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FILE NAME: Raybestos-Manhattan (RBM) DATE: 1974 Oct 24 DOC#: RBM039 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter to Dr. McDonald at McGill Univ. RE Paper concerning Asbestos in Bridgeport Residents October 24, 1974 l)r. A. D. McDonald 11cGi.Il University P.0. IJox 6070 Montreal 101 Quebec, Canada Dear Allison: Inclosed is a copy of a 1966 paper by Bautista and Lobdell concerning asbestos bodies in Bridjjeyiort residents. As you w ill note, tie paper contains a reference to an unpublished verbal 'rej>ort by Dr. Joseph Shea of 14 Bridgeport area cases of* pleural nosotlie.lioina. Several montiis ago i t was rejrt/:d to nie by our plant physician at Stratford, w'nich is adjacent to Bridgeport, tliat Uie nuj:6er of cases luid risen to 27. U'e are 'trying to p,et an up-to-date n-jxnrt. lV;o individuals in tlic Connecticut State Department of Iiivironmental Protection'"have proposed extrei:oly s tr ic t regulations for asbestos emissions. A statow'idc o jr s;urplin;' propraja is in process nw . Their s.*r\}>l*s an.' bebip. talien at hi.rjiw.ry to ll booths and in the vicinity o f asbestos plants. The rationale sujjportiny. tlio proposal states timt .133 t:uiecticiit residents have died o f .nesotbe 1ioi:a since 195:-. V.v don't )a\ow Uu; tliis iniornation was iJevclqied and are tiyinj. to -find out. Sincerely, Lnclosuiv