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FILE NAME: Metropolitan Life (ML) DATE: 1950 Aug 25 DOC#: ML172 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Drs. Cartier & [Illegible] from Dr. Lanza RE Asbestosis Studies Details --fiO inguai .'.5 , 19 X) Daar Dootors ^arti-* erti `'Qtas Da Uj* w# a t t ju . - rumar ad furtor atudy of ti. , - - tha foilowing te r ywur eonaidtr&Li thi * U'*'"* "* two ' ` in va aay s a tir a a >>!* a c n ir La 'nda: 'tandlng ' *`> rdeit.p of tatto. ?na firn*, =" taase U sa *" avaiu.ticn oi prsaant w.d pa`, ipo**! popola ti ',> animi taatlng of auapactad mta- ! >,'-e. '",c v '1?.<&> .si',1 io V it a.raspaci to ih* fir a t of taaa#, tnb_i*, U-a^ pidaaiologieai atudy, t i ia uggaatad thnt baier dai inita pUa *ra ad# taa vaiua of aucb a study ba detoraLn.'r`- fcy a r ia it *- Thatford and Abasto, a i vaich tlaa tha avtiiUtia aourcaa of informilo! vcruld ba raviawad vita you Tha ateoad p* rt, that la, taa eoainai tastine pro&rw, t3 tvarai pbnaas. Al you mov, thar# l i now no Uchnlc by vdeh va oan, vith cartainty, avnluata tha curciaoganicity of ante ri da for lung tlaaua. *sposura by lnbalatioa in canoar tudiaa boa not rat baaa axtansivaly anployad and ia, at tha oamt, of ooaplataly nataovn re l*a b ility . tha Inat i tuta in at thia tiaa loying plana for taa aaUbliabmnt of a loog-ranga progr* involving a busi invaitigation of tachnica for tha atudy of lung cancar orlalo* *sr inhaUtlon of enreinogan of mny varlous t/paa. A atudy boaad on ir.hdlailen of aaboatoa fibra#, in our opinion, aus da dona, I . *# baiavad, faevavar, that thia atudy vould ba noat affactlva l i i t vara aada a part of tha largar program aantlonad above vhich vould ba daalgnad to ia st tha validity of tha tactalea aapioyad, uning a variaty of novn cardnagana and a variaty of spadai. For tassa rison a, va bai lava that va v i l i ba in a battar poaltion to ruggaat sonorata pigna for inhalaUon tudiaa in thraa or feur eontn* taa va ara oov. . 1bara ra m in a , taovavor, La tho salar,* , _ p r^ r . U * naeaaaity for ubjaoUftg tha m tari ala ta aoraaning tasta a* - sa Uaplantation vith anbryonic lung tiarn ucd latrar*. cHs* l ** `iteM Lidia* an ba ooaaldtrad u lndUpaneubla praUniaerla to any iahalaUon atudy pinaaod o iba aeaa * ta rla i, aloe* thoy ui,,ftt very provid bat* for aelecUao o materiel for use in tbu sor elabrete Intuattoo atudlea. ?hoM tn InoU tute could get under wjr any Uso flor topwabor 1st nili tMlM would lavolre oaplon tory lapidati*tian uad/ar laJeoUoo of a pwtp of t a r l a l e to bo dotormiaed Jointly, uaU* toohaloo a* now ploy bjr W. >>mUi *. 8aith, Such Luiy, which vould include a auabor of to riale would com to about |1O,0CO*OO for a cm ya r tudy. Such a project would bo carried out under a a tm e t of the type eaeloaed Za uaaaryi (1) Va ***-- ,4 epU I o le eleel atody' bo determined ec the b*1* of * ^1*1^ to your ; plea tat (2) that d a fia lta olaae for aa iahaletlea study ba daferrad ' ' for thraa four aontfcaj (3) th at eoreening atudiea by lnpleatatioa i ; aad/or Injection ba atartod ianedlately* Sincerely your*, k J Lbase i M.D, Chanon Zaatltuta of Xadaatrlal Madlolaa AJLile Inni. C.C.i Mr. J . P. Woodard