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FILE NAME Quebec Asbestos Mining Association QAMA
DATE 1950 June 19
DOC QAMA069
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Memo from Dr. Kenneth Smith RE Pulmonary Malignancy & Visit with Drs Lanza & Cartier
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June 19 1950
Pulmonary Malignancy
Cartier and On June 12th Dr.
I visited Dr. Lansa at his Institute of Industrial
Medicine in New York We met Dr. Helson of the Institute and Dr. William Smith
of Memorial and Kettering The problem of asbestos and lung cancer was
discussed and there men were asked if it would be possible to carry out some
Materials to be used in any experiments would probably bet-
1 - Three types of pure fibre
(a) Viny b M or King c South African Blue and Munroe
These fibres should be used in two lengths
1 - Short 2 m3icrons Long - 15-50 microns
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11 - Atmospheric asbe andsrt ockodus st samples taken at the breathing
level of workers in the mills
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f Dr. Lanza and his group will prepare a program for experimental studies the
|} ?aw ppi roIl xwiiml lalterelceenigvteh coofpiteismeofittwhiilslptraokpeosfaolr the study and the cost Dr. Cartier
| at Saranac or New York or the two centres in collaboration Possibly no animal
experimental for publication should be contemplated today but rather we should
have a
in our
statistical survey
two towns No
of our
men
and
rays
as
well
as
the
general
population
one knows the cause of cancer in the lung and it is impossible
to correiltate absolutely the findings in animals and humans in this field For this
reason may be advisable first to study our people who live and
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CC K. V. Lindell
Box A. R. Fisher GHQ
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J. P. Woodard GHQ Box 91
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