New York Academy of Sciences, Preprinted Abstracts for the Conference on Biological Effects of Asbestos (1964)

A 24-page set of preprinted abstracts for the New York Academy of Sciences' Conference on Biological Effects of Asbestos, held October 19 to 21, 1964, in New York. The abstracts cover the geology and uses of asbestos, animal experiments, X-ray and pathology studies, and disease among asbestos workers. Among them are papers by E. C. Hammond, I. J. Selikoff and J. Churg on asbestosis and on cancer among insulation workers (reporting 307 deaths among 1,522 New York-area insulators, 1943 to 1964), J. C. Wagner on mesothelioma in South Africa and the United Kingdom, and Dr. Kenneth W. Smith of Johns-Manville, "Trends in the Health of the Asbestos Worker."

What it shows

The 1964 conference brought the new findings on asbestos and cancer before a wide scientific audience, including the Selikoff studies of insulation workers. Johns-Manville's medical director was on the program, and Canadian Johns-Manville's geologist gave the opening paper on asbestos geology and uses. The abstracts show what the industry's own doctors heard that week about deaths from lung cancer, mesothelioma and asbestosis among insulators.

In Johns-Manville's index

Johns-Manville's legal department indexed the Motley 1,000 in 1984. Its index describes this document as follows:

Abstracts of papers presented at the New York Academy of Sciences Conference on Biological Effects of Asbestos, 10/19-21/64. Included among the papers presented are those by I. J. Selikoff, J. Churg, and E. C. Hammond entitled "Asbestosis Among Insulation Workers in the United States" and "Neoplasia Among Insulation Workers in the United States with Special Reference to Intra-Abdominal Neoplasia," and that by J. C. Wagner entitled "Epidemiology of Diffuse Mesothelial Tumours," and that by K. W. Smith entitled "Trends in the Health of the Asbestos Worker."

Related documents

• New York Academy of Sciences, Program of the Conference on Biological Effects of Asbestos (1964)

About this copy

This is document 532 of the Motley 1,000, from the set the Manville Personal Injury Settlement Trust's records facility certified as true copies, pages CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001934 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-001957.