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TO: CC: J L Allsn Yvan Couture - Atb is tos W. F. Goodwin Tom Patterson- Toronto, Canada W. P. Gibbons Roger Hackney C. L. Scheckler D r. Kenna tn Srith F. T. Solon, Jr. ' Mr. PaulFilteeu, Executive Director Quebec Asbestos hiring Association asbestos/ca~.:cer____ Attached is a copy of an article from the April 15, 1966 edition of the Houston Fes:. As you will see, it reports on statements made by Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald at the Annual Meeting of the Te::as Medical Association last week. According to Cliff Schechi er,Dr. Vorwald (who heads the Department of Occupational a.id Environmental Health at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit) is one of the most prominent pulmonary specialists in the country. . Mr. Scheckler stated t.rar Dr. Vorwald has done work for Johns-Manville and is re yarded as a real authority and is presently doing sere :.o rk on the alleged asbestos/ lung cancer relationship in asbestos workers, under the auspices of the U. S. Public Health Service. I wpr/eb att. 3J . --. ``V'O ^ *,' > : ",'j "I CU 0 *" ' - . TM~t' 71 ----- -- i ' r>y m::::.-o.i kass ; Mtglish cai.M hr Pcit writer ' i, dr e was .n nr. itk.t- AUSTIN ---The asbi'st s Tj! ihat lines automobile brakes may play a role in causing * ii lung cancer, an er.vtrormett- !:U t C I "c is job was so cut c w.-red cable," he v Id pcir.it d nut that i: tal health specialist said t.itt s :s h: for tiding ar.c 'fltursdny at tile annual Texas u: I id sic i loateri. 1 i:t laiiM- Medical Association meeting. i o , .-,s tor brake lia- Dr Arthur J. Vorwald says there isn't any real proof yet --not even the kind oi statis tical evidence that pointed to cigarette smoking. But he does describe circumstantial r.it x am evidence. FII1S7. 1TB says tl;at studies tie. have shown asbestos filters, "like pieces o: fiber from my ` i :n NN AUV stuping :i;; o: a t ar appar- isr; ibers to "anew" ;h. air, he says, ar.d ; v. -n lie ptssib..1: for : ibsstOf* to be car ta h the ' eni`r tit.;-, a.: .r. buildings, coar." to be present in -'rent. 70 to 3 per cant oi lungs ex amined at autopsy. "These were no: people who had lung cancer." They represented a varied hospital population. Second, he says asbestos has been incriminated as an oc cupational hazard with res pect to iung cancer. "In an occupational situa tion, where men are really ex posed by mining and milling, u the incidence of carcinoma of the lung is alarming," says Dr Vcrwalci. who heads t h e Department o: Cacupattonal and Environmental Health at Wayr.a State University School of Medicine in Detroit. Tile U. 3. Public it :al:h hi: . 1. Service is gating the currently investi asiostcs-iur.g can cer retationship in ascestos e ry.dd i.o: assert .-ti: r.uc iJ A t . * x ttcts ire n:c-sh m ird. 'The r.ni '' hr ss id. "is haw 1 a substance dees it At: to-, i .i: <. yy. ;n ",'iicit -ha: cues- j a s' 'e.-ed, th * tie.:. cite ! .vha. happens !r> the J c-.using effect when -.bite th.tt substance te ttcer ch;rmical? j -.3 is only k ec: a best i t...., itis at out v.'htrtt : ^ Cits hav : to be a.nhu u : * >5 js, Dr Vor.vald. i f . 1 rS not .tcyaie "scj- :o i-i j ar. he calls smek- h - bees think rear,!.- t'ja.tne that me air I.: : iadustriaJized cities and tfcr.i the dir; l.t i workers. - 7li DU VBU'.VALD says asbestos also appears to be associated U with a new type o: tumor which grows in the covering around the iur.gs. "Tt has oniy come into being ir. the last few years. It was found in children in South i-il Africa, where they pave me streets with asbestos discards. ii And it is being found in .Eng land." *