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Reading Castleman, Chapter 5: Asbestos Product Use

The sources Barry Castleman cites in Chapter 5, Asbestos Product Use of Asbestos: Medical and Legal Aspects (5th edition, 2005), in the order the book reads, with the page and note number. 112 of the 317 are in our library and linked. "Inside" means the source is part of a larger item we hold; "See also" is our closest item, not the source itself. All chapters.

Chapter opening epigraph

  • p. 317. A.R. Fisher, President of Johns-Manville Corporation, Address to Industrial Hygiene Foundation 20th Annual Meeting 1955 (Trans. Bull. No. 29, pp. 12-18, I.H.F. Pittsburgh) In our library: The Economics of Industrial Health

The Charges: Failure to Test, Failure to Warn

Basic "State of the Art" Defense Arguments

The Published Literature on Asbestos Disease from Product Use

The Fleischer, Viles, Gade, and Drinker Report

  • p. 324. Russell, Proceedings of Conference Concerning Effects of Dusts Upon the Respiratory System (held by the Industrial Commission of Wisconsin: p. 180), Democrat Press, 1932
  • p. 324. Ellman, J. Indust. Hyg. 15:165-183, 1933 In our library: Pulmonary Asbestosis: Its Clinical, Radiological, And Pathological Features, And Associated Risk Of Tuberculosis Infection
  • p. 324. Ellman, Brit. J. Radiol. 7:281-295, 1934
  • p. 324. Wood & Gloyne, Lancet 2:1383-1385, 1934
  • p. 324. Jacobson, Acta Med. Scand. 78:482-488, 1936
  • p. 324. Ellman, Seventh International Congress of Occupational Accidents and Illnesses, Jean Vromans, Brussels, pp. 409-423, 1936
  • p. 324. Arnold, Beal and Cookson, Brit. J. Tuberc. 33:45-48, 1939
  • p. 324. Wolff, Nord. Med. 5:535-541, 1940
  • p. 324. Kuhn, Arch. Gewerbepath. Gewerbehyg. 10:133-150, 1940
  • p. 324. Schrumpf, Nord. Med. 9:704-706, 1941
  • p. 324. Williams, Med. Bull. Vet. Admin. 18:250-253, 1942
  • p. 324. Holleb & Angrist, Amer. J. Path. 18:123-131, 1942 In our library: Herbert B. Holleb and Alfred Angrist, "Bronchogenic Carcinoma in Association with Pulmonary Asbestosis" (1942)
  • p. 324. Kennaway & Kennaway, Brit. J. Cancer 1:260-297, 1947

