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Air Hygiene Committee lieeting Page 2 6tudy is estimated at 017,500*00 including travol and out-of-pocket expenses. The cost of- the initial fact finding survey was b06U.OO, This was slightly less than 'the 01,000,00 estimated* It was the desiro of tho oomr-iittoo that a copy of this memorandum from the I.H.F, bo sent to each member of the Air, Hygiene Committee along with a letter urging that each member of tho committee impress the importance of this program to the Officers of his Company, Ibis has already been done, I had a long discussion with Dr, Kenneth Smith in reference to this program covering the relationsliip of Asbestosis to Cancer, It is his opinion that At-* is of primary importance that this program be adopted ea soon es possible, sou ths* the XtBeP^-eeuld publish the results of this surtty'feenff-'efttlr'Ak* newIf igm surrey undertaken by then for the Quebec mining association*. .On Hay 11* 1956, a letter ts received by the Chains^ from a Dr, .Karoatty^ lyoch*: Erasidoat, of the Ifedieal College of South Carolina/ Dr, Lynch is dotng^ acme work in relation to the effect of Asbestos duat on laboratory mmUA, % pensd for prolonged periods In dastlng chamber* He ia primarily- InWraat&fn the aid of the Asbestos Industry in this effort, which for the past eight yeafs has been and is presently being supported by the National Cancer Institute of the U, S, Public Health Service, This letter was discussed at the meeting with Dr, Kenneth Smith, who has worked along with Dr, Lynch for many years. - Dr, Lynch is also doing work for another member of the Institute and has been doing so for some time. Dr. Lynch is performing this work in an effort to clarify the relation of Asbestosis and Cancer of the Lung, - It was the opinion of the committee that the Chairman should write Dr, I Lynch and thank him for his interest in Industry and its problems, however, |j advising him that we havo other programs being instigated at thi3 time and can- Inot, therefore, enter into any programs for the support of his work, &' We had a discussion on the Spencer Stock Conditioner. Wo all agreed that this type of conditioner is probably the best on the market and that it was to operate on small percentages of oil - less than ijijS, providing the humidity is under control, as Stock will ordinarily not run with more than 50relative humidity, John Weber now has a heaiy type bag loader in operation end is very well satisfied with it. It is practically dust free, : The next discussion was in reference to the amount of dust in asbestos fibres received from the mines. However, at a later date we should receive acme figures on these dust percentages and at that time we hope to take the object up with the mines. r We next talked on the Uhcelobratcr Du3t Collection system, Ralph Smith and George Griswold related their experiences in the installation and operation of this type unit. As we have said before, the Industry new has several Hheelobrater collectors in operation and to our knowledge all are operating in A satisfactory manner. This type of unit is comparatively maintenance free. SPNY 004947