r d work between
; 1915 th a n in _ tn e 50 I s ` g V S g ^ v e r 1000 to n s a y e a r of
15 and 1 9 2 5 . aetw een 1906 and . 9 0
compared w ith 600
liler com position were lm ported nto B elf
was an m s u la t-
ns a y e a r a t ^ h e r t^mes T his b o i l e r o p ^
asbestu8 flb *r.
v p r Pneumoconiosis Research Unxt,
i Dr. Wagner, of the M.R.C. ?n* . th at an a sso c ia tio n between
Morgan, Wales, B ritish I s le s , no.ed that ^ r|? iy accepted.
h>esrteocs enantdinpuvlems toingaartyiomnalhigandanshcoywn th at tthheerree wwaass aann ^in.^c^reas^ed
kidence o f p leu ra l and peritonea
exposed to asbestos dust,
5o?plle. occu p a tio n a lly _ oorpKm!nwvirwonhmwen. ^has/ b'ee^n "ex?trremeellyy . l i g a n d
some o f th ese cases the J ^ M S o lo e i c a l fe a tu res o f ---------of
'an* ! I I case s* o ^ t h l s* tumor .have^een^ confirmed h is t o lo g ic a lly .
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e r ` hese cases have been confined to one asb esto s
! * The M j o r l t y of th ese P ^ S ^ S . i & U l o n . ' h . Y .
M bestos m ahufacturih|
hydrocarbon, are present
i H a ^ r i n ^ h i s p a rtic u la r type of asbestos.
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a th a t rep o rted
Another study tak in g
M uriel Newhouse of th e
t v E laes o f B e lf a s t was epo* ^ed ` <
p r . Newhouse
don School o f Hygiene
-op^ca- * ng a la r g e h o s p ita l in the
t r t on a s e r ie s o f
ere ^ ic e d _ i_ h to t=^
,t end of Lonac.n. V ^ n ? i * i< e n ts in whoa th e d i e n e s s c.
,Ics; the f i r s t c o n s i s t e a j f
t biopsy. In
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icthelioaa had been conf.rmec
h i s t o r i e s were c c ta in e c .
; seven th e p a s t o c c u ? a -^ n a * a.~ o r lz in and in 6c - t
2i p a t i e n t s th e tu a o r , p e - - w - a- c 10, 7-v ..t only ten of *ne `
ru ra l. The e a r l i e s t re c o ra e -
- - 42jS of the fem ales
ries died before 9 P fi
r T I ^ i r between the f i r s t exposure
t A under th e age o . PP -n -
between 16 ana pp
d eveloo-er.t o f t e r a i n a l ^ i - a e . . * - a - , , ?6 pat i e c t s a t tne
i"# Pci^--9" WiS -/* l^.a h e s a io a --.>
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seee*x*v*aianuncir.cc-C-2a--ar-ceteA oOj.^f
<--VC*-U--t.*l w-i t*** w-*--w*7-x*~-w.-*,^__w- 5 ir.a fror: mesotne^iema na
s - 'r s o se rie s ; p^.w-
c= 0f th e c o n tro l groeuup-.
eZVx1p--csoe--I rto0 a sb iessbto_*s___as compaerTeed-.ottocrr1J 21e.es*: w in f a c to r ie s
tree main ty p e s of exposure were - e - ^ . . - .la t e r i a i s and othe:
- - asoeSuOS t e x -- e s , -
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n d e x t ) c sure t^ a --
`o c te ts , employment^*-
n -* v l t h a s b e s to s . E ighteen o*
feusht home cy . c - a t - \ e s * J ^ a ^ a tiv e s were worh^nfc ^ --n :tlcved in fa c to ry werr. o. v'n ^"' - m - a s f a c to r y ope.nea -
te s te s were employed in cr*e .
0* ^ c r o c id o lite . A ll th o se
- wa u r t i l re c e n t y e a rs ^ .ReaV ,, r i -
s tvoe of asbestos.
dcse r e c o r d s cou ld be z t c . f c
w ith no p o s itiv e
so.-.gst th e 3o p a t ie n - s ^w^w.n^
5 * l i V i ng a t home working
tc u o a tio n a l h is t o r y ^n^ * ta d "w'*' ^h' n h a lf a. m ile o f an asbe *w
Sbe's t c s , th e r e were 11 wno ^ ^ J ^ T ^ / n v e d iu th e same area
tetory. Five of the control m * - If
^ two s e r i e s wcs
he d if f e r e n c e in th e p ro p o rtio n o- P * - n
-a tistica lly sign ifican t.