Table 3. Epidemiological Reports on Insulation Workers and Related Trades

Table 4

  • p. 329. Wood, W.B. and S.R. Gloyne (1934)—Bull. Hyg. 10:219-220 (1935). Reprinted in Pneumoconiosis Abstr. 1:143 (1953)
  • p. 329. Kuhn, A. (1940)—Bull. Hyg. 17:819-821 (1942). Reprinted in Pneumoconiosis Abstr. 11:4-5 (1954).
  • p. 329. Fleischer, W.E. et al. (1946)—Indust. Hyg. Digest 10:12 (April, 1946).
  • p. 329. Franchini, A. and G. Canepa (1949)—Bull. Hyg. 25:150 (1950). Reprinted in Pneumoconiosis Abstr. II:169-140 (1954).
  • p. 329. Franchini and Canepa—Arch. Indust. Hyg. Occup. Med. 1:362-363 (1950).
  • p. 329. Franchini and Canepa—Indust. Hyg. Digest 14:28-29 (March, 1950).
  • p. 329. Stoll, R., R. Bass, and A.A. Angrist (1951)—Bull. Hyg. 27:44 (1952). Reprinted in Pneumoconiosis Abstr. III:177 (1959). In our library: Asbestosis associated with bronchogenic carcinoma.
  • p. 329. Breslow, L. (1955)—Chest Diseases Section XV of Excerpta Medica 9:257 (1956).
  • p. 329. Breslow, L. Arch. Ind. Health 14:191 (1956).
  • p. 329. Frost, J., J. Georg, and P.F. Møller (1956)—Indust. Hyg. Digest 21: abstract no. 761 (June, 1957). In our library: Industrial Hygiene Digest, June 1957, with an Abstract on Asbestosis among Danish Insulation Workers (1957)
  • p. 329. Frost et al.—Bull. Hyg. 32:260 (1957).
  • p. 329. Frost et al.—Abstr. World Med. 21:359 (1957). See also: Lois Gaul's Manville Memo on Asbestos Items in Abstracts of World Medicine (1985)
  • p. 329. Frost et al.—Public Health, Social Medicine and Hygiene Sec. XVII of Excerpta Medica 3:596 (1957). See also: Lois Gaul's Manville Memo on Excerpta Medica's Public Health Abstracts, 1955–1966 (1988)
  • p. 329. Molfino, F. and D. Zannini (1956)—Bull. Hyg. 32:1168-119 (1957).
  • p. 329. Molfino and Zannini—Public Health, Social Medicine and Hygiene Sec. XVII of Excerpta Medica 3:596 (1957). See also: Lois Gaul's Manville Memo on Excerpta Medica's Public Health Abstracts, 1955–1966 (1988)
  • p. 329. Molfino and Zannini—Chest Diseases Sec. XV of Excerpta Medica 10:501 (1957).
  • p. 329. Hertz, C.W. and H. Reinwein (1959)—Chest Diseases Sec. XV of Excerpta Medica 12:674 (1959). In our library: Asbestosis Among Insulation Workers [With Translation]
  • p. 329. Ambrosi, L. and A. Cavallo (1961)—Public Health, Social Medicine and Hygiene Sec. XVII of Excerpta Medica 8:837-838 (1962).
  • p. 329. Ambrosi and Cavallo—Chest Diseases Sec. XV of Excerpta Medica 16:37-38 (1963).
  • p. 329. Telischi, M. and A.I. Rubenstone (1961)—Public Health, Social Medicine and Hygiene Sec. XVII of Excerpta Medica 8:442 (1962). In our library: Pulmonary Asbestosis Associated With Primary Carcinoma Of The Lung, Bronchial Adenomas, And Adenocarcinoma Of The Stomach
  • p. 329. Telischi and Rubenstone—Chest Diseases Sec. XV of Excerpta Medica 15:454 (1962). In our library: Pulmonary Asbestosis Associated With Primary Carcinoma Of The Lung, Bronchial Adenomas, And Adenocarcinoma Of The Stomach
  • p. 329. Brugsch, H.G. and H. Bavley (1961)—Arch. Environ. Health 4:114 (1962). In our library: Asbestosis In A Worker Engaged In Automobile Undercoating
  • p. 329. Brugsch and Bavley—Indust. Hyg. Digest 25: abstract no. 997 (Oct. 1961). In our library: Asbestosis In A Worker Engaged In Automobile Undercoating
  • p. 329. Brugsch and Bavley—Chest Diseases Sec. XV of Excerpta Medica 15:269 (1962). In our library: Asbestosis In A Worker Engaged In Automobile Undercoating
  • p. 329. Brugsch and Bavley—Public Health, Social Medicine and Hygiene Sec XVII of Excerpta Medica 8:517 (1962). In our library: Asbestosis In A Worker Engaged In Automobile Undercoating
  • p. 329. Eisenstadt, H.B. (1962)—Indust. Hyg. Digest 26: abstract no. 1171 (Dec. 1962). In our library: Pleural Asbestosis
  • p. 329. Eisenstadt, H.B.—J.A.M.A. 182:205 (1962). In our library: Pleural Asbestosis
