Document LK136K9ep1MarGbLGy0Xja55X
FILE NAME: General Refractories Company (GRC)
DATE: 1939 Sept 8 DOC#: GRC021
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trade Publication Reference Documenting Knowledge of Cancer Risk Due to Asbestos
Knowledge of Cancer Risk Due to Asbestos
Date: September 8,1939
Source: "Fatalitiesfrom Silicosis and Asbestosis " in The Iron and Coal Trades Review
Quote: "In recent years the suggestion has been made in medical publications that there is some relationship between silicosis or asbestosis and cancer of the lung. The question is a difficult one..." [emphasis added]