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the P^euroconicsis Research Unit
D~ Tar. V e e s te r, o* tn e * ,* an pao er tn a t
char.nesburg, South A fric a p o ^ e - o a t ^ ^ ^ QWZh o f J
nirnal experim ents have s -c c .e a e a ^
ch th e a s b e sto s wa s _
escth e 1io m a -lik e ^ - c: - * Rj i e ^ a T ' i t ' had not been p o s s i c i e ^ c
c.ccula-.ed d ir e c tly *n.o
^ th e aniE a l s to ar. a s o e s tc - c --
roduce carcinom ata bi expo-a. t
loud.
A f u r th e r study of p le u ra l :nes^JhT U e -p o o l"E n g la n d ^ Seven-
ecord s'1"was* given by V. .G1^ n_cS e e i a r i i e s of? d if f u s e m esotheliom as,
eer. cases were s e le c te a a
s
peri t oneal . E viaenceji
ixtee.n of these were
A ii| ( 82Ji) of th e 17 m esotne--w...a
sb e ste s exposure was o b tain ed - V /*/
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* None o<* a s im ila r number of s u b je c ts w ith can cers of o tn er
/ s *were ln o `wn to have h an d led a s b e s to s . Of those g iv in g an
h"sto rv of asb e sto s exposure, fiv e were la g g e .s
^ p a -.o ^ l history
l a t l o n e n g in e e rs and two were b o i l e r
'e-s6 ( s h ip b u ild in g ), two p a tie n ts were employed by sackware * t ure~s and had handled old sacks which had contained
- t o s . Only two o f th e ^ / / ^ - ^ ^ ^ ^ t e ^ n v f r ^ e n t a l
10su reShaving0worked in th e o f f i i e s of co n crete m an u factu rers asbestos cement.
Dr. We airllliiaemr Ds t.u Bd iuecshaonfant,h e E r i t i s h V iual S ^ a .- s ^ cs' rr--cc oo .- i-^
tahk a *f P S .'"l', S r S ^ U U c a WX
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aster, wren th ese fin d in g s had been re la te d to a s
e gr
preportions so a ffe c te d d ie s. Op to t t e e rd o 1 9 6 ., 5 8 , ^
SS" ifS S M . i l ^ d g
and
t0 -als of
e presence c f asoeswcsx.5 nave ucs.i w
rv~ariC-t o n a lso
ch c e r t i f i c a t e s were c u r re r.t.y , nc~e" -ng. :. - ` , l ,, j d t0
a th o ra c ic tumor has also in bo.n sexe, e.n.-nw eo
tc*i*se***sp"o o rtlo n ately to the to ta l m atter sc^tha.
0? c? th e' males dying
incidence
pplasm . Even
f ' r o l e ! ^ ! BuehaSan f e l t th a t
lire was l i t t l e doubt* t h a t t h i s in c re a s e was a r e a - one.
which tim e th e p la n t in which the men we.e employee
B erlal
"n el?`r a S o l cK ^ni^ulm on^y f u ^ l r ^ in v ^ s a tic n s . ^
rck syndrome, un^xorm decrease
. 9~ te r< a `> oxygen s a tu r a tio n
utimum b re a th in g c a p a c ity , d ecreased ^ " . a - ^ o x y |* c r e a s e d
s p e c ia lly on e x e r c is e ) , normal PCO2
d exerCise occurred
ffu sin g c a p a c ity . H y p e rv e n tila tio n a t " 6*e^ ? 1" lon and
1acre than h a lf the eases, an*
_r _o s t s e n s i t i v e index of
ve o la r v e n t i l a t i o n were i ^ c!`e a * * s a tu r a tio n . S lig h t re d u c tio n
p a ire d fu n c tio n x a s a r t e r i a l oxie>* heiow~Q2 was found in h a lf
l rr ee ss tt wwaass ffoouunndd iinn ss ii xx ,, aanndd rr-eid"u cJtii-oenmjpellooywm ent s e r i a l evv aa lluu aa ttiioo nn s
f the workmen on e x e r c is e .