  • p. 329. Leathart, G.L. and J.T. Sanderson (1963)—Public Health, Social Medicine and Hygiene Sec. XVII of Excerpta Medica 9:988 (1963). See also: Lois Gaul's Manville Memo on Excerpta Medica's Public Health Abstracts, 1955–1966 (1988)
  • p. 330. Merewether, E.R.A. and C.W. Price. Report on Effects of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs and Dust Supression in the Asbestos Industry. H.M. Stationery Ofc., p. 19 (1930). In our library: E. R. A. Merewether and C. W. Price, Report on Effects of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs (1930)
  • p. 330. Merewether, E.R.A. A. Memorandum on Asbestosis. Tubercle 15:69-81 (1933). In our library: A Memorandum On Asbestosis
  • p. 330. Asbestos. Indust. Bull. 13:95 (1934).
  • p. 330. Lanza, A.J. Dust Diseases as They Affect the Construction Industry. Trans. 25th Nat. Safety Cong., Chicago: Nat. Safety Council, 1936, pp. 244-246.
  • p. 330. Sappington, C.O. Banish the Dust Hazard. Mill and Factory 18:69-71, 150-152 (1936).
  • p. 330. A Survey of Occupational Exposures to Specified Materials in Maryland. U.S. Public Health Service and Maryland state agencies (1936).
  • p. 330. Merewether, E.R.A. Dust and the Lungs. Industrial Medicine Symposium No. 3 Medical Press and Circular Supplement pp. 11-17 (July 20, 1938).
  • p. 330. George I.L. and C.M. Allen. Standard Oil Company of Louisiana Manufacturing Department Summary of Medical Activities 1938. Med. Bull. 4:98-109 (1939).
  • p. 330. Brown, E.W. Industrial Hygiene and the Navy in National Defense. Air Hygiene Foundation of America, Inc. Fifth Annual Meeting of Members, 77-84 (Nov. 12-13, 1940). See also: Captain Ernest W. Brown, "Industrial Hygiene and the Navy in National Defense" (1941)
  • p. 330. Annual Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Navy for 1939, U.S. Navy Dept., 1941, p. 24.
  • p. 330. Dublin, L.I. and R.J. Vane. Occupation Hazards and Diagnostic Signs. Bull. No. 41, U.S. Dept. of Labor Standards, 1942, p. 25.
  • p. 330. Gardner, L.U. The Pneumoconiosis. Med. Clin. North Amer. 26:1239-1260 (1942).
  • p. 330. Grämer, J. Health Injuries in Electro-welders. Arch. Gewerbepath. Gewerbehyg. 11:644-685 (1942). Abstract in Bull. Hyg. 18:847-848 (1943); reprinted in Pneumoconiosis Abstracts 11:327-328 (1954).
  • p. 330. Minimum Requirements for Safety and Industrial Health in Contract Shipyards. Indust. Med. Surg. 12:259-263 (1943). Also published as a government report in 1943 by the U.S. Navy and Maritime Commission.
  • p. 330. Homburger, F. The Coincidence of Primary Carcinoma of the Lungs and Pulmonary Asbestosis, Amer. J. Path. 19:797-807 (1943). In our library: F. Homburger, "The Co-Incidence of Primary Carcinoma of the Lungs and Pulmonary Asbestosis" (1943)
  • p. 330. Lawrence, W.E. Fume Control in Shipyards. Nat. Safety News (1944) April, pp. 16-17, 90-92, and, Trans. 32nd Nat. Safety Cong., 1943, pp. 401-404.
  • p. 330. Hutchinson, F.W. Dust as an Industrial Health Hazard. Heating and Ventilating 41:57-61. (1944).
  • p. 330. Alden, H.S. and W.H. Howell. The Asbestos Corn. Arch. Dermatol. Syphil. 49:312-314 (1944).
  • p. 330. Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories for the Year 1945, London: H.M. Stationery Ofc., 1946, pp. 13-14.
  • p. 330. Drinker, P. Health and Safety in Contract Shipyards During the War. Occup. Med. 3:335-343 (1947).
  • p. 330. Asbestos Dust. Safety Review 4:13 (1947). U.S. Navy.
  • p. 330. Brahdy, L. Discussion. Dis. Chest. 14:885-555 (1948).
  • p. 330. (Editorial) Asbestosis and Cancer of the Lung. J.A.M.A. 140:1219-1220 (1949). In our library: Journal of the American Medical Association, Asbestosis and Cancer of the Lung (1949)
  • p. 330. Asbestos Regulations. Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories for the Year 1949, London: H.M. Stationery Ofc., 1951, pp. 144-146.
