Asbestos International Association Circulars on Asbestos, Smoking and Lung Cancer and the UK Advisory Committee on Asbestos Evidence (1979)

Compilation of Asbestos International Association (AIA) circulars from July to December 1979. It contains a memorandum forwarding a Cape Industries paper on asbestos, smoking and lung cancer, and a 1 September 1979 New York Times article on a US Consumer Product Safety Commission review of asbestos in consumer products. It also contains an AIA compliments slip and a Cape Industries cover letter, followed by Dr. Kevin Browne's synopsis of the medical evidence given to the UK Advisory Committee on Asbestos.

What the document holds

• Page 1: AIA memorandum, Sir Neville Stack to Member Associations and the Medical and Dust Measurement Advisory Panels, 20 July 1979, forwarding a Cape Industries paper
• Pages 2-3: Paper 'Asbestos/Smoking/Lung Cancer Relationships' discussing Selikoff's figures for non-smoking insulation workers and a table of lung cancer cases in smokers and non-smokers
• Page 4: New York Times article, 1 September 1979, 'Asbestos Study Is Begun On 150 Types of Products' (CPSC review), with handwritten marginal note about Calidria
• Page 5: AIA 'With Compliments' slip dated 10 December 1979 enclosing Dr. Kevin Browne's report on the Advisory Committee on Asbestos
• Page 6: Letter, Dr. W.J. Smither to Sir Neville Stack, 5 December 1979, recommending Dr. Browne's synopsis for circulation
• Pages 7-12: Dr. Browne's synopsis of Professor Acheson's review of the health effects of asbestos for the UK Advisory Committee on Asbestos, with his comment

People and organizations

From Sir Neville Stack (Asbestos International Association; signed the 20 July 1979 memorandum); Dr. W.J. Smither (Signed the 5 December 1979 cover letter to Sir Neville Stack); Dr. Kevin Browne (Author of the synopsis of the medical evidence to the Advisory Committee on Asbestos) to Member Associations (Asbestos International Association); Medical Advisory Panel; Dust Measurement Advisory Panel; Sir Neville Stack (Addressee of the 5 December 1979 letter).

• Kevin Browne (author)
• W. J. Smither (author)
• Neville Stack (author, recipient)
• Member Associations (recipient)
• Dust Measurement Advisory Panel (recipient)
• Medical Advisory Panel (recipient)
• Asbestos International Association (its organization)
• Cape Industries PLC (named)
• Consumer Product Safety Commission (named)
• EMAS (named)
• EPA (named)
• Health and Safety Executive (named)
• IARC (named)
• Mount Sinai (named)
• New York Times (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Asbestos and Lung Cancer · Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · EPA · IARC · New York Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-1614 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 12 pages. Production numbers A18063 to A18064.