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FILE NAME: Abex (ABX) DATE: 1948 Dec 14 DOC#: ABX071 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Dr. Vorwald, Saranac Lab, from Dr. Lanza, NYU, RE Conclusion Section of Asbestos Report NEW YORK UN1VERSITY COLLIGE OF MEDICINE (V N tV L U in AVD M U C W I HOtfJTAt M m CAI C O .IK * ) * 477 M UT AVXNUK. NSW TOtA U. M.V. U rA IIM IM T Of rn D O IV l M B C M Xnatltut* 0; laduatrlal Madiclna mwVH?O-iNaAo:oUO0UUP Dectsbar IX 19t8 Dr. Arthur Torwld femme UVunturi i m u e L , Ifw Tort Doar Arthurs VIth i t i p i e t to Us u b tsto s report, Part 2 Soptaobor 30 19X0 0 m atlng of th* rtpxaaontaU*** of tho undezvriting eoapulca va bald la >tv Tort. Tbo report vaa favorabljr rocaivod an'* l t w th* general faaling that i t va* a m at oaUaf*ctox7 ad cxcallcrt je t. I t va* th* fecllng of thla greup that a il rafaraaert to eaaear or tumra abould be oolttad (Parrgnph 75 Pasa 31 - th* latro duetory pamgraph d a r "COKPLIC.'nOhb" - Paragitph 92, Pag* 39). Thi* rarvaat vould llkavia* ail for th* alU laatloa of mj Uhlaa ro lrtiag to tala auhjact 1m iter. Th* group *lt that t:.*r* klgbt b* included uadar "CObCLUSlONS* a raftranca U th* noo-prograaalae charnetar of th* fibroal* produced b; th* ca balte*. ' / I f pm ctiaabla, thay ould 1 1 V* to ta* a nor* daflalt* aU laam t vlth ^ roapact to tha ala* of th* fibra* vhlcb do tha duag*. Xnquli7 vaa alio and* aa ^ to bathor tbar* va* aay relation to tha a i* r of fibra* par oubie foot of a ir . Xt va* f a it that th* lasguag* la Conclueloo D, that la that a typlcal f j a l a oould b* producid by an ataoapharlc auapauolen of aabaato* duat ccntaining r* ij >u artrosoly oaoll proporUoo of long fibra*" vaa too vagua and ahwld b* da- flaad oor* apaclfloally. Xx. addltloB to tha abov* ooamat* thar ara othar ongraatloaa vhlcb rala ta oor* to fo. rm and aaphaa.lai To tha oztaat panelttad It* th* m u lU of tho experimento arta tha 008CL35XOK" and th* Introductor? "A8S11UC1" oor* daflalt* and raduc* th* n ab ar of void* vboaa maniaga aro not praciao. Per axaapla, la th* ' T t C ftea Word* aaaw" rolatlvoly* , "apparentljr", "la ballavtd* and la "COLCLUSIOK", paga 10 tha vorda prlimrllT", "oxtraaaly aaall proportion*. Aa far a* praetlccbl* canfora th "ABSThiCI" to COhCLUSIQbS". For xaapla, OffOOSICKS* a tiu a that "ahort aacaatoa flbrca de nst produc fltro aia", vharaaa "ABSTUCT" aa7* that "ahort fibra* a rt ralatAvaly laart". 4/S 337* Vhr.'ig Tpcrlac&Ul indicate that uV*i>i fiW* produce* a d iffe re d action than that caused by fra# silic a , #u,h*kio ibeba point, by re fe rs . to the differences aa, for instance, partlcla alia, naehanleel rathe: than chemical action, noo-progreMico, and predisposition 1 tuberculosis. Zb CObttOSIOI E, pay# 11 rafaranca la nadt 1b the fourth lis a to "cur usual experience* and la tha la s t lla a , hottoa of pas prarlou* experience*. *aat hat vaa aaaat by thla rafaranca vaa not d e a r to tha poup and they would llha to aaa th at ltaa alerlflad . Tt vac f a it that tha report would ba onewhat aaalar to fellow i f the namferephs dealing with tha earlous ^paa of expenasaW vara aaparatad by beadla a * For enuBle, h n p t p ^ t 11 to 21 Inclusive, deal with tha early King'a flea to experlaantr; Paragrapna 25 to 11 deal with tha 200-aeab aaU rlal U which vaa added ana part la four of aground notarial} Faragrapha 15 to 57 indue ire , daal with tha 1005 hall-B ill ad d a t axparlnaata and Paragraphs 5* to 7b inclusive, deal with tha long fibre experl; ante. Thera vaa coafualee aa to tha experiaeote referred to in aoaa of the nuxbered paragrepha. Zt would be helpful I f the four exprrlaaote ware headed up la aoaa nnnser other than with the regularly nuBberad paragrepha which precede and fellow tb w . I t vac decided that afte r these revision* hare been concluded tha re port of thasa a^perlr^.U l atudlaa shc-.vld ba pubJlebed aa promptly aa possible, prefarably in tha s i Induatdal h r d t a . Any report oa kuasa aabeatoala Should he separate and net a part of th is report* The abort coapriaea * to earic'.ie eonnanta and suggestions which X do not av<v lavelvet nay w ta rla l change In the report. Flaasa 1st no knot i f ybu wish aay f a th e r information or discussions nf the points raised in thla le tte r . eat reprds. Sincerely your*,