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FILE NAME: Asbestos Cement Pipe and Sheet (ACPS) DATE: 1965 Feb 12 DOC#: ACPS065 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Memo - Turner & Newall m & i Uta 9 ! T urner & Newall L td . MANCHESTER P From TO Nr. J .A .E . Clogg Nr. O. S. S u tc lif f e 12 th February, 1965. I a tta c h prase c u ttin g o f an a r t io la in the B .N .J. on " D iffu s a H a so th alio n a o f tha P lau ra and A sb a sto s" and I hare narked on i t ita n s o f s ig n ific a n c e as th e y appear, o f course, to a laynan. What oould be a s i g n i f i c a n t developm ent ars the referen ces to con tractio n o f the disease by workers in other tr a d e s i n s h ip y a r d s , and a ls o to the " o u t t in g and h an dlin g" o f aebeetos-cem ent roofin g n a te ria ls . T h is a r t i c l e i s bound to be known to Dr. Knox and ip s o f a c to to the A s b e s to s is Research C o u n cil and probably to i t s In s u la tio n Sub-Committee, but I have, under preeent circum stances, no s e a n s , o f c o u rs e , o f knowing whether t h i s k in d o f th in g would be in tim a te d a t some a p p r o p r ia te s ta g e to Head O f f i c e h e r e . I have th e r e fo r e o n ly been a b le to draw yo u r a t t e n t i o n to t h i s by th e r a th e r f o r t u i t o u s means o f a p r e ss c u t t i n g . Perhaps you may w ish to show t h i s to Nr. Bateman as he w i l l , d o u b tle s s , be i n t e r e s t e d , and I a ls o s u g g e s t th a t i t e v e n t u a lly be shown to Nr. A.D .N . Jon es, who, in tu rn , nay w ish P to draw i t to the a t te n t io n o f Nr. NcKenna. Apart from the p r a c t i c a l a s p e c ts in th s U n it Companies o f t h i s k in d o f d evelo p ment, i t i s , I subm it, ad visa b le th at our le g a l people involved i n A e b e e to s is m atters be made aware o f th e g e n e ra l c o n s id e r a tio n s , ooupled w ith a d v ic e from Dr. Knox and th e d elib eratio n s o f the A sb esto sis Researoh C ouncil, w ithout, o f course, th e ir going in to the m inutiae o f the m edical fa c to rs which, in any even t, they would n o t, n a t u r a lly , be competent to a p p r e c ia te . As mentioned in the oourse o f our d iscu ssio n yesterd ay, th e o e n tr a lis e d c o n s id e r a tio n o f A s b e s to s is m atters from the p o in t o f v ie w o f th e T .& N. Group as a whole i s n o t p a r t i c u l a r l y s a t i s fa c to ry . JAXC/ANL J.A .E.