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FILE NAME: Asbestos Mining (ASMI) DATE: 1950 Feb 8 DOC#: ASMI016 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Dr. Vorwald from Dr. K. Smith RE Concerns about Dr. Merewether's Article on Asbestosis CANADIAN J O l V a S - i ' VcUWlUC C 0 ..u m ,t u A S 55 s TO S FIBRE D I V I S I O N . . r{ ! 2 . The T r '.deau Foundation, Saranac Lake, N.Y. .S t'0 i s : Dr. V erere th er Lear Art The en clo sed a r t i c l e has ju s t appeared in the Canadian L'edical A sso ciatio n Jo u rn a l. I thought you might * might not see i t because our Jou rnal has such a s e l l c ^ r c u l-t.o n . I am ra th e r d isap p o in ted th a t E r . Merewether's very d e f in it e co n clu sio n s do not agree w ith our o p era tin g ex p erie n ce.^ TTo" '''4 vou care to comment on h is statem ents.' I c ^ n '1- =.gree uu - r .r ^ c r t a l i t y and tu b e r c u lo s is f i g u r e s . Do you suppose .h a t uhe fa b r ic a tin g orocesses in England d iffe r from our r.im r^ ana m illin g nroc-esfes so ^uch th a t cur o p era tio n i s much le s s hazardous to h='luh'> Or are t h e ir standards f o r d ia g n o sis c f a S w .^ o s .s * * ^ I L o w th a t the B r it is h and some European c o u n trie s do n et" require a ty p ic a l x-ray pattern in order to diagnose -sb esto s^ s. I could ask a thousand q u e s tio n s, but s h e ll nt . ^ th f r ,, ,, a -y more n o r . Perhaps re can d is c u s s the m atter more * en p lu l d I go to Saran ac. In c id e n ta lly I have sent a ccpy of th is p - H r ' e to C-eorge. / . ncerelT. KSS/h.n Kenneth YJ. Sm ith, b .D , /