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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 May 5
DOC NMA149
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION WCBS Radio Transcript - Spraying of Asbestos Causes Lung Diseases
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Lou Adler May 15. 1870
12:30 P.H.
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CAUSES DISEASES DISEASES SPRAYING OF ASBESTOS
densely Lou ADLER : New
York City has
LOU to take
become first
official action
country
against spraying
during
first
asbestos asbestos the densely popu-
appears likely
likely than
face
opposition possibly
Ana so from
building contractors
in the
contractors
and owners
cour ts from
alike
buflding
Contractors
istration istration is seen
experts experts
as being timely
lem
squarely
bY pollution advocateadsvocates and
medical
and
Courageous step 4n la
admin_
And And
probleprmoblem thassbestos
the the form used
during construction
the lungs
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The figure is contained in a
written by the magazine's editor
medical world news editorial
Dr. Morris Fishbein
ing
The that
editorial notes that some medical
the incidence of asbestos
scientists are predict-
lung cancer will soon
exceed that associated with cigarette smoking
tos
And cancer isn't the only disease the scientists sav astes-
particles can generate Pathologists say the particles can
produce a variety of serious have recently shown that the
manifestations mortality rate
when inhaled Studies
of workmen exposed to
asbestos under industrial conditions is sharply higher than that
for the working population as a whole
Asbestosis a condition similar to silicosis of the lung can develop among the general public too who constantly come into
floor tiling products -- even
blies
dust particles
particles
in in
from
from from
construction
construction construction construction
construction construction construction construction
sites
from the brake linings of automo-
ee Asbestosis creates a slow degenerative reaction in the lungs
A condition leading to what the medical men call fibrosis which
e is the replacement of health tissue with scar tissue that and the lungs simply stop doing their job
Enough of
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Asbestos is used in insulating materials
It's fundamental
infireproofing And there's no adequate substitute for it not
vet orleast there isn't any that's been accepted either by
contractors building
or by doctors who are concerned lest asbestos
be replaced by something equally harmful
The New York experiment at banning the asbestos spraving is being watched very carefully by concerned experts around the world
This is Lou Adler
UPI
11:08 a.m. Hay 26 1970
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llouston -- Government regulations are essential to
controlling the only type of air pollution definitely linked with
lung cancer a New York environmental medicine specialist believes
Dr. Cowarvven 2,
Irving J.
Selikoff
said airborne
asbestos
fiber
from many materials used in the
construction industry pose
coming
a
distressing and often fatal hazard to men who work regularly
Because asbestos is used so extensively in insulation and building materials he said its fibers can be found to a lesser
-
device in the Tunes of almost every city dueller Selikoff told the 10th International Cancer Congress that
by themselves asbestos fibers trigger both lung cancer and gastrointestinal cancer In cigarette smokers he said they apparently
team with smoking products to cause extra deadly results
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