Document 37NnB9zwNaJOzkJe4ayXedngn

FILE NAME: Neighborhood Exposures (NE) DATE: 1964 Nov 3 DOC#: NE014 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Corporate Report from Conference Biological Effects of Asbestos Ambler R enearch C. R. H u tc h c ro ft N ov. 3 , 19&4 Ambler R&D C onference on B io lo g ic a l E f f e c t s o f A s b e s to s - New Yoi *i .* M. C. Shaw/radp / ` CONFERENCE ON BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF ASBESTOS New York Academy o f S c ie n c e s S e c tio n o f B io lo g ic a l and M edical S cien ces New York C ity - O cto b er 1 9 -2 1 , 1964 The Confej$K$&. *M> -E ffects of Asbestos was h eld from Monday through Wednesday, O ctober 21 and was a tte $ s % a u th .o ritle a .A n d .'........... and a i r h y g ie n ists, from many c o u n tr i e s th ro t^ h p U t' Hi*/W bhld. Mr. H orow itz and I a r r i v e d i n Nt$ W iek Suiiday a fte tfs p o n , O cto b er 18, and im m ediately c o h j^ fe d 'IT Wm$& members o f T u rn e r B ro t h e r s A sb e sto s Compia% 1 || 'f,ttfh&Sin&d' t h e A sb e sto s I s Res e a r t h b h h p il b;f ..EhgiahdL C b% ij|,,erht;ibn was d irected to th e the' and I t s Iftber*5pd p a rh ic l- p a tio n i n th e work o f t h i s c o n fe re n c e . In b ld d ed li* t h i s .group w e re : D r. 3 . Hp.Ltea, jr\ d,. F. Kqox, JDT. Bhhfety and $* D. H ills -. The a e rlo a a h e iis l o f .th e problem s itifr&X*e;.%.Vfi f u l l y ap- . p r e d a t e d by e v e ry One j, hbw eyer, th e tfeciihc^b{ilq|ii &6vm^Mm0%s th a t have been th e e f f o r t s oj* t h i s E n g lish asso ciatio n and hpplipifclldh :r f a c t u r i n g a r e a s h a v e p'eFSfha fc** h h h tsrd ls i n th e 'tfehd- d i t i o n e th ro u g h p u t t h e ^ s b e s to g .industry-' l b t h a t Country.* rThe A a b e s to s ls R e se a rc h C o d ic il was. e s t a b l i s h e d i n ih g la n d in 1957 an d th e members have hCcpmpiiphed a: gr&fet d e a l pfc .goad idurihg t h e p e r io d s i n c e t h a t tim e . It: 'was f e l t b $ mapy t h a t t h i s m eet in g would s e r v e aa a medium f o r p ro cla in iirig and d e 'n ^ n s trh tih g some o f th eo o a cc o m p lish m en ts. We c o n ta g 't^ d ta lk e d w ith m oat o f th e members o f t h i s group as w e ll lap members o f Ke C o u n c il r e p r e s e n t i n g Cape A sb esto s and B r^tipH ila ^ ^ n g arid jAb- . b e s to s L td . who w ere p r e s e n t on s e v e r a l ffid week and. a r e g r e a t l y im preoaed w ith t h e l # A b i l i t i e s a n d 'vibrio.. The m eetin g * Upv^eyer, ta rrie d d p t t $ be d i f f e r e n t th a n had been expected as th e p rlg lfia l In fa c t, a newspaper a r t i c l e t h a t wan p a rrie d ' 'a co u p le o f weeks p r i o r t o t h i s con fe re n c e by s e v e ra l hundred hbw spapers in America and abroad, served to arouse our suspicions as tp true Intent of th is m eeting and th e se su sp ic io n s were confirm ed as th e v ario u s d is cussions unfolded. sv*"' **;si '*> '-.-VV X*' \ ' cv - V* *M*i*'. ! ` ** * k*'.Via-C*:'ilr,.Jf.kl"v.*t -A*1-*r , J f .* Jfcif -i %.V* , *i .' Vr 'vcm**' ?5!.!*, ' * . f*i,! ...................... i j f c/ i * Vc:v th e d ire c tic .n of Dr' ^ p:A lrvlh;-J;rSollkQ l'f i Hount 3 'in ^ - H o sp ita l, who serv es the .As-, * , >-be3 to B ^p ricera .,,of America, a- trftdc union which covers' p r in c l'>.# :>..pally..hciae. who work- aa iJ ^ la tiira i' and la s s e rs u sin g .asbestos ..' The p-jfQ^ratoa Was n early t&o y e a rs -in the 'BuikljasE-iand'..waa w ell planned arid organized i p proa3tavt.he'ln~ ??