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FILE NAME DuPont DUP DATE 1970 Mar 9 DOC DUP133 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Letter from James F. Morgan to C.F. Reinhardt RE Asbestos Conference . cc G. J. Stopps - Haskell Lab D. B. Hood ~ Haskell Lab March 9 1970 258 SO, C. F. REINHARDT HASKELL LABORATORY Conversation ASBESTOS CONFERENCE Conversation with R. T. deTreville March 4 1970 1970 ( At 8:30 today 3/4/70 I met with Dr. deTreville in his office in Pittsburgh to outline for him the purposes and the gram for the Asbestos Conference which general pro- I told him I did not think that this we seek to hold in Du Pont Conference could serve as a prototype instruction meeting of the type which Industrial Hygiene Foundation hopes to begin providing for member companies This is because of the austerity program and our obligation to do as much of the work in connection with this Conference by ourselves as is possible tation of I specifically asked the health aspects of for his participation in asbestos We discussed the presen- a review of health aspects which would include the history of lung disease of asbestos including asbestosis carcinoma and mesothelioma Dr. deTreville is enthusiastic about participating and has told me that he will be available on any one of the following dates April 1 2 6 7 or 9. oy I am to write him a letter reviewing what we -... cussed today and the tentative program outline He reviewed for me some of the functions which IHF is seeking to fulfill These would include participation in the combined the Accreditation Program for Industry in Industrial Health This joint effort will bring together the Occupational Health Institute the Industrial Medical Association the American Industrial Hygiene Association American Conference for Governmental Industrial Hygienists the Academy of Occupational Medicine and will supersede an accreditation which was begun a long time ago by the American College of Surgeons He spoke of obtaining applications for accreditation from Companies in which they would describe their effort in industrial health including procedures for review of hazardous processes or operations such as that in which I was engaged yesterday Belle He thinks that this kind of information should be avail- able in connection with the government's expected interest in obtaining data on compliance with health and safety laws Note He told me that later this month he will address a meet- ing of the American Textile Manufacturing Association which will be attended by Du Pont's president Mr. McCoy os Dr. deTreville is trying to provide for the the Foundation as a source of research pathology members He has discovered at Charleston South lent candidate pathologist for a replacement for future needs of for industrial Carolina an excelPaul Gross who will C. F. REINHARDT o, March 9 1970 Page 2 A259 ASBESTOS CONFERENCE retire in three years The candidate Dr. Harley is expected to remain at South Carolina in the intervening years and carry on a research program associated with the effort of Dr. Gross in Pittsburgh A staff of pathologists under Dr. Harley and the department head will be available for outside pathology work . THE THE The published proceedings of the Foundation's Fibrous Dust Seminar whichI attended about a year and half ago will issue later this month Copies of the Proceedings should be avail- Conference able for those who attend the Asbestos Part of the proceedings consist of an address by an epidemiologist Dr. of Pittsburgh who had data on the fate of persons such Enterline exposed to asbestos Some were exposed for brief periods as two years then removed from industry and later in their lives developed lung cancer Others beginning work about the same time and continuing to work in the asbestos industry developed asbestosis and from this many subsequently died These data should be described in the Proceedings This is an indication that high exposure levels for fairly brief periods may subse- quently result in deleterious effects Again it may be indica- tive of the production of lung cancer by asbestos even when asbestosis does not develop Morgon J Fr. GAMES F. MORGAN Morgon bjd