  • p. 330. Sroka, K.H. Occupational Disease Caused by Asbestos. Krebsarzt 7:167-171 (1952).
  • p. 330. Hardy, H.L. Occupational Medicine. New Eng. J. Med. 247:473-483 (1952). In our library: Medical Progress - Occupational Medicine - Hardy
  • p. 330. McVittie, J.D. Pneumoconiosis in the United Kingdom. Third International Conference of Experts on Pneumoconiosis, Sydney, February-March, 1950, Record of Proceedings. Geneva: International Labor Office, 1953, p. 172.
  • p. 331. Lung Cancer. Safety Maint. Prod. 107:66 (1954).
  • p. 331. Portigliatti-Barbos, M. Considerations on the Association between Asbestosis and Pulmonary Carcinoma. Giorn. Acad. Med. Torino 91-107 (1955).
  • p. 331. McLaughlin, A.I.G. The Dust Diseases in Great Britain. Arch. Industr. Health 12:83-98 (1955). In our library: The Dust Diseases In Great Britain
  • p. 331. Gardiner, J.F. Occupational Diseases of the Lungs. Nebraska State Med. J. 40:285-289 (1955). In our library: Occupational Diseases Of The Lungs
  • p. 331. Pabst, A.C. The Expanding Field of Industrial Hygiene. Nat. Safety News 71:20-21, 103-111 (April, 1955).
  • p. 331. _______. Industrial Hygiene in the Petroleum Industry. Petroleum Eng. E-2 to E-8 (May, 1955).
  • p. 331. Hueper, W.C. A Quest into the Environmental Causes of Cancer of the Lung. Public Health Monograph No. 36, Washington: Public Health Service Publication No. 452, 1955, pp. 35-38. In our library: A Quest Into The Environmental Causes Of Cancer Of The Lung
  • p. 331. Francia, A. and G. Monarca. Asbestosis and Pulmonary Carcinoma. Minerva Med. 27:1950-1959 (1956).
  • p. 331. Dust Hazard in Industry. Manufacturing and Management (Australia), pp. 20-24 (July 10, 1956).
  • p. 331. Thomas, D.L.G. Pneumokoniosis in Victorian Industry. Med. J. Australia 1:75-77 (1957).
  • p. 331. The Protection of Workers against Occupational Diseases and Poisoning. Geneva: Chemical Industries Committee, Fifth Session; Third Item on the Agenda, International Labour Office, 1957; pp. 21-23.
  • p. 331. Harvey, B. and R. Murray Industrial Health Technology. London: Butterworth & Co., 1958, p. 75.
  • p. 331. Asbestos Industry Regulations, 1931. Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories for the Year 1956, London: H.M. Stationery Ofc., 1958, pp. 141-145.
  • p. 331. Gough, J. Discussion. Proceedings of the Pneumoconiosis Conference held at the University of Witwatersand, Johannesburg, 9-24 Feb. 1959. (Ed. A.J. Orenstein), Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1960, p. 390.
  • p. 331. Schepers, G.W.H. Penumociniosis. Encyclopedia Britannica 18:99-100 (1960). In our library: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Vol. 18, Excerpt on Pneumonoconiosis (1961 Printing, Exhibit P-480)
  • p. 331. Occupational Health Hazards Release No. 27, U.S. Navy, p. 104 (1960).
  • p. 331. Occupational Health Hazards Release No. 29, U.S. Navy, p. 32 (1961).
  • p. 331. Meyer, W.H. and F.W. Church. Industrial Hygiene Aspects of Mechanical Operations in a Petroleum Refinery. Med. Bull. 21:256-265 (1961).
  • p. 331. Hueper, W.C. Carcinogens in the Human Environment. Arch. Path. 71:237-267 (1961). In our library: Carcinogens In The Human Environment
  • p. 331. Hurwitz, M. Roentgenologic Aspects of Asbestosis. Amer. J. Roent. 85:25-262 (1961).
  • p. 331. Scheinbaum, M. Some Health Hazards Associated with the Building Trades. Amer. Industr. Hyg. Assoc. J. 23:353-358 (1962).
  • p. 331. Working Conditions and Safety in Shipbuilding and Ship Repairing. Metal Trades Committee, Seventh Session, International Labour Office, 1962, pp. 85-86.
  • p. 331. Hervieux, J. Certain Aspects de l'Asbestose, Cahiers Méd. Inter Professionelle 7:41-42 (1962).
  • p. 331. Asbestosis, Safety Review 19:10 (1962).
  • p. 331. An, S.H. and I. Koprowska. Primary Cytologic Diagnoses of Asbestosis Associated with Bronchogenic Carcinoma. Acta Cytol. 6:391-398 (1962).

