§ Mr. Hendersonasked the Secretary of State for Education and Science if he will list in the Official Report all current research projects on the health hazards arising from asbestos which are financed by his Department or to which his Department contributes.
§ Mr. MulleyThe following studies are being carried out under the auspices of the Medical Research Council
194WAt the council's Air Pollution Unit, electron microscopy of lead, asbestos and other airborne particles.At the council's Air Pollution Unit, electron numerous national and international surveys of health hazards of asbestos including a large project in association with the Ministry of Defence (Navy) covering some naval dockyards; a number of experimental studies of the fibrogenic and carcinogenic action of the principal types of asbestos by inoculation, inhalation, and organ and tissue culture methods; the development of immunilogical techniques for the surveillance of populations at high risk; a number of studies of the aerodynamic properties of fibres; the use of magnetic properties for the identification and estimation of asbestos fibres in air samples and in lung tissues; the effect of size and shapehe will list the 1975 attendance figures for the museums and galleries for which he is responsible and indicate how these compare with the figures for the previous five years.
§ Mr. MulleyThe attendance figures reported to my Department were as follows:
of fibres on their fibrogenic and oncogenic action; distribution of UICC (Union International Contre le Cancer) reference samples of asbestos and the application and further development of the University of Cincinnati International Labour Office classification of radiographic appearance of pneumoconioses, including an investigation of the value of different sizes of X-ray and chest films and different techniques.
At the Clinical Research Centre, the effects of silica, asbestos and other particles on macrophages in culture and correlation of ante-mortem radiographic densities with postmortem radiographic histology.At the Cardiothoracic Institute, London, host and accessory factors in the development and progression of asbestos-related pulmonary diseases.At the University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire, Cardiff, action of asbestos dusts on lung fibroblasts.At the Institute of Occupational Medicine, Edinburgh, comparison of the skills of lay and medically qualified film readers in radiological classification of pneumoconiosis.Other work in this field is being financed by the universities.