IOEH Newsletter No. 37 from P. V. Pelnar, with McGill Report on Health Surveillance in Asbestos Workers (1974)

A March 1974 IOEH newsletter listing twelve items: research projects, an ILO asbestos meeting, a shipyard health conference, Asbestos, Quebec air quality measurements, a Netherlands draft asbestos regulation and others. Attached is a December 19, 1973 McGill University report and cover letter on health surveillance of Quebec asbestos workers, including dust indices, lung function testing and a questionnaire. The first page bears a received stamp of Mar 20 1974 and handwritten routing notes; other enclosures are marked in handwriting as not included.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-3: IOEH Newsletter No. 37, March 1974, signed by Dr. P. V. Pelnar, Scientific Secretary
• Page 4: McGill Department of Epidemiology and Health report, 'Health surveillance in asbestos workers', first page
• Page 5: Enclosure 7 cover letter from Becklake and Ducic to QAMA, clinic governors and unions, December 19, 1973
• Page 6: Second page of the McGill report on lung function tests, questionnaire and general conclusions, dated December 19, 1973

People and organizations

From Premysl V. Pelnar, M.D. (Scientific Secretary); Margaret R. Becklake, M.D., F.R.C.P. (McGill University, Department of Epidemiology and Health (author of enclosed report and cover letter)); S. Ducic, M.D., M.Sc., Dip. Epid. (McGill University, Department of Epidemiology and Health (co-author of enclosed report)) to Mr. R.H. Mereness; Members of Scientific Committee, QAMA member-companies, Cassiar Asbestos Corporation, Dr. Karl V. Lindell, Mr. Paul-A. Filteau (Newsletter distribution list); Mr. N. Messel, President, Quebec Asbestos Mining Association (Addressee of the Dec. 19, 1973 McGill cover letter (Enclosure 7), with the industrial clinic governors and union officials).

• Premysl V. Pelnar (author)
• Robert H. Mereness (recipient)
• Cassiar Asbestos Corp (named)
• Department of Epidemiology and Health (named)
• Institute of Occupational and Environmental Health (named)
• International Labor Organization (named)
• Johns-Manville (named)
• McGill University (named)
• National Research Council (named)
• Permanent Commission and International Association on Occupational Health (named)
• QAMA (named)
• Quebec Asbestos Mining Association (QAMA) (named)
• Society for Occupational and Environmental Health (named)
• U.S. Navy (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Johns-Manville · Quebec Asbestos Mining Association.

About this copy

This is document UC-240 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 6 pages. Production numbers 03318 to 03319.