Table 5. Some Articles Noting Disease/Risk in Insulation Workers and Other Asbestos Product Users

Table 7. Legal Literature/Cases—Asbestos Product Users

  • p. 336. Lacomastic Corp. v. Parker, U.S. District Court, Distr. of Md. Admiralty—No. 2617, in Workmen's Compensation Law Reporting Service, Commerce Clearing House (1944), p. 1068.
  • p. 336. Converse v. State, 181 Misc. 113, 41 N.Y.S.2d 245 (1944).
  • p. 336. CSI 68/49 (K.L.) Reported Decisions of the Commissioner under the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts. Vol. 1. 1948-1952 (1955)
  • p. 336. CWI 53/50 (K.I.) Ibid.
  • p. 336. Record of Proceedings/Third International Conference of Experts on Pneumoconiosis, Sydney, February-March 1950 Vol 1. Geneva: International Labour Office, 1953, pp. 235-247.
  • p. 336. Hyatt v. Armstrong Florida 121 So. 2d 793
  • p. 337. Muldoon v. Charles S. Woods Co. New York Supreme Court Appellate Div. Third Judicial Dept. No. 1397. In Workmen's Compensation Law Reports, Commerce Clearing House, pp. 3048-3049 (1959)
  • p. 337. The Shipbuilding and Shiprepairing Regulations, 1960 Statutory-Instruments 1960 Part II. 1960 No. 1932 Part VII Regulation 76, H.M. Stationery Office, London, (1961), p. 1454
  • p. 337. Northwestern Asbestos and Cork Co. v. Industrial Commission, 21 Wis. 2d 554, 124 N.W.2d 628

Unpublished Documentation

Table 8. Nonpublished Reference to Asbestos Disease/Risk in Insulators and Other Product Users (cont.)

Unpublished Documentation

Table 8. Nonpublished Reference to Asbestos Disease/Risk in Insulators and Other Product Users (cont.)

Unpublished Documentation

Sprayed Asbestos

  • p. 347. an editorial in the Lancet (1932) on sprayed asbestos in the London tube railways
  • p. 348. Annual Reports of the Chief Inspector of Factories for the years 1945 and 1949
  • p. 348. Corporate records from 1953 (National Gypsum Company; see "National Gypsum Company," in Chapter 9)

Limited Information on Hazards of Specific Products

Asbestos in Feminine Hygiene Products

  • p. 353. United States Patent 2,896,626, US Patent Year: 1959, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, Wisconsin In our library: US Patent 2896626
  • p. 353. United States Patent 3,959,569, US Patent Year: 1976 (equivalent United Kingdom Patent GB1354406), Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan In our library: US Patent 3959569
  • p. 353. United States Patent 4,018,646, US Patent Year: 1977, Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey In our library: US Patent 4018646
  • p. 353. United States Patent 4,088,132, US Patent Year: 1978, W.R. Grace & Co., New York, New York In our library: US Patent 4088132

Table 9 (cont.)

  • p. 358. United States Patent 5,658,915 (US Patent Year: 1997); Japanese Patent Applications Nov 29, 1990 2-325405; Nov 29, 1990 2-325406; Oct 26, 1991 3-306857; Oct 26, 1991 3-306858 In our library: US Patent 5658915
  • p. 358. United States Patent 5,763,333 (US Patent Year: 1998); Japanese Patent Application Mar 19, 1996 8-063055; equivalent United Kingdom Patent GB2311249 In our library: US Patent 5763333

