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FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1951 Oct 26 DOC QAMA060 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Confidential Letter to Dr. Cartier Thetford Mines from Dr. Vorwald Saranac Lab October 25 1961 CONFIDENTIAL Paul Cartier K.D. Thetford Industrial Thetford Hines Queboe Canada Clinio Dear Paul It was good of you to leave with Mrs. Mi then copn y of Doster Smith's letter of August 16 with regard to the data which you forwarded to him in connection with lung tumors in asbestos workers I do not know how Dootor Smith intends to use this material but I would be extremely cautious especially since th findings must be correlated with pulmonary pathology present in these da008 Information pending precise knowledge concerning other factors of which you are aware must be correlated before interpretation can b made of the data already at nand I know Paul that you are aware of all this but the mather seemed worth mentioning again Purthermore if this information is given out and we are giving guidance te the ocllam * tion of it our findings will be confused with these of others who may not have all the data in our possession Than, too our repart vere on the studies will be rather castrated With every good wish Sincerely yours MV Ir Arthur J. Vormald M.D. Director The Tradeau Foundation and The Saranac Laboratory