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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1938 May 19 DOC#: RBM068 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from the Saranac Foundation to Raybestos-Manhattan V COPY THL SAuMJa U uAixJhATOhi FO.v XHx LTULY OF TULred/ULOblS OF ,, THr. LB'waHL L . TivULn.AU FOUiiLxIION P o tt ^ f.iic e Box S o l 7 Church S tr e e t SAiIANa C uJ-.js.ijf N. Y . M r. S . Simpson Ha y be s to s-Manila l t a n , I n c . Bridgeport, Conn. May 1 0 , 10S8 Dear Mr. Simpson: Than you Tor a llo w in g me to see th e copy o f D r. L y n c h 's comments on my r e p o r t . I.h a v e a lso been cu rio u s about h is eases o f a s b o s t a s i s . He nas se n t ne s e c t io n s from same o f them which I have f e l t iu o ic a to d a s i l i c o t i c rath ei th; n an a s b e s to tic typo o f f i b r o s i s . I have alY/ays been s u s p ic io u s th...t the men whom he has a u to p s ie a . may have had some pis. v io u s or co in cid e n t exposure to fre e s ilic ic , producing a nodular rather than a d iffu s e typo of f ib r o s is . I am o f co u rse s o rr y t h a t he f e d s t h a t our ex p e rim e n ts have no p r a c t i c a l b e a r in g on whether t h e ao i s such th in g as a s b o s t o s ls . This is a m atter o f o p in io n and I t i'u s t th a t o th e r s may fin d th e in fo r m a tio n w hich \vc s h a l l fu r n is h to bo o f more u s e . D r . Lynch comments on the f i n c i n g s as to th e l a c k o f p r o g r e s s io n . He f a i i s to b ear in mind th ; t a f t e r a f i b r e becomes coated to produce an a s b e s lo s is boay, the m echanical ir r it a t io n is m inim ized. This m ight veiy v .u ll exp lain the fa ilu r e of continued ir r it a t io n . I am w e ll a c q u a in ts o w ith the f e e t t h a t D r. Lynch has some vc.x'y p o s i t i v e id e a s but f e e l th a t I am J u s t i f i e d in d i f f e r i n g from him from t i g e lx tim e.- Sin cerely yours, LUG:CC L e ro y U . Ga r a r e r , M .D , D irector ! o') ;