CONCLUSION

The Charges: Failure to Test, Failure to Warn

  • p. 318, note 1. Verhalen, J.P. (U.S. Mineral Products Corp.), "National Accounts" internal memorandum to E.W. Fairweather (Nov. 12, 1962); Eaton, T.H., "Marinite Dust" memorandum (June 18, 1958); Eaton, T.H., memorandum to H.M. Ball (July 7, 1958); Smith, K.W., "Caution Label Marinite" memorandum (July 9, 1958); Hoffer, W.G., "Marinite Dust" memorandum to D.L. Hinmon (July 29,1958); Koch, E.C., teletype message to Dr. K.W. Smith (Oct. 11, 1960); Hodgson, W.G. (Toronto) "Caution Labels Industrial Insulation Products Your Letter January 29" memorandum to A. Pocius (Feb. 1, 1965); Fisk, A.L. (J-M General Headquarters), "Rules and Regulations Relating to Labeling in the Use, Handling, and Storage of Substances Harmful to the Health and Safety of Employees" memorandum to J.C. Kelleher Montreal (Mar. 6, 1952); Fisk, A.L., memorandum to W.H. Souter (Apr. 3, 1952); Fisk, A.L., memorandum to J.C. Kelleher (May 2,1952); Kelleher, J.C., memorandum to A.L. Fisk (Apr. 23, 1952).
  • p. 318, note 2. Selikoff, I.J., E.C. Hammond and J. Churg, "Asbestos Exposure and Neoplasia," J.A.M.A. 188:22-26 (1964)
  • p. 318, note 3. Selikoff, I.J., J. Churg, and E.C. Hammond, "The Occurrence of Asbestosis among Insulation Workers in the United States," Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 132:139-155 (1965). In our library: The occurrence of asbestosis among insulation workers in the United States.
  • p. 319, note 4. Asch, K., "Asbestos Law/Victims' Rights and Industry's Reaction," Ann N.Y. Acad. Sci. 330:255-272 (1979). In our library: Asbestos law: victims' rights and industry's reaction.
  • p. 319, note 5. C. Borel v. Fiberboard Paper Products et al., 493 Fed. 2d 1076 U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit (Sept. 10, 1973).
  • p. 319, note 6. Peters, G.A. and B.J. Peters, Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases New York: Garland STPM Press, 1980. And volumes 2-4 (1986-1989). Also, Asbestos Disease Update (1989) and Asbestos Abatement Update (1990), New York: Garland Publishing Co. By late 1995, the Sourcebook on Asbestos Diseases numbered 11 volumes, with a 12th planned in 1996. The publisher is Mitchie Butterworth, Charlottesville, VA.
  • p. 319, note 7. Baron, F.M., Handling Occupational Disease Cases Tiburon, California: Lawpress, 1981.
  • p. 319, note 8. Asbestos Litigation New York: Law & Business, Inc./Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1982.

Basic "State of the Art" Defense Arguments

The Published Literature on Asbestos Disease from Product Use

Table 5. Some Articles Noting Disease/Risk in Insulation Workers and Other Asbestos Product Users

  • p. 333, note 21. Lanza, A.J. (ed.) Silicosis and Asbestosis New York: Oxford University Press, 1938, p. 175.
  • p. 334, note 22. Dreessen, W.C., and W.E. Fleischer, "Asbestosis from Amosite Pipe Covering at Bath Iron Works," Bath, Maine (Dec. 19,1944). Unpublished Navy document. In our library: W. C. Dreessen and W. E. Fleischer, Asbestosis from Amosite Pipe Covering at Bath Iron Works (1944)
  • p. 334, note 23. Drinker, P., et al., "Industrial Health Survey of the Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation, Portland Oregon, Sept. 3-4, 1942," report to U.S. Maritime Commission.
  • p. 334, note 24. Drinker, P. (Consultant, U.S. Maritime Commission), letter to Captain Ingram, U.S. Bureau of Ships (Jan. 8, 1944).
  • p. 334, note 25. Molfino, F. and D. Zannini, "Pulmonary Diseases Caused by Dust among Dockworkers," Folia Med. 39:525-539 (1956).

The "Downstream" Literature

  • p. 335, note 26. Meiklejohn, A., "Abstract 1156 (Asbestosis with Pleural Calcification among Insulation Workers," Abstracts World Med. 21:359 (1957).
  • p. 335, note 27. Dorland, W.A.N. and E.C.L. Miller, The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary (17th Ed.) Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co., 1937, p. 158.
  • p. 335, note 28. Taylor, N.B., Stedman's Medical Dictionary (17th Rev. Ed.) Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1949, p. 112.
  • p. 335, note 29. Taylor, N.B. and A.E. Taylor. Stedman's Practical Medical Dictionary (16th Rev. Ed.) Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins Co., 1946, p. 107.
  • p. 335, note 30. Jones, H.W., Hoerr, N.L., and A. Osol. Blackiston's New Gould Medical Dictionary Philadelphia: Blackiston Co., 1949, p. 103.

