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FILE NAME: Quebec Asbestos Mining Association (QAMA) DATE: 1957 Nov 7 DOC#: QAMA135
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to the QAMA Chairman from Ivan Sabourin RE Industrial Hygiene Foundation Study [Lung Cancer]
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I tkoegkt jaa aid b 4m ply talareeled la kavtac aa soaa aa possible tkts "awnwary aad coaelasloas" kick tall as B tk sabstaac ad Ika fladtap la tka report kick, I g i r t , la all preeeBed, kas logical seqeaaee aad Is partlcalarly aot safaeosfltkl aad ratkar affactteely cobbats tka grevtag coscepl at latrr years la*akac City ( Or. Tidal v u boldlag tka Sort soaalsUaUy vttk tka R . C . .) la fraablagtos, aad lakwepa kart
L SL F. m b s la tea Bad tk hast cat tf Ikt BaU rlal
aaattakla (fta rtr statistical data a rt as yaa k m assessteety Beagrc
fta Ike kola arid aad vary poor la tka Proetace aa repeat gf f-- i
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ftat coBpellaklt by ka keraaa a x . T m rsaloste meat
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Tka yr i x a s k e ad tka servay appears sb)etlee,to tka polat aad 1stroagly baUro tauaadUl attaBtaa akoald ka gteea U aapttallatit pea tka report.
Ivan Saboumn, Q .C .
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he auhee et the very ea. a* to tarteraariosi X&aj roedla*. ThU ataet
et be coantrnod pejoratively and eo a to leerletete the roedla* awtbads
wt eur Doctore et Thetford aa Asbestos. Oer etbod Is/OrtkodoK aod le
ecioettcaUy souad, objective u k b a o w j aatlquated. >%hai the report
rather leapUet u lo X -ha; roedlas U that oer claastflcattoe k u tor Object
lo deteretiae the various oteos 4 e atfotfkaat iftroeU ot aabestotic
aturo. *ai|att4eaat" iwaielaf e Obre*!* baria* roechtrt o olese where It
met bo aaid that It taeld ploy e pert la Ibe eaaaality ft e eertata lacepocttj
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aa pro llai fasery ategee which ere aot te
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eaaatioe polat et new . The author
et the n m j au n aste that ladopeadeat roadie* would tehe lato ccarideralai
the proU stiaarj etesee f t sebootete (vhleh wo aot aalde ea tairicaffteaat)
ead would classify them as eeaoe which woeid he roporled for e a h d j, aech
as that coedfad e d by L fc. f
Thee, the reported eeaoe of eebostedi
(whether aijatflfaal or act) woeid he o ro coeefcorafelt Md the loa
ancor leeidsace would tell helov the ecteel tt*uzes - - - hot I would rather
shea sufseatlac wo ro tar oer roodiaft te ea tadopoartoat aoarta ae i flraafy
believe our Doctore at Asbestos ead Thetford Mlao* ere oartaealfy
fuaiHiod lor roadless sed that low ero ae peaUfted eajw hero.
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Tours latthfalfy
IFA JI SJLBOCHXM
Ivan Sabouhn. Q .C .
ALOUD BOUOQta
M ontreal.