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Letter reporting that a small group of mice inhaling asbestos dust for 15 to 24 months showed an 81.8% incidence of pulmonary tumors, compared with 18.8% in mice exposed to quartz-containing dusts. The writer proposed repeating the experiment under controlled conditions with cancer-susceptible mice and applied for an $8,000 first-year grant.
- Author
- Leroy Gardner (signature garbled in OCR; reads 'Gardrer') (Director)
- Series
- Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-87
- Date
- March 15, 1943
- Number
- Bates 010253 to 00010236
- Library no.
- ACL Doc 20987 · asbestosclaims.law/library/20987
- Rights
- A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.
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From Leroy Gardner (signature garbled in OCR; reads 'Gardrer') (Director) to Dr. Ludwig Hektoen (Chairman, Committee on Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland).
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This is document AIA-87 of the Asbestos Information Association documents, documents used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits, 3 pages. Production numbers 010253 to 00010236.
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Leroy Gardner (signature garbled in OCR, reads 'Gardrer') (Director). “Letter from Leroy Gardner to Dr. Ludwig Hektoen on Lung Tumors in Asbestos-Exposed Mice and a Proposed Follow-Up Experiment.” March 15, 1943. Asbestos Information Association documents, AIA-87, Bates 010253 to 00010236. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 20987. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/20987.
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