Hi- thanks for the question. Unfortunately, most of the documents you
are looking for are not in a downloadable format due to the dates of
their publications. However, I included a comprehensive list of the
important historical sources you requested. In my research, the
Nordman, Dreeson, Doll and Cook documents were most often cited in
other works on the subject. I also provided links to web-available
information which should provide valuable backround and context to
your search.
First, here are the sources you will need:
Cooke, W.E., M.D. "Pulmonary Asbestosis", 1927
Wood, Burton and Gloyne, Roodhouse. The Lancet "Pulmonary Asbestosis",
1930
Mills, Ralph. Minnesota Medicine. "Pulmonary Asbestosis: Report of a
Case", 1930
Merewether, E.R.A., M.D. Journal of Industrial Hygiene "Occurrence of
Pulmonary Fibrosis and Other Pulmonary Affections in Asbestos
Workers", 1930
Merewether, E.R.A. and Price, C.W. Report on the Effects of Asbestos
Dust on the Lungs and Dust Suppression in the Asbestos Industry, 1930
Willson, Frederick. Safety Engineering "The Very Least an Employer
Should Know about Dust and Fume Diseases", 1931
Russell, Albert, M.D. Proceedings of Conference Concerning Effects of
Dusts Upon the Respiratory System, 1932
Ellman, Philip, M.D. The Journal of Industrial Hygiene "Pulmonary
Asbestosis: Its Clinical, Radiological, and Pathological Features, and
Associated Risk of Tuberculosis Infection", 1933
Merewether, E.R.A., M.D. Tubercle "A Memorandum on Asbestosis",
1933-34
Holland, Victor, ed. The Industrial Bulletin "Asbestosis", 1934
Donnelly, J., M.D. American Journal of Public Health "Pulmonary
Asbestosis", 1934
Ellman, Philip, M.D. "Pneumonoconiosis, Part III - Pulmonary
Asbestosis", 1934
Wood, W. Berton, M.D. and Gloyne, S. Roodhouse, M.D. The Lancet
"Pulmonary Asbestosis: A Review of One Hundred Cases", 1934
Lanza, A.J., McConnell, William and Fehnel, J. William. Public Health
Reports "Effects on the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs of
Asbestos Workers", 1935
Lanza, A.J., McConnell, William and Fehnel, J. William. Public Health
Reports "Effects on the Inhalation of Asbestos Dust on the Lungs of
Asbestos Workers" Reprint No. 1665, 1935
Lynch, Kenneth, M.D. and Smith, Atmar, M.D. The American Journal of
Cancer "Pulmonary Asbestosis III: Carcinoma of Lung in
Asbestos-Silicosis", 1935
Donnelly, J., M.D. Journal of Industrial Hygiene and Toxicology
"Pulmonary Asbestosis: Incidence and Prognosis", 1936
Nordmann, M., and Krebsforch, Ztachr. Abstract of the Literature of
Industrial Hygiene "Occupational Cancer in Asbestos Workers", 1938
Occupation and Health "Asbestos", 1938
Dreeson, Waldemar. Dallavalle, J.M. et al. A Study of Asbestosis in
the Textile Industry U.S. Treasury Dept. Public Health Service, 1938
Occupation Hazards and Diagnostic Signs A Revision of Labor Statistics
Bulletin No. 582, 1942
Cook, Warren. Industrial Medicine "The Occupational Disease Hazard:
Evaluation in the Field", 1942
Holleb, Herbert and Angrist, Alfred. The American Journal of Pathology
"Bronchiogenic Carcinoma in Association with Pulmonary Asbestosis",
1942
Hueper, W.C., M.D. Occupational Tumors and Allied Diseases, 1942
Lawrence, William Transactions: 32nd National Safety Congress "Control
of Fumes in Shipyards", 1943
Doll, A Study of Lung Cancer Mortality in Asbestos Workers,1955
Cite list from: Bergman and Pageler
http://www.bergmanpageler.com/disease_lung1.html
You can find some of the sources in this book (pdf format). This text
also extensively analyzes the issue.
Late Lessons from Early Warnings: the Precautionary Principle,
European Environment Agency
http://reports.eea.eu.int/environmental_issue_report_2001_22/%20en/issue-22-part-00.pdf
See specifically Chapter 5: "Asbestos: from ‘magic’ to malevolent
mineral", by David Gee and Morris Greenberg
Here are two book reviews of the text cited above
"The Precautionary Principle", BT Internet
Book review by Laurie Kazan-Allen
http://www.btinternet.com/~ibas/lka_prec_princ_0402.htm
"Precautionary Principle Important for Decision-makers, New Research
Shows" Edie
http://www.edie.net/gf.cfm?L=left_frame.html&R=http://www.edie.net/news/Archive/5062.cfm
Here are some backround quotes and links:
"The evidence that asbestos could cause lung cancer was available in
1934. In the early 1940s there were reports in Germany. In 1949, the
Chief Inspector of Factories reported finding lung cancer in 13.9% of
UK asbestosis cases. This increased risk of lung cancer was then
confirmed epidemiologically in 1955 in Britain by Doll."
Asbestos: The Worst Industrial Killer (London Hazards Centre)
http://www.lhc.org.uk/members/pubs/books/asbestos/asb03.htm
"In 1966 a US study estimated that the risk of lung cancer in a
non-smoker exposed to asbestos is five times the expected rate.
Smoking alone would increase the risk of lung cancer by a factor of
11. Asbestos and smoking together would increase the risk to 52 times
that prevailing in the general population."
Asbestos: The Worst Industrial Killer (London Hazards Centre)
http://www.lhc.org.uk/members/pubs/books/asbestos/asb03.htm
"Asbestosis
A disabling and ultimately fatal scarring of the lungs causing severe
breathlessness and chest pains. The term was first used in 1924 by
Cook in the British Medical Journal. The destructive effects of
asbestos cause the slow replacement of healthy lung tissue,
responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, by fibrous
or scar tissue, which cannot "breathe"."
Asbestos: The Worst Industrial Killer (London Hazards Centre)
http://www.lhc.org.uk/members/pubs/books/asbestos/asb03.htm
Asbestos Timeline
Asbestos: The Worst Industrial Killer (London Hazards Centre)
http://www.lhc.org.uk/members/pubs/books/asbestos/asb13.htm
Asbestos Litigation in the U.S.: A New Look at an Old Issue (RAND
Institute for Civil Justice, 2001)
http://www.nycosh.org/linktopics/asbestos.html
Main Google Search Terms Used
asbestos early warnings
://www.google.com/search?q=asbestos+early+warnings&hl=en
I hope this helps.
-Anthony |
