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FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1966 Oct DOC QAMA105 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION IOEH Newsletter of the Scientific Committee with Report on the International Congresses on Diseases of the Chest . * VY ( CC . c 9. Burnett - OFR Roger Racloney - Gl Jack Solon - CHQ INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL AND DIVIRONMENTAL HEALTH MONTREAL CANADA 4 C. . Neveletter 1 of the Seientific Committee October 1966 Dear Members of the Scientific Committee | , ( Scientfic Enclosed are the minutes of the first meeting ( f the Scientific Committee in Montreal July 25 - 26 1980 . There were important news since then . The former name Asbestos Health Research Council was to Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health and application was placed for its establishment as a legal entity which is expected soon to be approved by the authorities Our Scientific Committee is a part now of the Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health the other parts being the Executive Committee and the Board of Directors and probably a Board of Governors The proposed activities of the Institute will be the same as those previously planned for the Asbestos Health Research Council Lo. The Executive Committee of the Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health was appointed recently and is composed as follows * : ; ; . Karl V. Lindell Chairman Chairman of the Board . Canadian Manville Co. Limited Michael J. Messel Seaber President Lake Asbestos of Quebec Limited - . W.W. Oughtred Member . Executive President - Asbestos Corporation Limited Parker Smith Member President Bell Asbestos Mines Limited F PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 13276 iheim ngl Re ien A aca sone oo ie cee ANT NL mr OPT mths 12 follows The Board of Directors is composed as Michael J. Messel President J.O. Eby President R.S. Coleman Directer Kar J.A. V. Lindell Director Main Director Dr. R.J. Merrill Director - Philip 4 Meyer Director ( W.W. Oughtred Director Parker Smith Director : Our Institute of Decupational and Environmental ~ ; Health upon application of the SATA became Assculate Kember of the Asbestosis Research Council of England Seelth has follows moved into Th< Institute of Occupational and Environmental its new premises in Kontreal The addreu i as Institute of Occupational and Suite 1210 ' IBM Building 5 Place Ville Marie Montreal 2. Canada Environmental Bealth Telephone Area Code 514 No. 878-3538 . ' m Salonrific Secretary Dr. P. Pelnar is now in Montreal working time for the Scientific Committee Ba 28 establishing his headquarter nd archives at the above address of the Institute in Montreal /3 Enclosed is the report on the international congresses on , Diseases of the Chest in Copenhagen and Occupational Health in Vienna held on August and September 1966. Report was written by Dr. Paul Cartier of Thetford Mines who attended both congresses You will notice that no mesothelioma was observed in patients with pleural plaques in Finland Results of both congresses and also of the congresses in Tokyo will be discussed thoroughly during the next meeting of the Scientific Committes Pincerely yours George W. WrigWrhitght M.D. Chairman Premysl T. Pelnar M. Secretary encl Dr. Paul Cartier Thetford Hilles Que Qaradz Qaradz Qaradz or es . oe THE s+ _ic REPORT ON ON DISEASES INTERNATIONAL CONGRESSES OF THE CHEST IN COPENHAGEN AND OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH IN VIENNA AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER 1908 ; . here than 3,000 physicians from all over the world were register i t each of these meetings and among the hundred of papers 4 were on Asbestosis in Copenhagen and 14 in Vienna presented speakers repeating papers rather pessimistic of the were Symposium sany speakers repeating the statenments made at the Yerk sufficient It was said that any exposure even one which lasts a few days was to be considered as a possible causal factor of any varietes of cancer pulmonary pleural peritoneal intestinal and genitourinary developed The case of the lady who washed her husband's trousers and who developed pleural mesothelioma was presented as a demonstration of this theory Statistics were presented showing in some hospitals that to to 20 of the cases with cancer of any organs were considered related to the asbestos factor either because wiey were umi^"to have some prbeetneje asbestos bodies or fibers On this general principle if it is true tobacco - that 40 to 50 of the general population of the cities have some asbestos bodies in their lungs then 40 to 50 of most cases of cancer would be related to the asbestos factor and the recognized factors such as ar the other factors of genetic or viral nature would become less important nd less significative than the asbestos factor light Dr. Neurman of Finland presented a large series of pleural plaques which apparently seens related to the number of asbestos bodies present and to a very and even questionable asbestos exposure On the other hand no cases of pleural mesothelioms have been detected among the asbestos hand cases among numerous cases of pleural plaques in Finland Dr. Irving J. Selikoff who was the Chairman and responsible for the programme of the Copenhagen Symposium has repeated many of the - statements made at the last New York Symposium although in the appreciation of he has been less categorie and interested to discuss the various many -roblems Dr. Selikoff in his remarks has given some credit to Q.A.H.A. or the interest shown for the study of the problems pertaining to the sbestos industry It might be of some paramedical or practical interest ~ 12 to mention that as a Member of the International Committee on Occupational Diseases of the American College of Chest Physicians I have learned that Dr. W.G. Hannon the regular appointed Chairman of this International Comittee has been asked 3 months before the meeting to give up the Chairmanship and the planning of this Copenhagen Symposium to Dr. Selikoff This rather strange decision could atmosphere of the spangen Symium was in New York altho mucu h g moh re friendly explain why the general somewhat similar to the one In Vienna Drs Noro Vigliani and Vorvald were the chairzen ^nd "f the 3 scientific sessions on Asbestosis with the result that & more ofitable liberal discussion took place Dr. Vigliani and Dr. Vorvald .ve made the direct statement that the sere fact that a a n asbestos worker cannot be interpretated as a proof cancer is detected of a causal relationship between those two factors To Dr. Bohlig from Germany who expressed the opinion that the cases of pleural plaques can be considered as candidates to the future development of pleural mesothelioma it was said that this bypothesis appears to be questionable because in France Finland Italy Austria Bulgaria and Belgium none of the cases of pleural plaques have so far progressed to the stage of pleural mesothelioma The same observation prevails for the eases of pleural plaques identified in Quebec Dr. Lavenne Professor at Louvain University and Physiologist az Habbell Instituti ta = the remark that unfortunately there is the possibility that an unjustified hysteria similar to the one which as existed some 10 to 15 years ago concerning berylliosis and byssinosis and which has disappeared may also exist now in the case of asbestosis and that a more complete scientific study may permit to obtain different conclusions different from those publicized so largely in the recent medical literature The question of identification and of the meaning of the asbestos bodies and of asbestos fibers in the lungs has been discussed at great length Some participants were of the opinion that the mere detection of asbestos bodies and of fibers in the lungs mans asbestosis or to pathological hazard capable to become a causal factor . cancer while a large number of others refuse accept this viewpoint Drs Tigliani and Forvald have taken a large part in this discussion mentioning that a ' scientific approach to the investigation of those problems is needed and that a certain prudence in the conclusions drawn should prevail It remains regrettable that the selection of the Chairman and of ve speakers of a meeting can contribute to give such different pictures ~ 13 of the same disease It is for a consideration of that kind that during Union the meeting in Vienna it was said that it would be a mistake that the , International against Cancer Meeting in Tokyo October 1965 seir a t 'oexclusive control of the study of the problems related to asbestos and give at the same time a too great emphasis to the single aspect of cancer to neglect all the other aspects For that consideration it was suggested that other qualified organizations such as the International AssociAssaocitatiion on on Occupational Health should also be invited to participate to this aifficuil 1862 67 7decomun