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J. Corbett McDonald Statement to U.S. Department of Labor Asbestos Hearings, with Draft Paper on the Health of Quebec Chrysotile Mine and Mill Workers (1972)

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A statement by Dr. J. Corbett McDonald for the March 1972 U.S. Department of Labor asbestos standard hearings, asking that references to his team's work in the Criteria Document be discounted and that an attached paper be entered in the record. The attached third draft, 'The Health of Chrysotile Asbestos Mine and Mill Workers of Quebec,' reports dust exposure, radiographic, mortality, lung function and symptom findings, with references, figures and tables, and concludes that a reasonable chrysotile standard would be between 5 and 9 fibres/ml. unreviewed

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Author
Dr. J. Corbett McDonald (Professor of Epidemiology and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology and Health, McGill University); Margaret R. Becklake, MD (co-author of the attached draft paper); Graham W. Gibbs, MSc (co-author of the attached draft paper); Alison D. McDonald, MD (co-author of the attached draft paper); Charles E. Rossiter, MA (co-author of the attached draft paper; with the Medical Research Council Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth, S. Wales)
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McGill University, Department of Epidemiology and Health
Series
Union Carbide documents, UC-5212
Date
March 13, 1972
Number
Bates UCASB00734539 to UCASB00734563
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J. Corbett McDonald, MD, Margaret R. Becklake, MD, Graham W. Gibbs, MSc, Alison D. McDonald, MD, Charles E. Rossiter, MA. "The Health of Chrysotile Asbestos Mine and Mill Workers of Quebec." 1972.

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  • Page 1: McDonald's statement of March 13, 1972 to the U.S. Department of Labour asbestos hearings
  • Pages 2-14: Third draft (10 Mar 1972), 'The Health of Chrysotile Asbestos Mine and Mill Workers of Quebec,' marked Not for Publication
  • Pages 15-16: References list for the draft paper
  • Pages 17-19: Figures 1-3: lung function indices by dust level in smokers and non-smokers
  • Pages 20-25: Tables 1-6: dust exposure, radiographic changes, mortality and symptom data (OCR garbled)

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From Dr. J. Corbett McDonald (Professor of Epidemiology and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology and Health, McGill University); Margaret R. Becklake, MD (co-author of the attached draft paper); Graham W. Gibbs, MSc (co-author of the attached draft paper); Alison D. McDonald, MD (co-author of the attached draft paper); Charles E. Rossiter, MA (co-author of the attached draft paper; with the Medical Research Council Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth, S. Wales) to United States Department of Labour hearings on a standard for exposure to asbestos dust (hearing, Washington D.C., March 14-17, 1972).

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This is document UC-5212 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 25 pages. Production numbers UCASB00734539 to UCASB00734563.

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Dr. J. Corbett McDonald (Professor of Epidemiology and Chairman, Department of Epidemiology and Health, McGill University), Margaret R. Becklake, MD (co-author of the attached draft paper), Graham W. Gibbs, MSc (co-author of the attached draft paper), Alison D. McDonald, MD (co-author of the attached draft paper), Charles E. Rossiter, MA (co-author of the attached draft paper, with the Medical Research Council Pneumoconiosis Unit, Penarth, S. Wales). “J. Corbett McDonald Statement to U.S. Department of Labor Asbestos Hearings, with Draft Paper on the Health of Quebec Chrysotile Mine and Mill Workers.” March 13, 1972. Union Carbide documents, UC-5212, Bates UCASB00734539 to UCASB00734563. McGill University, Department of Epidemiology and Health. AsbestosClaims.Law Library. https://asbestosclaims.law/library/union-carbide-exhibits/uc-5212.

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