Asbestos International Association Memo Circulating Gross Brake Dust Abstract, with Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta Drafts on Connecticut Mesothelioma (1985)

The exhibit opens with an Asbestos International Association memorandum dated 11 September 1985. In it the Director General circulated the abstract of a paper by Dr. Paul Gross on asbestos-related disease from brake dust and said the paper had just been submitted to the BJIM, so no use could be made of it yet. Behind it are a title page for the Gross paper, a 1980 cover note from Jane Teta to Dr. Hilton Lewinsohn of Raybestos-Manhattan, and annotated drafts of a Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta study of malignant mesothelioma incidence in Connecticut, 1935-1977, with tables and figures.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Exhibit cover sheet (UC-1272) with handwritten folder label
• Page 2: AIA memorandum, Director General Sir Neville Stack to Medical Advisory Panel, 11 Sept 1985, circulating the Gross brake dust abstract
• Page 3: Title page: 'Asbestos-related Disease from Exposure to Brake-Drum, or Brake-Lining Dust: The Probability of Its Occurence' by Paul Gross, M.D.
• Page 4: Letter, Jane Teta (Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit) to Dr. Hilton C. Lewinsohn, 13 Oct 1980
• Pages 5-23: Annotated draft of Lewinsohn, Meigs and Teta presentation to the Connecticut Thoracic Society, 4 Nov 1980, on malignant mesothelioma in Connecticut, with tables, maps, figures, references and author list
• Page 24: Photocopied pages of JAMA letters to the editor (1980), including one on autopsy and asbestos exposure
• Pages 25-40: Draft paper: 'The Influence of Occupational and Environmental Asbestos Exposure on the Incidence of Malignant Mesothelioma in Connecticut'
• Pages 69-73: Tables and figures: diagnostic classification results and age-adjusted mesothelioma incidence rates in Connecticut

People and organizations

From Sir Neville Stack (Director General, Asbestos International Association) to Medical Advisory Panel (Asbestos International Association).

• Neville Stack (author)
• Medical Advisory Panel (recipient)
• Asbestos International Association (its organization)
• Air Compliance Unit of the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (named)
• Connecticut Cancer Epidemiology Unit (named)
• Connecticut Thoracic Society (named)
• Connecticut Tumor Registry (named)
• Division of Health Statistics of the Connecticut Department of Health (named)
• Raybestos Manhatten (named)
• U.S. Department of Health (named)
• U.S. Dept. of Commerce (named)
• Yale University (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Brakes, Clutches, and Friction Materials · Connecticut Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated.

About this copy

This is document UC-1272 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 73 pages. Production numbers A01209 to A00619.