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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1950 June 19 DOC#: ML155 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Trip Report of Visit to Dr. Lanza at his Institute of Industrial Medicine in NY and Discussion of Pulmonary Malignancy COWHPgTHL Hospital, 1 . Ju d o 19, 1950. C Ho (lew Pulmonary Hall m anor Cc June 12th Dr. Cartier and I visited Dr. Lens* at hia Institute of Industrial Hedlolne in Rw fork. Ue net Dr. Nelson of the Institute and Dr. Vi?linn Smith of Hsssorlal and Sloan-Kettering. The problea of asbestos and lung oanoer wae dlaoueeed and the mo were asked if it would be possible to ourry out scae reeearoh in this field. Materials to be used in any experiments would probably be!- 1 - Three types of pure fibret- (*) V lay (b) J-H or King (e) South African Blue and Hunroe These fibres should be used in two lanethat 1 - Short - 2-3 miorons 2 - Long - 15-50 aiorona 11 - Atsospherio asboetoe and rock duat samples taken at the breathing level of workers in the mills. /j Dr. Lania und his group will prepare a program for ex eitimantal etudiea, ti e fr, approxlm te leagth of tiae lt will taka for the study and the oost. Dr. C< rtier . and I will receiv oopiet of thls proposal. /.On June 13th I riaited Dr. Vorweid in Saranao Lake and aaked hin to suboit e Ijprogram oinilar to that of Dr. Lanae. When theae two prograea are reoelvec (Dr. Cartier and I will be able to make reoomijendetions to the C..A.H.A. Today it la impossible to say whether the research program ahlMtfrd~be oorriid out at Saranao or New York, or the two oentres in collaboration. PoBeibly no tnimal experiments for publication should be contemplated today, but rather we sh( uld hare a statistical surrey of our men tvH x-rays as well as the general po; ulstion in our two toune. No one knowe Uie oauee of cancer in the lung and lt la 1mpoeslble to correlate absolutely the findlnge in animals and humans in this -field. For this reason lt may be advisable first to study our people who lire and work in 'he dust. A far -her report will be made whan the recommendations to the Q.A.H.A. ere ready. ' !*/h.n. CC K. Y. Lindell A. R. Fisher, GHi, Box Vl J. 1. Wo dard, fiHi,, Box r)l MET-0000205 TRIAL EXHIBIT