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A three-page copy of the Saranac Laboratory's application to the National Advisory Cancer Council of the National Cancer Institute for a grant-in-aid of $10,000. The project is described, in handwriting, as the "Relationship of asbestosis to pulmonary carcinoma." The form, signed for the laboratory by its director, Dr. Leroy Gardner, agrees that all reports of work paid for by the grant would be submitted to the Council before publication.
- Author
- Leroy U. Gardner
- Published by
- Saranac Laboratory
- Date
- June 3, 1943
- Number
- Bates 205021655–205021656
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 11838 · asbestosclaims.law/library/11838
- Rights
- Republished under fair use for research and historical study.
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What it shows
The application followed Gardner's March 1943 letter reporting lung tumors in mice that had breathed asbestos dust. According to the Institute's staff, the $10,000 budget covered two years, August 1943 to August 1945 (letters of June 1943).
In Johns-Manville's chronology
Johns-Manville's own chronology of what the company knew describes this document as follows:
Copy of Dr. Gardner's application for a research grant for $10k from the National Cancer Institute to further study asbestosis
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- Leroy Gardner to Ludvig Hektoen of the National Cancer Institute on Cancer in Asbestos-Dusted Mice (1943)
- Ludvig Hektoen and R. R. Spencer to Leroy Gardner on Applying for a Cancer Research Grant (1943)
- Ludvig Hektoen to Leroy Gardner Declining the Asbestos and Lung Cancer Grant (1944)
- R. R. Spencer and Ludvig Hektoen to Leroy Gardner Asking for a Statement on Asbestosis (1943)
- R. R. Spencer of the National Cancer Institute to Leroy Gardner on His Grant Application (1943)
- The Johns-Manville Knowledge Chronology
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Leroy U. Gardner. “Saranac Laboratory Application to the National Cancer Institute for a Grant on Asbestosis and Lung Cancer.” June 3, 1943. Bates 205021655–205021656. Saranac Laboratory. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 11838. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/11838.
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