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'.I * * I Mr. Hugh M. Jnckson, Mxnagcr Industrial Health Program John*-Maavillo Corporation Z2 Eaet 40th Street No w York. 16, "New York ' Dear Hugh: - Thank you for your letter of August 19 r cgi.rdinjj tho Sep tember meeting of the ATI. - " As a m?.ttar of fact, having complotod tbo lltsraturo search. It 1* apparent to uo that the possibility of an ns see iatlon between lung cancor and arbootocia io much more likely to exlot In aobontoe factories than In mining operations. For example, of 99 cactn vshlch hr.d been re ported up to 1 955, at leant 60 appear to havo occurred In arbortoo viorV.orr. othr than miner*. A number wore ionise, end the occuu-itions, given wore: woaver, carder,- ma.Urft.ie rr.iikcr, Ugger, bagger, pipe coverer, spinner, etc. - . * a //U.. Two s'pecific articles which mention tho t. vp* * of ex*poauro end tbe Job la that by Doll (1 J-and that by 13 solhAch^r,' al , (2). Sevontcoa c&ioo * tit d 1 ft d by Gloyno and 31 roportod by Meriwether, a* well as throe mentioned by Harrison and ono a'ch by. Curoton and Owon occurred in alngland. If jny information io correct, there lo no mining of imbostoa in CnglAnd, amd theso must all bnv bffCn worknro in loatllo or ilrnllar Jobs. In thit country, tho ton cnui reported v/cro apparently all In tuxtllo workers. Tba first case, reported in 1935 by. Lynch and Smith was a weavor in r_n ' asbestos factory for 21 years. I eeulbnchor*a caooo Involved a contractor1* helper engaged in cutting cod unv/lng aebostoa board and uorlar in an aabartoa m 111. - Mr,'Hugh M. Jackaon -Z- August Z3, 1957 Tho QAMA otudy. Is in tho final gtngnw which are, of courae, the elowovt. All of the etntietical analyalo ban been completed, and the report la 99 5* written. What rimaliu 1 mainly minor revlolone, typing the menuocr ipt and proofing. It r.hould go to the print obOp by the end of thi month. I hope thin 8uppllog you with what you need lor tho meeting. If there i anything furthor, pleaae let rne know and I will try to get it to you In time. Sincerely youri, DCB:1a -i iinclonurc Daniel C. Draun, M.D, Medical Director p5!ntjfp?^ EXHIBIT I wv- noopiist. I ^ 1 - s PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT 0OMZ.OO Jlc/erenc** l, Doll, JR,| Mortality from Lung Cuncr In /vabosto* Workcro. Brit. J. Induet. Msd. 12, 31-86, 1955. Z. loaolbochcr, K. J. ; Klaus, H. ; and Hardy," R. L. i Aelxiatotia and _ Bronchogenic Carcinoma. .Am. J. Med. 15, 721-732, November 1953. * 3. Doll, R.: Bronchial Carcinoma: Incidence and Aotiology (Mllroy Lecturea, -abridged) Brit. M. J. , 2^ 521-527,' Sept. 5, 1953;' 565-590, Sept. 12, 1953. .- * I