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Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Minutes, March 10, 1955, with Air Hygiene Committee Minutes and Saranac Laboratory Asbestos Cancer Research Proposal (1955)

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Minutes of the March 1955 general meeting of the Asbestos Textile Institute in Philadelphia, with attached minutes of its Air Hygiene Committee and a February 15, 1955 proposal from the Saranac Laboratory for animal experiments on asbestos fibers and lung cancer. The Air Hygiene Committee reviewed the proposal, discussed publicity linking asbestosis and cancer, and recommended getting a second proposal from another research agency and reviewing dust-control maintenance practices.

Author
H. M. Jackson (Chairman, Air Hygiene Committee (author of the committee minutes)); Dr. Schepers (Director and Executive Vice-President, The Saranac Laboratory (submitter of the research proposal))
Published by
Asbestos Textile Institute
Series
Asbestos Textile Institute documents, ATI-20
Date
March 10, 1955
Number
Bates ATI-000020_0001 to ATI-000020_0014
Library no.
ACL Doc 21041 · asbestosclaims.law/library/21041
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A document from asbestos litigation, published for research and historical study.

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What the document holds

  • Pages 1-2: Minutes of the General Meeting of the Asbestos Textile Institute, March 10, 1955, Philadelphia: attendance, officer and committee reports (page 2 ends mid-sentence)
  • Pages 3-4: Minutes of the Air Hygiene Committee meeting (undated): Saranac cancer proposal, carcinogenic oils, dust-control maintenance
  • Pages 5-14: The Saranac Laboratory proposal to the ATI Air Hygiene Committee, February 15, 1955: experimental investigation of the potential carcinogenicity of asbestos fibers, with plan, discussion, personnel and budget

People and organizations

From H. M. Jackson (Chairman, Air Hygiene Committee (author of the committee minutes)); Dr. Schepers (Director and Executive Vice-President, The Saranac Laboratory (submitter of the research proposal)) to Air Hygiene Committee, Asbestos Textile Institute (recipient of the Saranac Laboratory proposal).

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos Textiles: Cloth, Garments, Gloves, and Blankets · Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Atomic Energy Commission · Bell Asbestos Mines Ltd. · Cape Asbestos · Johns-Manville · Raybestos-Manhattan · Saranac Laboratory · What is asbestosis.

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This is document ATI-20 of the Asbestos Textile Institute documents, produced in asbestos litigation, 14 pages. Production numbers ATI-000020_0001 to ATI-000020_0014.

Cited by Barry Castleman

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H. M. Jackson (Chairman, Air Hygiene Committee (author of the committee minutes)), Dr. Schepers (Director and Executive Vice-President, The Saranac Laboratory (submitter of the research proposal)). “Asbestos Textile Institute General Meeting Minutes, March 10, 1955, with Air Hygiene Committee Minutes and Saranac Laboratory Asbestos Cancer Research Proposal.” March 10, 1955. Asbestos Textile Institute documents, ATI-20, Bates ATI-000020_0001 to ATI-000020_0014. Asbestos Textile Institute. AsbestosClaims.Law Library, ACL Doc 21041. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/21041.

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