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Subject: Asbestos and linotype machines

Author:
Bud Hudspith

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Date Posted: 11:23:49 03/06/03 Thu

I see that there have been a few messages about health hazards on linotype machines.

I am the H&S advisor for the Graphical, Paper and Media Union (GPMU) in the UK, formally the NGA.

We get periodic queries from old linotype workers, or their families, about possibility of exposure to asbestos, since a number of linotype operators have died from mesothelioma, and have contracted other asbestos related diseases.

I know that asbestos was used on linotype machines as an insulating material, so can any members of the forum remember exposures to asbestos, or do they know of people who contracted asbestos related diseases?

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Subject	Author	Date
Asbestos	Tony Gayle	21:41:00 03/07/03 Fri
Mesothelioma website -- Tony Gayle, 21:49:57 03/07/03 Fri