Unsigned Letter to Dr. A. D. McDonald on Mesothelioma Cases in Connecticut (1974)

An unsigned one-page letter of October 24, 1974, to Dr. A. D. (Allison) McDonald of McGill University, sending a 1966 paper by Bautista and Lobdell on asbestos bodies in Bridgeport residents (not attached here). The writer said the paper mentioned an unpublished report by Dr. Joseph Shea of 14 Bridgeport-area cases of pleural mesothelioma, and that "our plant physician at Stratford" had since reported 27. Two officials of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection had proposed strict limits on asbestos emissions, and their rationale "states that 133 Connecticut residents have died of mesothelioma since 1935. We don't know how this information was developed and are trying to find out."

In Johns-Manville's index

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

Letter (unsigned) to Dr. A.D. McDonald (McGill University), 10/24/74, enclosing a copy of a 1966 paper by Bautista and Lobdell concerning asbestos bodies in Bridgeport residents. (Paper is not attached.) States that two individuals in the Connecticut State Department of Environmental Protection have proposed extremely strict regulations for asbestos emissions and that a statewide air sampling program is now in progress. "The rationale supporting the proposal states that 133 Connecticut residents have died of mesothelioma since 1935."

Duplicate of Motley Document #690.

About this copy

These are documents 690 and 862 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-002408 to CRMC-Motley1000-Subj-002408.