-. Sellfcqff- and th eXfoido. The d u b je e ta ' covered , *n ~ ' i* * *,, f&ny are'aa through cru$ 'th e w^rld . to Bppth. .Afridd and .:frpm,;,k llan . .I t a l y - ^ ie r - .g iu ^ >> complete w ith' udipa showing/ihe Esbeetos fiber and^abbeatoo ; shown r: ^ > .X 3tew -'T ariff lo h d o o i G lam o rg an / W ales; 'JoftahneBiKirs, aat^leW ^ ; - . k * & V ' ';-' * froa. .r. k v fe tr o f ithift c a s e s a n d o b a e rv a tio n a .tlm t were :*.7 ': ^ i p r i e s ^ C ^ 'i ^ i p d .ftre^-nqw:',l n - p r in t and a n a t t e r o f re c o rd and w i l l j d a % iiid , .we o f f e r , th e f o llo w in g ; w ; -5jA,r 4-p>, . * ^*s< -. . ? *-*''<k-'r'v- U / ' '`O n d -'^ u th o r stated".that-^ n o t only, d id t h e men who worked in *' v;*r1.\th e a r b c e to e nine, have a s b e s to s b o d ie s i n v a rio u s p a r t s r /o f th e ir ays tea: but th a t the donkeys, the dogs and even-the. v'1;''.!.'' Vvr a t o viii-.th e .n e ig h b o rh o o d were so a f f l i c t e d ; - . ~rC h- v * w ^ ^ -- a ^^ k *V - t _ ^ / ' ' - '* ""`5 '; - *._*. I - - a> % _ -- -% .. i ^ o ? .,,5+."resided n e a r im a s b e sto s fa c to ry %' r .4 *J-butv-dt-'-tKat^lage ;raowed away from th iit' a re a . Twenty y ea rs i- *.v. : ,r r l a t e r -th is g i r l developed a-tee so the H a l tu m o r/'in d u ced ,by t . .-a -< s ^ ^ .id e n tif ie d aobes.toa body.* yurther^ a p liy teate of' th is -"girl.:hA S ;been lo c a te d in .a n o th e r p a r t o f th e -c o u n try and- ` v.-;/4! .`v- Jsoa'ibeen round t o be. s u ffe rin g a s im ila r f a t e . * .* A;*' a-**Vw.' * ' \ . '* ' - *; f; * * ./-..v:w (3 K /> ^ > |'^ a ^ ls c h m id t .rep<3JTt5i th a t the a^punfc .pf^b^& tP Q 6X7 . . . {kj&N>lft tlrie a n d 'ftu a n tlty la tfrt pteppfp&iy th e impor- - - '!.r - ^ t a n t :'f a c to r ', -One o r a very 'jfe ^b asto S ^b o d ies^ can. serv e ... . `. ssvthdveeehanlsm " ip r -th e developtnant o f a malady* and th a t V ' * y . `* a .asb esto s- body nay la y dormant in ia huaan body many years ' . -:v > ..* bororo^ becoming a c t i v e . --%i v v.V-1". - ` . %* -* fc. * * , * v V f t v ; / *, *-r - j ': ; . , . . .*' v* -X..- : X - X T '; : ^ V C / . v i ;..> - -.. v . : w `v-; '* * *...* V ` * . i [ k ) Dr. J . 0 . Thomson r e p o r te d t h a t th e in h a la t io n o f a s b e s to s . fib e r s by urban d w ellers is very s im ila r in Captetown, 3. A f r i c a and i n H iarai, F l o r i d a . Ho l e a s th a n 3 0 ^ o f t h e m a le s and 20? o f t h e f e m a le s l h 500 a u t o p s i e s s t u d i e d i n . b o th c i t i e s nhowed a s b e s to s b o d ie s . I t was t h i s gentlem an who " sp e c u la te d " th a t th e a s b e s t o s c o n ta m in a tio n in th e Hiami a ir was induced by au tom obile brake lin in g d is in t e g ra tio n . We h a v e s u b m it t e d a c o l l e c t i o n o f a l l o f t h e a b s t r a c t s o f th e papers d e liv e r e d a t th is con feren ce and a study o f th ese a lo n e se r v e to provide th e u n derlyin g tone o f th e m eetin gs. _ .lt ia--quifrey---epprb- th a t th e h o le - a f f a i r was m at'ivateiT'hha'^XQ - ' c u te d i n th e i n t e r e s t o f th e A sb e sto s W orkers o f A m erica. The Hew Y ork A cadem y o f S c le n o e an d many o f t h e s p e a k e r s , I f e e l , d id n o t r e a l i s e how th e y w ere b e in g used u n t i l th e s e s s io n was underw ay. W hile i t i s an in d ictm en t o f the d u sty c o n d itio n s o f th e a sb e sto s in s u la to r , and perhaps J u a tifia b ly d