John H. Marsh (Raybestos-Manhattan) to Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn Enclosing Kevin Browne's Draft Review of Lung Fibre Burdens and the AIA Memorandum (1982)

A cover letter from John H. Marsh of Raybestos-Manhattan to Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn of Perkin-Elmer encloses a draft literature review by Kevin Browne on lung fibre burdens. It is followed by a 25 February 1982 Asbestos International Association memorandum from the Director-General introducing the review, and by the review itself, with tables and references. The review discusses sputum, lavage and post-mortem lung-tissue fibre counts as ways of attributing asbestos-related disease, and the behaviour of chrysotile in the lung.

What the document holds

• Page 1: Letter from John H. Marsh, Raybestos-Manhattan, to Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn, Perkin-Elmer, enclosing Browne's draft review (March 3, 1982)
• Page 2: Asbestos International Association memorandum from the Director-General (Sir Neville Stack) to the Executive Committee, 'Measurement of Fibres in Lung' (25 February 1982)
• Pages 3-4: Summary and Conclusions of Kevin Browne's draft review, 'The Attribution of Asbestos-Related Disease by the Estimation of Lung Fibre Burdens'
• Pages 5-12: Introduction and Methods sections of the draft review: sputum, bronchial lavage, post-mortem lung tissue, coated and uncoated fibres, optical and electron microscopy, chrysotile
• Pages 13-15: Tables 1-3 of the draft review: coated fibre counts and optical and TEM counts of uncoated fibres per gram of dried lung
• Pages 16-18: References for the draft review
• Page 19: No text in the OCR (apparently blank or unreadable)

People and organizations

From John H. Marsh (Raybestos-Manhattan, Corporate Headquarters, Trumbull, Connecticut (signer of cover letter)); Sir Neville Stack (Director-General, Asbestos International Association (memo of 25 February 1982)); Dr. Kevin Browne (Member of the AIA Medical Advisory Panel and Medical Adviser to Cape Industries (author of the draft review)) to Dr. H. C. Lewinsohn (Perkin-Elmer, Norwalk, CT); Executive Committee, Asbestos International Association (addressee of the AIA memorandum).

• Kevin Browne (author)
• John H. Marsh (author)
• Neville Stack (author)
• Hilton Cecil Lewinsohn (recipient)
• Raybestos-Manhattan (its organization)
• Asbestos International Association (named)
• Cape Industries PLC (named)
• Medical Advisory Panel (named)
• The Perkin-Elmer Corporation (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Chrysotile: White Asbestos, the Most Common Type · Connecticut Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage · Fiber Counting · Mesothelioma: What It Is, How It's Diagnosed, and How It's Treated · Raybestos-Manhattan.

About this copy

This is document UC-4292 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 19 pages. Production numbers A02001 to UCC 011155.