Hans Weill, M.D., to Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr., on the Medical Literature Linking Asbestos and Lung Cancer (1977)

Letter in which Dr. Hans Weill gave attorney Wendell Alcorn his views on a catalog of medical literature on lung cancer as an asbestos health effect, prepared by Phil Enterline. He divided the literature into the periods 1935-1940, 1941-1949, 1949-1955 and 1955 to the present. For each period he gave his judgment of how strong the evidence for an asbestosis/lung cancer association would appear to medical practitioners, from "possible" to "probable" to "proven." The first copy bears a Union Carbide Metals Division received stamp (Nov. 30, 1977) and handwritten routing notes.

People and organizations

From Hans Weill, M.D. (Department of Medicine, Pulmonary Diseases Section, Tulane University School of Medicine) to Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr. (Attorney at Law, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York); Guy Gabrielson (copy recipient (cc)); Robert Mereness (copy recipient (cc)).

• Hans Weill (author)
• Wendell B. Alcorn, Jr. (recipient)
• Guy G. Gabrielson, Jr. (copied)
• Robert H. Mereness (copied)
• Tulane University School of Medicine (its organization)
• British Medical Journal (named)
• Cadwalader (named)
• Journal of the American Medical Association (named)
• Metals Division (named)
• The Lancet (named)
• Union Carbide Corporation (named)

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About this copy

This is document UC-900 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 5 pages. Production numbers 03072 to A80753.