p
^development or worsening
5*e made in term s o f x_ray p r i g ; * s **asurem ents? o f pulmonary func-
f dyspnea on e x e rtio n and f u rth e r
eom plications^of the
Jtn. Follow -up 5 i s ' " vaH " h e *7 men s tu d le d te n y e a rs ago, S^men
carcinoma! ^ S Y ^ u i m o n a ^ a s b e s t o s i s (c o re pulm onale).
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o n . Nine of the o r ig in a l workmen are
i a l i v e ? 0one"fo llo w in g th e r e s e c tio n of a lung or lung c^nce. .
we~e p re s e n t.e d. vd,,y wo*jeers --- t ^ " i t a i4.n. d iscu ss:4-`*--6 v K e P| ? r l u t l n e !u n g fu n c tio n ? t u d i . s . Xn ^ e _ f l r s t ,
U Hunt, o f B r i t i s h B e ltin g ^ " ^ ^ " ."g ^ ^ n U o 's t u d l e s on 813
lao, g*v* , v t | r j " n- 5C ss< n'g fa c to ry , R outine work in t h .s
' cvees in <=.n asoes--/S - - ac e- - -
-|0nr' <- an a so e sto s
S4* o f lung f u n c tio n W. s t e r t e o . n ^ 1 ^ 1 9 0 .
c?M t, ,
jctile plano n t^e
-<^*r;t v alu es, gas tra n s fe r
t c- norr.al fig-uires
V* wr^>7;g's~ V e n tila c i n on ex ercise..
,:tor c o e ffic ie n ts ,
"yip?* ve s*'v <eots used in th ese te so s
ii forced dreat.oirg cao-c- -- ;y..,
s -. soaoure groups
Ire v o lu n te e rs of boon sex es
T1, 5Se .
tc- departm ents oW ; v 5
y"nd the reg ressio n formulae
isults were oner, analysed e-waw-Sw-Ca-.^^
, w :r>:ing in thcse_
ioained a p p lie d to tn e r e s - i - s
;*:v ^ . - c- lon te s o s were a .so
icuraoicr.s exposed to a s e e s - - - .
~-.er.t from 0a k in 5
eow:ar's,: air. scierepeanrts-e-.n-t.se vver...e- r e ^ s - e . - - -^ de,,: e---^ iV_a_s pt ere_.v_ai_er.os-._v; Seo;m- e
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clin ical signs are evident.
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I t ould appear . r o , . v , ccoonncceednesus a t tehngi sa.-me ieeitningwo*rhk aw- itt-hJe
isv: of p erso n s n o . n c ... u ll^ n o .B ...
fc e ln . ln the asbescos
s c e ste s . and c e r ta .m y n - - w.*o-&..- - *--c"s,''t This f a c t s.no-i-
r*ius*rv, - s 5-^ a ^ e r wh--i ^ - s
^ c ^ sc r.'s occups.t.or. .--
come in mind and em craces no- *1- i 4. `J l - ". s e lf worker a t home
*-sc h is h o o dies - f o r Lr.szs.r.ce, a - - - Ur i n home in s u la tio n . ^
a t hav. a m aterial .xporur.
ff.eI c-.heiior.a i s extrem e.
ince the prognosis -o r a a.as.. -
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j_. im p o rtan t
ten, varying from 'a few ! ?e exocsed to asb esto s vnether as ensor.s w ith in th e company s .n .u ^ o . ^ ^ ,, eiJ m a te ria ls as
asbestos fib e r penetrates through the resp irato ry passages O tte r s and not the c la s s ific a tio n of the te n 's occupation.
1 For p e rso n s who would l i k e tore in fo rm a tio n on t h i s to p ic ,
a b stra c ts of the Conference I.sa iDl ss i raa rcrwa vua- i i a b l e from th e
on th e w .rui t er
aBanniddo liiottg iiicssa l eexExppf ef ecctetdas
tohf a t
the
f e e d i n g s o f th e conference w ill be p ublished *in th e y e a r.
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