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April TO: J. L. Allen Yvan Couture - A-bisfos, QQuueebbeecc W. F. Goodwin Tom Patterson- Toronto, Canada CC: W. P. Gibbons Roger Hackney C. L. Scheekier Dr. Kenneth St it.-. F. J". Solon, Jr. . Mr. PaulFilteeu, E<ecutive Director Quebec Asbestos Ai'.ing Association ASBESTOS/CAVCJR____ Attached is a copy of ar. article from the April 15, 1966 edition of the Eouston Peso. As you will see, it reports on statements made by Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald at the Annual Meeting of the Tera> Medical Association last week. According to Cliff Scr.ackL ir,Dr. Vorwald (who heads the Department of Occupational and Environmental Health at Wayne State University School ox Medicine in Detroit) is one of the most prominent pulmonary specialists in the country. Mr. Scheckler stated tear Dr. Vorwald has done work for Johns-Manville and is regarded as a real authority and is presently doing sene -.o:k on the alleged asbestos/ lung cancer relationship L.i asbestos workers, under the auspices of the U. S. Public Health Service. wpr/eb att. SCF-ABEX-1000 u- --J % -4. vO V w'w * "I C.------ k --*i. r~r^ / v/ --- v . A y j::::: j.i iuss Cot ;.uric;l wrxr AUSTIN* -- The asb-sfts that bees ausamohile brakes may play a rale a cat-sing f i . S igls-h ca; ; hr : c : ` ,, ora unis si r.n cL. :i.: r k job u as 10 c-.r 4. c c w-rad cable.*' he lung cancan, an environmen I ': v-Id .ict-.trd out thr.t tal bealih specialist said .it : t s ts xl for tidmr anc Thursday at the annual Texas -. i i.l :ic i m-vtcri, 1 in HJMhledical Association meeting. _ rg - ic , .j tor orakc lia- Dr Arthur J. Vonvald sa;s ' there isn't any real proci y-t 1! : I3 5IXAKV sweeueg --not even the kmd ol staav deal evidence that pointed 10 cigarette smoking. But he does describe circumstantial n.vc . i: -:: ; ol a car appar- n. nut c: to isr liiers -o "s;iaw" :h. air, he says, and I 1 evidence. : . .; : v. n lie pt ssibn inr vXItST. ,,3 says that snubas . o _ < : to uto-5 ic be ccr- hate snotvn asbestos filters, -s! : i .-a i iht 'eats tii,. "Ike pieces tf.-cr frerr. my ' - r- u.t a .r tuitiuegf. coat." to be present a from. 7G to SO per cant of kings amised at autopsy. "These were no: people who had lung cancer." They represented a varied hospital popuiacoa. Second, he says ascesx., has been incriminated as an cc- ccpidonal hazard with res pect to lung cancer. "In an occupational situa UI tion, where xea are really ex posed by muung and muling, the incidence of carcinoma o? tha king is alarming." says Dr Vcnvald. who heads the Department oT Caenpat.ottal ana Envircnmentsl HeaJA at Wayne Stefa University Schcoi of Med-c-ac in Bereft. The U. S- Public t`. :i] h Service is currently nr'esn- gatiag the asbastcs-lung can cer relationship in ascastcs . -e mild in: assart s. xtrcc? ;re c-c *J.\t: .- hirtra. "Tha rca. >~1! :t * hr said, "is hoe. '.ui c a substance ccc-s it ui` A.. _:n. -nan `ha. I'.uas:o-. i;. rs? 'e.cd. th: ns... enc wii ca. .v .3 capons to :*.ie s.i.. c-.J.v.ng e.ecr v.tcr. .. > :; t*a: :a tn.it substance -.1 i: m-cr ah-cntcsl? .. . .- .3 is ;a!> ac act r. her. ,. t.* .til.nrs clout v.-h-cn r.sc - ; ts o.s an" to a.- aas-i- ... 3 is Dr Vonrsli. I! - i us not .irpate 'selfra 11.5 " a. he cads smek- t. I-. h i-cas think people a. . s. ri2 ice tea: me ai -* i~:: " ncuianalized ones -i ' in v." and thru the din 4. i.. m nr re. workers. . is Dil TOUT.'AID S3ys asoastos also appears to be associated with a new type of car which grows in the covering amend die lungs. 'I; has ociy come into being ;j|: L-. the las: tew years. It was found in children in Sourr. ! Africa, where they pave toe streets with asbestos discards. ft ! And it :s being found in .Eng land."