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FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 1948 Dec 14 DOC#: ABX308 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from NYU College of Medicine to Institute of Industrial Medicine NEW YORK UNIVERSITY COLLSGE or MEDICINE lu s iv itim avd sturvvt hqwtal urncal collkz) *11 H U T AVO!. NT 10XX U . . . VrAIIMINT or IVDOTVl litaon Institute e. Industrial Medicina m iw D Kt: H n a u U t t a W 7-1800 December 11, 19tS Dr. Arthur Vorvsld Kkfkiuc U lu a tu r i Saranac Lak*, lev York Bur Arthurs Vitfa respect to the u b iit o i report, Pert X , Septeaber 30, 19Aw, a netting o f tho representatives o f tho m itx v rltin g companies ve hold la >v York. Tbo nrport va$ favorably received air' I t vat the {cerai feelin g that xt v*# a aost satisfactory aad e s c e llc rt Job . I t vas the feelin g o f th is group that a ll referenefi to eaceer or tu&ora ebcruld be o sitted (Parrgr*ph 75, Page 31 - the latro duetor7 paragraph under "COlPLIC.' TlOhb" - Part.grt.pb 92, Page 39) This request would likew ise c a ll fo r the ellaloatloD of rjiy tables relatin g to th is subject attar. The group **lt that t:.ere Light be included under "CONCLUSIONS* a reference tc the non-progressIre character of toe fibrosis produesd by the as bestos. / I f prsctlsabls, they ould 11V# to tee a ore dsflnlte sUteaaot vith respect to tha site of the fibres vhieb do the d/map. Inquiry was also Bade as to whether thare as any relation to tha nmler of fibres per able foot o f s ir . Xt vas fs lt that tha language In Conclusion D, that is , that a typical fibrosis sould be produced by an atmospheric suspension of asbestos dust crotalnlng 'alj "an srtresoly aaall proportion of long fibre" vas too vagus and should be de fined nore sp ecifically. Xr addition to the above soanents there are other aaggestiona vhieb relate nore to fern aad eaphaalat To tha aslant pvrdttsd Ip the results of tha axparinsnts naka tha 008CL3SXC8S" and the introductory "AISlIUCl" nore defin ite, aad reduce the amber of voids boat naanlag are not precise. For exaaple, in tha "AKTlv.CT"tae vords seeas", "relatively* , "apparently", "la bsliseed" aad la "COtCLUSXOK", page AO, tha voids irlaarlly*, "sxtrsnsly aaall proportion*. As far as praetlcablo sonforn ths "ABSm tl" to "CONCLUSIONS". For asanpic, "CONCLUSIONS" atUs that "short asMstos fibres do net product fibrosis*, vbsraas "ABSTRACT" says that "abort fibres ire relatlvtly inert". Vh'-^e rperinantal i d l u t f tb ei ashestos fib / t products s i l f f t m ' . action t t u * Ju l ciusod ty f r n s ilic a , Ouphaeiso thebe p oin t, by raferenc. to the differences n s, for instance, p article s it s , neehanieal rathe: than chemical sctlo o , soo-progrataioe, tod predisposition to tuberculosis In 00KCL0S10I t , page 1 , rsfsrsncs is aade in tbs fourth lia s to "cur usual axperiance" and in the la s t l i a s , bottom o f page, "previous experience". net whet vns aosnt ty th is reference m s not d e a r to the group and the/ would lik e to see that lien n itr ifie d , . I t w i f e lt that the report would be sonwhat sasier to follow I f the p an graphs dealing with the various types o f expenaente vers separated by beadl a p . For o su p le , Paracrap1s 11 to 24 in clu siv e, deal with the early King's Pleats experlaontt; Paragrapos 25 to 4 deal with the 200-assh material to which m s added one part is four o f p ou n d a a te rla l; Paragraphs 45 to 57 in clu siv e, deal with the 1005 ball-m illed d s t experiaents, and Paragraphs 58 to 7b in clu siv e, deal with the long fibre experiments. There was confusion as to the oxpsrlaa&ts referred to la sons o f the nmbared paragraph*. I t would be helpful i f the four experiment* were headed up is tone Banner other than with the regularly nusbered paragraphs which precede and fellow than. Z t m s decided that a fte r thaaa revisions hsvs been concluded the re port of these eip arir^ .tu l studies shcvld be published as promptly ee possible, preferably in the pj Industdal Iordans. Any report on him-a aebastosia should be separate usd not a part o f th is report. The shove comprises * is vario ie cow rats end suggeatlooa which X do not think involves any material change in the report. Please le t as know i f you wish aay further Information or discussions o f the points raised in th is le tt e r . best rtp rd s. Sincerely yours,