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1 1 TO: CC: April J X, Allen Yvan Couture - ;..-bistos Quebec, W. F. Goodwir. Tom Patterson- Toronto, Canada Canada W. P. Gibbons Roger Hackney C. L. Scheckler Dr. Kenneth Sr.ith F. T. Solon, Jr. Mr. PaulFilt:U, 2<ecutive Director Quebec Asbestos Miring Association ASBESTOS/CMV.C^R Attached is a copy of an article from the April 15, 1966 edition of the Houston Pcs;. As you will see, it reports on statements made by Dr. Arthur J. Vorwald at the Annual Meeting of the Te::a> Medical Association last week. According to Cliff Schachljr,Dr. Vorwald (who heads the Department of Occupational a.id Environmental- Health at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit) is one of the most prominent pulmonary specialists in the country. Mr. Scheckler stated tea; Dr. Vorwald has done work for Johns-Manville and is re;:ard2d as a real authority and is presently doing sere '.o:k on the alleged asbestos/ lung cancer relationship i.i asbestos workers, under the auspices of the U. S. Public Health Service. wpr/eb att. />^W P. Raines n s' . -f~. ..i^/ - .. --/O -J ...... / VC T'* ~ "- r" . .i. --..i --. - - .N. ... i ,,J r>y joss r, E ;yii.-h cr..w; hr Pstl .M:iesi V.V.Uf 0 ;; :. ore was nan;-!.:.:- AUSTIN -- The asbrst-s that lines automobile brakes ' "f is job w as :c. ca: ; c `V- -red eab;c\ be may play a role in cavsing lung cancer, an environment* ral health specialist said Thursday at the annual Texas Medical Association meeting. 'tv Id pcir.;<d oat that [ .d? : >: s :s e<: for tidin: ar.c 1 l i.l :;c j inatcri. 1 i;; h;;iM- ! * rf* AC . -.s for brake li.i- j Dr Arthur J. Vorwald says u there isn't ar.v real proof yet --not even rhe kind of statis tical evidence that pointed to cigarette smoking. But he docs describe circumstantial 'St 'i! -1 IB M-VAllY stopping ;U< ! t ; of a car appar<: isf > .'ihers ;o '`spew" n:u o rh- ih\ he says, ar.c evidence. y iv-n be ptssib.n hr FIBST, '"3 says that studies ' ; : >'o ;i`to> 'o be car- have shown asbestos fiber:;, :S; t; ;u h iht: ' enm t!u. "like pieces o: ti'.-er from my j coat." to be present in from. r ?u :o SO per cent of lungs e::II aminod at autopsy. "These ;?.L a.: .n tuihliags. c_- . e --r,i!d l.ot a>s :.*:. s; -It's ;c :vc.: ire .-.resy;J ; .- Imvi. "The r.ni were no: ceooie who had lung i cancer." They represented a ; varied hcsoital poculatic.t. Second, he says asbestos has S. been incriminated as an cc- cupational hazard w;:h res poet to :ur.g car.cer. "In an occupations: situn- wd rr ' hi ssid. "is how r.u i . c' a substance cces it uli: A-: f tn .-hen -ha. cuesion ?: :s' -'crcd. th ? ne... cr.c r -v. a. he teens to the c .using effect when v): :;.-.b::e th.tt substance posed by mining and milling, the incidence of carcinoma of the lung is alarming," says Dr Vcnvala. who heads t h e Department of Occupational _ _ and Environmental Health at ' Wayne State University Scareo-i oi Medicine in Darrel:. The C. 5. Public " :al:h Sendee is currently ir/'csrigating the asbestos-lung can cer relationship in asbestos .i: ; tth.cr ch-mical? .. . c .s is only c: ec: a best .!; a 11 mats a:out whith he: . ;s o.-.s hav: to b,,- a.n:. ... /s Dr Vor.-.r.ld. 11 a ns r.oi n.ryaie "self;o 1an. he calls smek- iu h dees think people .u.;.. - l >ah;e that the air i t;n > industrialized cities y.' ar.u chrt the dir; i.. iru de. workers. r 33 YOfl'.VALD says asbestos j h also appears to be associated ! :i with a new type of tumor |^j which grows in the covering \ around the lungs. "It has only come Into being :r. the las; tew years. It was found in children in South Africa, where they pave rhe streets with asbestos discards. Ar.d it is being found in -Eng land."