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	<ref name="exhibit_100">Plaintiffs' Exhibit No. 100 — November 20, 1936 funding contract between nine asbestos companies and Saranac Laboratory, confirming signatories and funding terms.</ref>		<ref name="exhibit_100">Plaintiffs' Exhibit No. 100 — November 20, 1936 funding contract between nine asbestos companies and Saranac Laboratory, confirming signatories and funding terms. Cited in [https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fourth-appellate-district/2011/4100463.html ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex, L.L.C.''], 2011 IL App (4th) 100463.</ref>
	<ref name="exhibit_309">Contract language (Exhibit 309) — "property of those advancing the required funds" and "if deemed desirable" publication clause.</ref>		<ref name="exhibit_309">Contract language (Exhibit 309) — "property of those advancing the required funds" and "if deemed desirable" publication clause. Cited in [https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fourth-appellate-district/2011/4100463.html ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex, L.L.C.''], 2011 IL App (4th) 100463.</ref>
	<ref name="gardner_bio">Biographical records confirming Gardner's arrival at Saranac Lake in 1917 as a tuberculosis patient, recovery, and directorship beginning 1927.</ref>		<ref name="gardner_bio">[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Leroy_Upson_Gardner Historic Saranac Lake — Leroy Upson Gardner]. Biographical records confirming Gardner's arrival at Saranac Lake in 1917 as a tuberculosis patient, recovery, and directorship beginning 1927. See also [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gardner-14382 WikiTree: Gardner-14382].</ref>
	<ref name="exhibit_400a">Exhibit 400A — Gardner's February 1943 outline documenting 8/11 lung tumors, 9/11 total malignant tumors (81.8%), and cover letter to Vandiver Brown recommending omission of cancer data pending controlled experiments. Verbatim quote confirmed in ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex'', 2011 IL App (4th) 100463, ¶ 31.</ref>		<ref name="exhibit_400a">Exhibit 400A — Gardner's February 1943 outline documenting 8/11 lung tumors, 9/11 total malignant tumors (81.8%), and cover letter to Vandiver Brown recommending omission of cancer data pending controlled experiments. Verbatim quote confirmed in [https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fourth-appellate-district/2011/4100463.html ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex, L.L.C.''], 2011 IL App (4th) 100463, ¶ 31. See also [https://www.illinoiscourts.gov/Resources/8a5782ec-99f8-4ea1-b452-5c98c6511d57/4100463.pdf official Illinois courts PDF].</ref>
	<ref name="nci_records">NCI records — Gardner's $10,000 grant application (Abex Exhibit 641) and January 8, 1944 rejection by committee chaired by Ludvig Hektoen.</ref>		<ref name="nci_records">NCI records — Gardner's $10,000 grant application (Abex Exhibit 641) and January 8, 1944 rejection by committee chaired by Ludvig Hektoen. Cited in [https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fourth-appellate-district/2011/4100463.html ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex, L.L.C.''], 2011 IL App (4th) 100463.</ref>
	<ref name="exhibit_670">Abex Exhibit 670 — Gardner's April 8, 1946 letter to J.P. Woodard containing "I hope, before I die, the opportunity may be afforded us." Quote confirmed in ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex'', ¶ 45.</ref>		<ref name="exhibit_670">Abex Exhibit 670 — Gardner's April 8, 1946 letter to J.P. Woodard containing "I hope, before I die, the opportunity may be afforded us." Quote confirmed in [https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fourth-appellate-district/2011/4100463.html ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex, L.L.C.''], 2011 IL App (4th) 100463, ¶ 45.</ref>
	<ref name="gardner_death">~~Death records and Find A Grave~~ — Gardner died October 24, 1946, age 57 (born December 9, 1888).</ref>		<ref name="gardner_death">[https://localwiki.org/hsl/Leroy_Upson_Gardner Historic Saranac Lake — Leroy Upson Gardner]. Gardner died October 24, 1946, age 57 (born December 9, 1888). Buried at St. John's in the Wilderness Episcopal Church, Saranac Lake. See also [https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Gardner-14382 WikiTree: Gardner-14382].</ref>
	<ref name="suppression_vote">Court records from the Sumner Simpson Papers documenting January 1947 meeting and vote that publication "would not include any objectionable material," defined as "any relation between asbestos and cancer."</ref>		<ref name="suppression_vote">Court records from the Sumner Simpson Papers documenting January 1947 meeting and vote that publication "would not include any objectionable material," defined as "any relation between asbestos and cancer." Cited in [https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fourth-appellate-district/2011/4100463.html ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex, L.L.C.''], 2011 IL App (4th) 100463.</ref>
	<ref name="brown_memo">Vandiver Brown correspondence — deletion instructions for cancer/tumor references and request to return draft copies to prevent evidence of changes.</ref>		<ref name="brown_memo">Vandiver Brown correspondence — deletion instructions for cancer/tumor references and request to return draft copies to prevent evidence of changes. Cited in [https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fourth-appellate-district/2011/4100463.html ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex, L.L.C.''], 2011 IL App (4th) 100463.</ref>
	<ref name="saranac_1948">Published 42-page Saranac report (Exhibit 320A), September 1948 — cancer findings downgraded and supplement promised but never issued.</ref>		<ref name="saranac_1948">Published 42-page Saranac report (Exhibit 320A), September 1948 — cancer findings downgraded and supplement promised but never issued. Cited in [https://law.justia.com/cases/illinois/court-of-appeals-fourth-appellate-district/2011/4100463.html ''Rodarmel v. Pneumo Abex, L.L.C.''], 2011 IL App (4th) 100463.</ref>
	<ref name="vorwald_1951">Vorwald ~~et al~~., Archives of Industrial Hygiene, 1951 (PMID: 14789264~~) — claims~~ to present "complete survey" of experimental investigation; 81.8% figure deleted.</ref>		<ref name="vorwald_1951">Vorwald AJ, Durkan TM, Pratt PC. "[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/14789264/ Experimental studies of asbestosis]." ''AMA Archives of Industrial Hygiene and Occupational Medicine'' 3(1):1–43, 1951. PMID 14789264. Claims to present "complete survey" of experimental investigation; 81.8% figure deleted.</ref>
	<ref name="schepers_1995">Schepers GWH, American Journal of Industrial Medicine, 1995 (PMID: ~~7793430) — full~~ publication of Gardner's findings 52 years after discovery; source of "I complied thereafter in the United States" account.</ref>		<ref name="schepers_1995">Schepers GWH. "[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7793430/ Chronology of asbestos cancer discoveries: experimental studies of the Saranac Laboratory]." ''American Journal of Industrial Medicine'' 27(4), April 1995. PMID 7793430. DOI: 10.1002/ajim.4700270413. Full publication of Gardner's findings 52 years after discovery; source of "I complied thereafter in the United States" account.</ref>
	<ref name="quebec_files">Saranac Laboratory archives — 11 human lung cancer cases documented by 1943 (including 2 mesotheliomas); files growing to 70+ cases by 1958; lung transport by Ivan Sabourin documented in Schepers 1995 ~~account~~.</ref>		<ref name="quebec_files">Saranac Laboratory archives — 11 human lung cancer cases documented by 1943 (including 2 mesotheliomas); files growing to 70+ cases by 1958; lung transport by Ivan Sabourin documented in Schepers 1995 ([https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7793430/ PMID 7793430]).</ref>
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