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A newspaper article by Dr Alfred Byrne, marked "London" in handwriting at the top. It reports that British regulations were to be introduced making mesothelioma a prescribed industrial disease. It also describes a register of cases kept by the Medical Research Council, studies of the three commercial asbestos types, and a planned new Ministry of Labour code for workers handling asbestos. unreviewed
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- Author
- Dr Alfred Byrne
- Series
- Union Carbide documents, UC-194
- Number
- Bates A1791
- Rights
- A published article used as a document in asbestos litigation. Its copyright is not ours, so we describe it and link to it rather than host it.
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Dr Alfred Byrne. "Asbestos recognised as cancer risk."
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From Dr Alfred Byrne.
- Medical Research Council Pneumoconiosis Research Unit (named)
- Ministry of Labour (U.K.) (named)
- Sunday Times (named)
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This is document UC-194 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 1 page. Production numbers A1791.
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“Dr Alfred Byrne, "Asbestos recognised as cancer risk" (London newspaper article, undated).” Union Carbide documents, UC-194, Bates A1791. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-0194.
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