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FILE NAME: ZW^W^ DATE: EZ DOC#: W^ DOCUMENT DESCRIPTIONDZZ,E - ::r tria#-rk?Jdn i:ta frtsttk & :bnHs:mttz ?t"'ts __ , __ _ '! !. , I '..: I r (_" , \ A be to and Hea1tb Following the appearance oC the two article enc1oaed or in the pr and two abort diacua iona thia orning with Mr. Bateman, I have been thinking about poaaible action a po it1Ye nature that could perhaps be taken to educate varioua eectore or opinion with regard to the true tact oa aebeetoe and health. 1 Parliament It would not be dittioult to di oover which back- bench M.P.'e on both eidee ot the Houee took a special interest in induetrial health. HaYing e tabliehed uch a liet and added to it Mre. Joyce But1er, M.P. and the local H.P.' Cor Rochdale, The High Peak and Bolton, The Aebe toe Reaearoh Council could invite a party to vi it Rochdale and Horwich during the next par11aaentary roe Kr. Waddell and Dr. Jtnox would be their hoet and cou1d, over lunch, have a trank di cua ion with the H.P.' on thi iportant subject. It would be necee ary 0 to have available a docunt pre enting the taot in a tair light tor H.P.' to take away with th In addition, I would like to eugge t that our ubeidiary co pani inYite the H.P.' local to our a beeto good tactori to have a look round in order to e tor theeelYee the oaret'ul attention that giYe to thie probl Z PrHI I t ore newspaper to giY proinenoe to the eubJeot or aebeeto and health, it would b worth oonaidering whether the Aabeatoa Reaearob Council hould not invite th~ dical oorreapondent ot nevepaper to Rochdale and Horwich tor the day tor a eiilar Crank diacuaeion. Cont/d I I '  I ! I I . i I I I J/ C I i f I, I I. .l , Cu to er Xt thi publicity continue it would be worthwhile ooneidering whether our ub idiary companie bould not write a letter to the cuetoere who buy a beetoe-baed product 1'ro them, explaining that, when proce ed into manufactured product, a beetoe ie no basard to health to tbo e who handle it, but that care hould be taken where these product are achined to eneure that proper duet extraction plant i ployed in conjunction with tho -chin J.v. Robert 1 a pecial ca which would haTa to be dealt with aaparataly and in a ditterent way Xt would be worthwhile conidering whether a aiailar tateent hould appear in a box in all unit copany catalogue about uch btoe-baaed product lli!! Vould it be poe ibl tor Dr ltnox to write an article on the ubject of a be toe and health which oould be printed and in erted in the wage packet 01' weekly-paid employee and di tributed in the internal ail to onthly paid eployee with a coTering note 1'ro th Chairman or Managing Director 01' each unit company board? Vith T .B .A. and J. V. Robert, thie article could appear 111__ Firefly if an iaaue wa on the verge ot production in taad ot being ieud indiYidually. VPH/VEJC 01 RMB V. P. HOVAJll> I SIB R?ll -- , I . I . JI '1 C if THE GUARDL\N tBnbt -s,ite-, Ir f tfBs:ttr 4)di:Whi1' a..x-, J r rtTh mb Monday, lat November 196.5 hAesablethstodsempuatnsdnew I on the Government BY OUll OWN REPOB.'l'Ell Pr health essure service on to the Government complement the to set u NHS ls plikaenlyoctcoucpraoUwomul. a result of the apparent link between asbestoa and tile blcreaslDg lDcldent of fatal lung tumours. 1be current issue of the .. British Journal of Industrial liledlclne" publishes a paper on an lnvestlgaUon into the - - - - - - - - - - - . hazard carried out by Dr Muriel Newhouse and lira Hilda Thompson, of the London School of IIYl?lene and Tropical )tedldne. -11ae.1r lnveslii:;Uoa of 76 rUeats at th~ London Hospita 11.110 died from lh tumour m1aothelloma demonstrated that 62.6 per cent of the cases had been 1D contact with asbestos througb their work, or had U,ed la tbl same house as workrr. A total an of saos.abelpleorl cent had lived within hall a mile of au ubestoa fac:torJ. r.tinlatr7 lnq11lr7 y ftlterdaJ ll'Ktlllllft at lhl M1n111r, of Labour conftrmtd repon In \he Sunda, Tamea that the chief t111Ptor of ractorir. bad I up a mtdlc:d comnnUN! &o lnnst11;1te \he rlat Of C'll'OIUl'9 to HbCIIOI, Tbe apok,,.man &aid that Ulla commlllte Callle Into belas lbollt IUI months as:o-at;out a month after a t1mllar body w11 ltl 1111 10 IIWf'SllS:ate the 111parent ltnll: 11-twN'n bladdt-r tancer and Ule , rubbt-r m1nurae1urtnI llldultl'J. I ,,ar The lllnl1ter of Labour, t.lr Ru Gunttr, wu tlos,11 queatloaea In the Commona nrUtr thla afler th, dl1do111r-. that NTeD n1tn bad dld ot tbe dl1tue .Mr Guntc-r 111d that effona ftr-. le . bc-lnr made to true IIOO 111111 :ho had brea fellow emploJNI of thOW' Who WtN' killed. Mn .loyre Butl,r. Labour MP for Wood GrN'n. bas tablfd I parll fflf'ntarw quc-1t1on about the pre, ,,..,., Ulla commlltee la maklas. Ttt ttal nttd, ID tbe of the TUC, 11 ror aa DCC'llpatlonal btallh aen-it't, panlt'lllarlJ hi . ,rl,w ol the tncreuln,: UM of ch1m1nla la lndull')'. Aa rtpnrlcst la th Guardian laat wc-rk. lht TUC II now 10 dla- 1111,n...s wlt.h the GOYHnmffll't prorrc-n that It la rropo1K11 10 ,. IJ>f'nd l:U0.000 llstl to OPf'll a I ------ lndu"nal d11usN NM'artb t Ctlllff', aUlchl"d to u emttn1 bo.r,ul, In u.-,,, fot t.be TUC telllU&tJ ID 1968. .