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FILE NAME: DuPont (DUP) DATE: 1966 Aug 23 DOC#: DUP042 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to William Meeld, M.D. from GJ. Stopps RE Asbestos / \. s^ ei C . A. D'Alonxo, K.D 2 . R. Zahn, K.D. S. fe ll August 2>, 1965 bc < > VT7JJA X E . K EELD ptf*., K.D KEDICAL EEPARTKElfT L ' CHAMBERS VORES - ASBESTOS I aa en clo sin g the data we bare extracted fr o * the nedieal records o f 52 pij>e coverers fit Chaabort Work*. k h ile I t would appear th a t there i * no cause fo r eonoern ;r. to an undue incidence o f cancer SJ&ong th est worker, any other concluxion would be o f doubtful v a lid it y u n til oore data are obtain ed. These data ahould c o n sist e ft 1 . The documentation o f the exposure in teres f duration and in te n s ity (the l a t t e r r i l l be very d i f f i c u l t to do fo r pact years except in general te r s e ) . 2 . A survey o f the sacking habits o f the exposed en. 5 . A survey o f a con trol group haring the same age and saoking c h a r a c te r is tic s as the exposed group but who do not work with asbestos f i b e r . A . A "blind" reading o f the chest a-rays o f the eootrol and exposed groups. There Is sooe in te r e s t a t other p la n ts in the p o ssib le . health problems o f those employees who work with asbestos and con sid eratio n should be given to en largin g the soope o f the study to include as any exposed persons as p o s s ib le . This i s a c itu a tio n in which the union i s w ell informed and i s playing a lending role in gathering health inform ation on i t s cabers. Management must obviously be a t le a s t es well informed t s to any hazards to h ealth that nay be a sso cia te d with a sb e sto s. WILIAM s . , kezld iJ l., K.D. - t - August 2 } , 1966 t b e lie v e i t would be p r o fita b le fo r rep resen ta tiv e* fr c a Chamber Work*, T e x t ile fib e r p la n t , th e I n d u s tr ia l ] L a b o ra to ry , and B a k ll L aboratory to It down w ith Dr. f e l l and worse out a p la n th a t could be ued a t any c r a l l o f tjj* A p lan t u sin g abto. Such m atter* a the ue o f a atandard-ced fcitory fo r , r u le * f o r exchanging and read in g cheat x -ra y , e t c . , need to be dlscu aeed . O R IG IN A L S IG N E D BY CL J. 5TO PPS Q. J . Stopps, K .B ., .S . C h ief, Physiology Section GJS/dyb Enclosure