He said there was ‘unequivocal evidence’ some doctors appeared to be wrongly placing reliance on the test when deciding whether or not claimants were suffering from white finger.
Diseases such as white finger, asbestosis poisoning and bronchitis still afflict the workers of yesteryear.
Beyond that, Mr. Keaveney's contemporaneous reports evidence a variety of employers' liability claims including deafness and white finger; they simply do not disclose a torrent of asbestos related claims.