Sprayed Asbestos

  • p. 347, note 31. "Asbestos in the London Tube Railways," Lancet 1:410 (1932).
  • p. 347, note 32. Plamondon, S.R. (Ministry of Health, Div. of Industrial Hygiene, Montreal), letter to N.R. Dolby (J.W. Roberts, Ltd.), July 11, 1949. T&N document 0009-1621. And Dolby's letter to H.A. Williamson (Atlas Asbestos, Montreal), Aug. 10, 1949. T&N document 0009-1615.
  • p. 347, note 33. Knox, J.F. (Turner Brothers Asbestos), letter to J. Clogg (Washington Chemical), Sept. 23, 1960. T&N document 0009-0048.
  • p. 347, note 34. Charles Coyle File, T&N documents. Quoted letter from A.E. McKenna (James Chapman & Co. Solicitors) to A.D.N. Jones (T&N), Mar. 27, 1956. Also, "The Shocking Story of Asbestos," BBC Radio Program Face the Facts, Oct. 6, 1993.
  • p. 348, note 35. Ahlborg, G. and "Asbestosis, an Occupational Disease New to Sweden," Svenska Lakartidningen 53:1376-1383 (1956).
  • p. 348, note 36. "Asbestos Rock Wool—Spray Blends Interim Report" (stamped received 19 July 1957). T&N document 0112-1793. Also, "Rockwool" (July 10, 1957). T&N document 0112-1179.
  • p. 348, note 37. Hardie, H.D.S., "Asbestos and Lung Cancer," memorandum to W.P. Howard (Mar. 1, 1966). T&N document 0060-0152-0648.
  • p. 348, note 38. Hardie, H.D.S., "Asbestos and Health," Turner & Newall Board Meeting 6 February, 1976. T&N document 0202-0138.
  • p. 349, note 39. Hardie, H.D.S., "1969 Asbestos Regulations," Turner & Newall Board Meeting 27 April 1972. T&N document 0030-1005.
  • p. 349, note 40. Hardie, H.D.S., "Asbestos and Health—the Media," memorandum and attachments, Apr. 16, 1981. T&N document 0228-1103.
  • p. 349, note 41. Knox, J.F., "Supplementary Report on Medical Arrangements Scheme/J. W. Roberts, Ltd. memorandum for Board Meeting Oct. 11, 1957. T&N document 0008-1344. And Waddell, J. "Asbestosis in Australia," memorandum to A.N. Marshall (J.W. Roberts, Ltd.) and attached notes, Nov. 17, 1959.
  • p. 349, note 42. Stratton, R.M. "Asbestosis," letter to A.N. Marshall, Sept. 11, 1959.
  • p. 349, note 43. Keasbey & Mattison advertisement in Engineering Record (Mar. 19, 1959).
  • p. 349, note 44. Marshall, A.N., "Health Hazards in the Insulation Field" memorandum to J. Waddell (July 25, 1962). Replies to Waddell memorandum the day before with same title. T&N document 0024-1218.
  • p. 349, note 45. "Use of Sprayed Asbestos," Turner & Newall Limited Board Meeting—7th March 1974.

Epidemiology of Cancer in Asbestos Product Users

  • p. 350, note 46. Breslow, L. et al., "Occupations and Cigarette Smoking as Factors in Lung Cancer," Amer. J. Publ. Health 44:171-181 (1954).

Limited Information on Hazards of Specific Products

  • p. 350, note 47. Murphy, R.L., et al., "Floor Tile Installation as a Source of Asbestos Expoure," Amer. Rev. Resp. Dis. 104:576-580 (1971). In our library: Floor tile installation as a source of asbestos exposure.
  • p. 351, note 48. Sendecki, M.J., Congoleum Manager of Safety and Environmental Protection, "Installer Exposure–Asbestos," memorandum to M.J. Walter, Industrial Relations Counsel, and attached test data summary, Jan. 28, 1975.
  • p. 351, note 49. Defendant Congoleum Corporation's Amended Response to Plaintiffs' Standard General Order 129 Interrogatories, In re: Complex Asbestos Litigation No. 828684, Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco, Aug. 25, 1998.
  • p. 351, note 50. Roy, N.K., et al., GCA Corp., Asbestos Abatement and Evaluation: Task 7 Substitute Performance Analysis for Asbestos Paper Products and Brake Linings, Draft Task Report, Sept., 1979.
  • p. 364, note 51. Schiotz, E.H., "A Case of Pulmonary Asbestosis?," Nord. Med. 12: 3349 (1941). Nordmann, M., and H. Sonnenberg, "Asbestos-Cement Dust-Lung," Arch. Gewerbepath. Gewerbehyg. 18:205-219 (1960).
  • p. 364, note 52. Remarks by Milt Trosper. Asbestos Information Association North America. Third Annual Industry-Government Conference Sept. 8-9, 1976, Washington, pp. 109-115.
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CONCLUSION

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  • p. 368, note 111. Minimum Requirements for Safety and Industrial Health in Contract Shipyards U.S. Navy and Maritime Commission, Washington, 1943, p. 9. In our library: Minimum Requirements For Safety And Industrial Health In Contract Shipyards
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