o , i t aln o in d i c t s th e e n t ir e asb& stoo in d u str y from th e m ine t o th e u ltim a ta e n d p r o d u c t w h ic h c o n t a i n s a s b e s t o s . I t o c c u r r e d t o me a s th e c o n fe r e n c e d ev elo p ed th a t th e r o le o f a s b e sto s an i t a f f e c t s tha lu n g and pulm onary f u n c t io n s o f t h a t a r e a o f th e human body was b ein g g iv e n le s s a tte n tio n and a g r e a te r em phasis p la ced on the c a r c in o g e n ic e f f e c t o f a sb esto a fib e r s . Cancer o f the lung, stom ach and v a r io u s o t h e r lo c a t i o n s th ro u g h o u t th e human body w ere c it e d and th e r e la tio n s h ip o f .a sb e sto s exp osu re and "actual a cb esto o f ib e r in o lu slo n s were id e n tifie d in th o se a r e a s. In t h is co n n ectio n the entran ce o f a sb esto s fib e r s in to th e body n ot o n ly through b rea th in g and the n o se, but by in g e s tio n through th e m outh a s w e ll was g iv e n a t t e n t io n . . E ia c u s s lo n s w ith D r. Gaze and R obert C ryor o f Capo A sb e sto s; Hr. W o o d ro o ffe, C anadian Bureau o f H in es; Hr. Hough and D r. Kon- ngtdj. S m ith , a f b h n a - f e h v i l i e Corp;. t h e s e v e r a l membera o f t h e T u rn er B r o t h e r s A s b e s to s Company . ^ l e g a t i o n and w ith many o t h e r s - qr& njri i i i t h th e i ^ i i ^ a t l o n a here" In v o lv e d w ould in - 7 |i .a t e t h a t th e ab b eatp 3 in iu a ir y sh o u ld ta k e aome p o s i t i v e a c t i o n s t o C l T f th e t r u t h s and t o c o r r e c t a n y u r itr u th s t h a t -nay h a v e b e e n p r e s e n t e d . ,jV d i a p a a a i o n a t e a p p r a i s a l o f t h c P a t e n t a x/_ o f e a c h c a p e r h e r e r r e p e n t e d cru st "be made and* ah" Eva l u a t i o n and * a gd l f f e r e n t i a t i q n b ^ g a d e ' T ^ t v'n ~tH F 'T a c t an d rH c l i i o n . .~r"^^vB'-'?.i Aa b a c't o B i'Q ~ H Q ^ a rc h "ounc. iga g e d i n t h i s w ork f o r many y e a r s and h as made good p r o g r e s s b o th in th e m e d ic a l aa w e ll as th e d u s t c o n tr o l a-reas o f co n cern . T h is e x p e r ie n c e c o u ld w e ll se r v e aa a b a cia fo r and perhaps th e in it ia t io n o f co n sid era tio n s r e la te d t o th e problem s a t hand. X I p e r so n a lly r e e l that. in th is country the a sb esto s tex t i l e in d u s t r y " h a nu.h m ore a t & taka ir i t h i s p r p b l th a n do .fch03;s: i n t h e k / 0 feus l a c e a an d w o u ld | a i n n t h a t a :bnys o r g a n i z e d . e f f o r t i n t h i s r e g a r d b t h a t segm ent. o f th e . in d u s t l'y w i l l -, bo fb i^ h d sa iftg .--. C e r t a i n - t e e d iraa-t-, o f c o u r u e , make v a r y o f - / f o r t t o p r v id o o a x io u a s a f e t y :n :tainixnuta d u s t dourit p n d i - * / t i e n s 2 t h e ronnufaeturiEyB. p g f^ h io n a ^ h o w e v e r , i t o s pina feb t h a t t h e e f f ^ c p B ' b f any.' a d V o ffb p u b l i c i t y i n ..t h is svX be 'fj'ph p o t e n t ly i n or. s a le a e fr o r t:, Th iiin p ild a tio n 'Xipiy j ^ : may rav -lease a, few fib era that huid 99 water borne and ingested by a human .feeing, ', ~ Tp ptabat t h i s arb of. p u b lic ity , the v e ra ll :4 r4 u stiy W ill ydhd th e f i n a n c i a l nd p e rs o n n e l c a p a b i l i t i e s o f any one' boiapaay t o t a c k le su e h a problem a lo n o . We ahoulfl r e l y ' on th e work tix at lo g ic a lly , and tncraily open tafias f . * t * . -* . Jk* *41 .1 ^ *