W. P. Raines Report to P. J. Solon on the International Conference of Asbestos Information Bodies, London (1971)

A report dated December 10, 1971 on the International Conference of Asbestos Information Bodies held in London on November 24-25, 1971. It summarizes the medical talk and the national reports on regulations, press attacks and defenses, and Raines's private meeting with the Turner Bros. chairman. Attached are the conference program, the delegate list, summaries of papers, Raines's two outlines, and a December 29, 1971 AIA/NA board agenda.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-13: Report of December 10, 1971 on the London conference, signed W. P. Raines, addressed to P. J. Solon
• Pages 14-17: Conference program, 24-25 November 1971 (page 14 is upside-down and garbled in the OCR)
• Pages 18-19: List of delegates by information body and country
• Pages 20-29: Summaries of papers presented at the conference (attachment C): regulations by country, and attacks on asbestos and defenses
• Pages 30-32: Raines's outline of presentation, Brief Review of Current and Prospective Regulations - U.S.A.
• Pages 33-35: Raines's outline of presentation, Brief Review of Attacks on Asbestos and Our Defenses
• Page 36: Agenda, AIA/NA Board of Directors meeting, December 29, 1971

People and organizations

From W. P. Raines (Secretary, Asbestos Information Association/North America; Johns-Manville) to P. J. Solon.

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Cape Asbestos.

About this copy

This is document AIA-14 of the Asbestos Information Association documents, documents used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits, 36 pages. Production numbers 01-0217958 to 01-0217992.