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fr jtlnates of Air Hygiene Committee Page 2 Dr, Hueper also infers that Asbestosis-Cancer may be determined in an futopsy performed on persons living in the area of a plant. He says that any occupational relationship to Cancer should be con sidered in the determination of a Cancer case. He also states that outside factors such as smoking, etc,, should not be considered. Dr, Smith recommends very strongly that this Institute begin a study of the relationship of Lung Cancer to Asbestosis in our industry. He recommends that this should be done through the Industrial Hygiene Foundation in Pittsburgh, Dr. Smith indicates that he has no evidence that there is not a relationship between Asbestosis and Cancer, He advised the Air Hygiene Committee that it would be advisable for the industry if wa were to institute such a study or sur vey within our plants, hospitals, physicians, etc. This would only be a prelimin ary fact-finding survey such as is not; under proposal for the Q.A ,M.A. Dr, Smith advised that this proposal should be undertaken in conjunction with the Q.A.Ii.A, proposal in order that we could procure information which would com bat current derogatory literature now being circulated throughout the United States and Canada, Dr, Smith also advised that there is other damaging information being circu ited, written by the same Dr, b. C. Hueper, who is Chief of the Environmental Cancer section of the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, llaryiand, such as a reprint of an article in the American Journal of Clinical Pathology entitled "Silicosis, Asbestosis, and Cancer of the Lung," Reprints of this article may be obtained from the National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, iiasyland. Public Health monograph ;V36 entitled "A quest into the environmental causes of Cancer of the Lung", can be obtained from the U. S. Department of Health Education and 'welfare. Public Health Service, National Institute of Health, Bethesda, Hi, iiaryland, #2. AN EXPLANATION OF THE PROPOSAL BY THE INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE FOUNDATION, This proposal as approved at the last meeting was for an environmental dust survey for members of the Asbestos Textile Institute, This survey would include dust counts, inspection of the plants regarding dust elimination methods and recommendations for improvements of clust control engineering. The Industrial Hygiene Foundation would collect samples and make dust counts . for all the plants involved, basing its suggestions and recommendations on the results of their own study. The Impinger apparatus would be used along with the accepted counting method used for counting Silica dust. It has also been suggested that included in this proposal should be the counting of the number of fibres pre,J aent along with the dust sampling counts. This request has been made to the foundation. The estimated cost of this survey is .`,6,000,00 to -,7,500,00 plus -V travel expense. As this price covers approximately six or seven plants, it is reasonable to assume that the cost would be .,1,000,00 per plant, plus traveling 1 expense for this survey. The Committee decided that the preliminary survey on y .Aabestosis-Cancer should take preference over the dust survey proposal, i SPNY 004949