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FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA DATE 1966 Apr 29 DOC QAMA098 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo from Ivan Sabourin RE Tuberculosis- Asbestosis 1944 Survey by Met Life IVAN SABOURIN , ADVOCATE Q.C Building Aldred Building Montreal MontrealMontreal P.Q. MONTREAL - MEMO This Tuberculosis 1944 Survey conducted by Metropolitan Metropolitan Life Dr. George Wheatley then Assistant Medical Director of Metropolitan Life in New York might be of interest to you At time study was communicated to the officers at Quebec such as Workmen's Compensation Board department department al heads and also to the members of the Pneumoconiosis Committee of the Workmen's Compensation Board and also to the then pulmonary pulmonary experts the Province The attached copy was made out of the basic report of Dr. Wheatley which I have in my files In connection with Cancer the same prejudice is rampant now as you know which was rampant before 1944 as The Metropolitan survey dispelled that prejudice we also had test cases conducted the hearings being to Tuberculosis Tuberculosis At that time attended by the leading experts of the continent to prove that asbestosis exposure did not invite T.B. As to Cancer - exposure to asbestos incidence the Pittsburg survey took place in the 50's Dr. Daniel Braun - his study was also published which survey's conclusions just as in the case of asbestosis concluded that there is not seemingly any relationship between dust exposure and cancer Dr. Braun together with Dr. Gr^'goire Professor Beattie of Cambridge Professor Kushner of New York expert in the pathalogy of cancer tumors -- is scientific committee of our proposed institute University - an a member of the under the chairmanship of Dr. Wright April 29th 1966 I.S.