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WESTERN INDEPENDENT. Plymouth May 11, 1969 NINETEEN men employed in Bevonport Dockyard will share about ;-I25.CC0 compensation because they have asbestosis -- a lung c? disease caused bv inhaling<S particles of asbestos. The men's union, v/hich took up their cases, says that a similar number are in the pipeline, and more are being discovered all this time. Mr. Harold Lobb, sec* retar}' of the Transport . and General Workers' Union at Plymouth, . ; said: 1 ; "The Treasury have now .decided oa compensation | payments to 19 cases "We aren't pleased that these men have asbestos s. by KATIE DOYLE j i but we are quite pleased with the amount of compen sation paid. "Many c* the men cannot do a full day's work, so the amount is based ca the expectation of life. One man. aged 67. has caea awarded 13.010. An--.her, aged 50. has act 9.010.'' Asbestoses prevents the natural e>:par.s:cn ar.a ccntraction of the lur.es and leads to progressively v. trse attacks of bronchitis and other chest ailments. Occasionally asbestos car ticles cause I~s ana chest cavity cancers. A special research unit has been set up in Daven port Dockyard to ensure the early detection of ail a:be> tosis sufferers -- and snat-al filter masks and protection procedures are row u-ed to prelect dockyard workers. PRODUCED JM-83