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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1968 Mar 28 DOC NMA031 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Article - Applying Brakes Might Also Be Releasing Cancer Agent SANTA BARBARA CALIF PRESS NEWS PRESS S. 36,500 MAR 28 19169688 Bifuelle Applying Brakes Might Also Be Releasing Cancer Agent SAN DIEGO P - Every shown asbestos in the lungs of Dr. Anderson said lung cn- time you hit your brakes you may be polluting the air with up to 50 per cent of cross sec- tions of the population Dr. cer which he called the ma- jor cancer problem in this a substance suspected of caus- Anderson said in a report giv- country may be caused by ing cancer a pathologist says en to a symposium for science many substances In addition The substance is asbestos writers sponsored by the to asbestos he cited cigaret widely used in brake lining It also is found in roofing insulation and many other in- American Cancer Society An increased incidence of lung cancer among asbestos smoke and automobile exhaust The evidence that cigaret smoke contains a lung cancer dustrial materials workers has been noted for producing factor is overwhelm- Dr. W. A. D. Anderson of the University of Miami School of Medicine has found tiny asbestos fibers in the lungs of 31 per cent of the men and 20 per cent of the women in a group of 500 persons studied years he said The magni- tude of asbestos exposure in general urban populations has only been recently document- ed ing he said but success so far in changing this exposure factor in the general popula- tion cannot be described as- overwhelming or even good | at random in Miami Surveys in other cities have