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FILE NAME: Saranac (SAR) DATE: 1948 Oct 12 DOC#: SAR148 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from the Saranac Lab to J.F. Woodard RE Preparing Final Report Including a Section on Lung Cancer COPT TH. bARAhAC LABORATORY of the Edward L. Trudeau Foundation Saranac Lake, N. T. Ar u m r J. Vorvaid, IT. 0. Director October 12, 19L8 Hr. J. F. Woodard Johns-lianvilife Corporation 22 Last fortieth Street Hew York 16, New York Dear Ur. Woodard: Under separate cover, we are forwarding to you today by Railway Express fifteen (15) copies of the report of our experimental studies with asbestos minerals. These etudieo have been carried on at the Saranac Laboratory under the sponsorship of the Johna-Uanxille Corporation and other companies of the Asbestos Association. The report is a fairly complete review of our experimental investiga- Jtion of asbestos!s, with the exception of a minor section devoted to lung _ as there was some artoigulty in thi terminology in Doctor Gardner's notes on cancer is animals exposed to asbestos dust, we preferred to defer completing that section until after Doctor Vorwaid has returned from , Europe and has bad opportunity to review the sections. Vie "yy p'*" +" "f pf'Td.inT' pf th report - that dealing'with human asbeatoais. and we will have this in your~5anda as soon as we possibly can. Doctor Vorwaid and all of us greatly appreciate your patience and hind understanding, and after reading the report, if you have any questions cr cormenta, we would welcome then. Sincerely yours, /s/ Thomas U. Durkan TMD:I Thomas U. Ihxrkan Assistant Director