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DGF/AIW/2. 1. 1 25th April, 1976
Pe'e,ence
Ui-. I. W. Hughes - Louisville
Mr. R. M. Gibb - Montreal
Uerrn. H. -Rottorf - Hiamburg
MIr . R. G. Nicholls - Sydney
Dr. C.J.P.de Siqueira - Rio de Janeiro
Ur. A. J. Xruszynsk4- - Copenhagen
Dr. F. Haslam/Dr. C. I. Ayres
Dear
The following articles are enclosed for your
information and interost.
(i) Letter frc!n Ciemi,-.eson, Elsor and other of
the
Human Carc`n~.---enosjs Group (Lanc;et, p.
903). The
n t Z. a r C i fl, CP !i r:-, C 1. S 1) S "; ~y
1.) 1 --:em s 0 f
extrauo~atjr.n from tn m-ar. and shcrt-term
test.s -iiE:ing, c.g. Lacterial systems, arc
notevvorth,,.-.
(ii) trtic:le by T~-a!--- and t-larks (Lancet, p.
884-5) on
impairinent, of driving skills by canno.b.i.s.
This makes a
tellinr-, disti -nctio,-t hetveen dru,,,,:s of
c-ddiction. cannabis
and aic-c-hoj. ViF: a vi~. -cob:)cco, i0h]'ch
could usefully be
quoted as an to-.-A tolhacco doe.,.-- not have the
advurse offec-ts of '17)rti-socia-l" erugs.
(iii) A article from Lancet " (p. 84~, ) on the
pcssible h,,,zard arisin- from, ""Ile use of
oestrogens in
'The Pill", causing, 7)ei..-Lgn and malignant
neoplasms ir~
the liver of females. There are growing
indications he.,e.
of a. poteritially severe social problem, although
it is
probably toc. -:oon to be sure.
(iv) A paper (P351) by- Dr. F-T.C. Roe delivered
at a
recent meeting of the Royal Sociel.y Study Group
meeting
on Carcinogenicity.
With kind rpg2rds,
Yours sincerely,
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cc: Dr. S. J. Gr(-~:~n Cr-
Mr. Cr. (7. Ilarg,ov,-- D. G. FBILT01- CIT
BATCo document for Province of British Columbia 9
November 1999