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FILE NAME: Saranac (SAR) DATE: 1948 Dec 14 DOC#: SAR178 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Letter from NYU College of Medicine to Saranac Laboratory with Commentary on Asbestos Report Part 1 / NEW YORK UNIVERSITY OOLLICS OF MQXCXNE * i w m i i i n a*i>mucvuc moafital u n to u . ca lk * ) 411 HUT AWMVC, MW TAX It. M.T. WrAITMtwr A M X TM WSa#l In stitu te o; Industrial Medicine tmoiw;-iwoonoO TW tnn Decesber U , 19ti Dr* Arthur fo rv tli K tirint UUmtUirjr t u u i U k t| lev fork Dear ArUrart Vlth m p w t to Ui i i b u t u report, P trt 1, Septeaher X# 194* , 1 aeeting of the n p m w U U i i i of the tsrteivritlag eoapuslti vs told la Vtv fork* The report v ii fiT e n U j received an'* i t vei th genera1 feeling that i t vae neat H t l if i c t e ii aad u c i l l r t je t. I t v n the feeling of thia group that a ll refer ence! to cancer or tuners should he coltied (Partgr*pb 75 Fife 31 - the Intro duetsry pangnph under COlPi.IC.MIOHb* - FkXkgn.pt 92, Page 39). Thie re p e a t vould likewise call for the ellalaatioa of My tables relating to thla subject 1u tte r. The group .* l t t b it t:.re lig h t he laeluded uader a00tiCLtJS10K$* a reference U the aao*pregreaeivt character of the fibrosis produced It* the aa- kaitee. / I f practicable, they ould like to tee a oore definite eteteoaot v lth ^ reapact to the c ite of the fihrea vkleb do the dAaag*. Inquiry oca alee Bade a k * to vbothor tboro via cap relation to the m i e r of fltro a per oahie foot of a ir . I t vis f a it that the language In Coaelualea D, that i t , that a typical | / fibresla could he produced by a ataoapfcarJe *u*pensIce of asbestos duet containing ^ *an extremly aoall proportloo of long fibres* vaa too vague and should be deflaed Bora speclflM lly. It. addltloa to the there ee-- nte there are ether eaggeatieoe vhleh relate a m to form aad eaphaelet . e fe the e rte at permitted ter the result* of the experlmata ante the * 00I613SXCU* aad the Introductory `A1S1WCT Bore d efinite, aad reduce the amber ' of vordo vheee neanlage are met precise. tar axanple, in the AB7fc.C1"tne word* teas", relatively- , "apparently*, *1 believed* aad In "CWCUJSIttS*, page go, the veido lrln a rlly r , aatreaely aaall proportion*. Ac inr as practicable aenfora the AKTfACI* to COKCLUSIOkS*. for exaaple, 0CHCUJS10B5* atetea that *abert aseestos fibres do net produce fibre*ia*, vbaraac ASSTWCT* oaya that *ahart fibre! tre relatively Inert** i/S 317' J bp Vb'i^ * iftriaB U l r*r't I s i t a t f tb#t fiW produet* i d iffm m i oclias than that caused ty free a llie s , Ou^httite thebe point. by rfimnc> to the different#* t t , for inatance, particle s ite , mtehanlcal tmthe: tU s chemical action, tom-parogrtMlon, cod frtditpoaltloo to tuherculoal* Za 0000.05101 Xf p q i 41, rcfcrcoc* is neda la the fourth l in t to "our m l cxptrimoct" and la the U i t l i n t , bottom of page, "prtrlout experience". mat th a t vat ament by th lt rtftrto e t va mot claar to th t group and the/ vould l i l t to o tt that Itta rlfrlfled . Tt vat f e lt that th t ra jo rt vould to aoatwhat o t ti t r to follow i f th t paragraph! dealing vith th t tarloua type* of txpariaanta vtro otparattd by bead ing*. fo r oxa^plt, Paragraph* 11 to 2d ineluaivm, deal vith th t marly King'a flea i t taptrlM nlt) fangrapno 25 to iX d tal vlth tbo 200-mtah n a ttrla l tc vhlcb vat addtd n part In four of n j w t o n a ttrla l) Paragraph* 45 to 57 inductee, daal v ith th t 1005 hall-allied d t t axperlnenta, and Parampha 51 to 7b laclualva, dtal vith the loog fibre axparlxanta. Tbtrt vat coofualoo aa to th t a*parleant* r tf tr r td to U tow of tha ouaVcimd paragraph*. Xt vould he balpfUl I f tht fou- axptrlaant* vert headed up la ooat aonstr other than vith tht regularly ousbtred paragraph* vhlah prtetda and fellow than. Xt vat dtcldad that a fte r theat revision* beta been concluded tha re port of theat ttp trlr '.U l atudle* ahcrld he published t t promptly aa poaaibla, praftrahly in tha Journal j&L Iaduatdal Ibrrtatii. lay import on to.tana aateatoaia heuld ht aaparut* and not a part of th is import. 1b* ahova caapri*** * * vrio*.>a co v et* and euggeaUcns vhieh Xdo not tfciak lavolet* nay a*t*riel change in tha report. Plaaa* lot aa know if ytw viah usj further information mr dlaeuaalona of tha point* raiaad in thia latter. Bait imprda. Cincarmly youra, A. J . Inna* 0