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FILE NAME: Ford (FD) DATE: 1972 July 27 DOC#: FD056 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Newspaper Article - Brake Lining Dust Linked to Cancer \---------- 2 4 -C -T H E DETROIT N EW S- Thursday, July 27, 1972 Asbestos blamed Brake lining dust linked to cancer By JEAN PEARSON checked to determine whether N tw i SciM ct W rllir ' the heat - changed, inhaled Asbestos in autombile brake asbestos particles are as toxic linings may be a potential as the inhalation of regular cause of cancer, a Wayne asbestos particles.. . State University' School of Medicine research team fears. Dr. Andrew Reeves, chief of the -research team, said yestteerrdafayy ._thtnaatt overexposure (to The asbestos industry. Dr. Reeves ' said,' is concerned about the potential hazards and zs ``cooperating in a .very way d n o T tiy m i^tf1 asbestos partields is known to-- coverup""------------t - be-the cause of a number of 0ne evidenee of theif coop- flung diseases, i n c l u d i n g . .ration....he said*. j s S a u to determine not only what levels of b e r y l l i u m are dangerous but how to immu nize persons exposed to the substance. . Working with guinea pigsi ' they are examining the possi bility of immunizing against berylliosis. . " "We have oof reaehed f h i '^ _ point where we tan apply o a r ~ findings to humans but that is our goal.:' be s a id .. ^ ^ j r ^ ^ ^ i ; 'V ^ ^ ^ j ^ - ? 3olm s4hniIle' suppfee* Him *`` TVs IttirfJrfj n t w hat Is n t known, h o ^ s`aasb*e*stos &By, tih. torni"'*7 b r h is* ~n te era b J h a s ` been' oriented said, is whether use of the experiments. .. - . toward chronic studies, expoa- brakes releases harmful parti- d es into the ak u Mtui. u r . Jledvm. an .associata W a 'ir- d a y *v*w , ^relastievve*ly^ 1 fc v ^-professor .of cupaA m al and - l ^ p e n d d / ^ . .' . Ife - - ASBESTOS is used in oruce environmental health, is dotnf - linings, building materials research on a num`ber of` EACH MONTH, a selected and. to some extent, in the potential- and known health -group of the exposed guinea clothing industry. ' - ' problems related to asbestos pigs are dissected and micro In addition to lung cancer, and beryllium which is used in biological and chemical stud- overexposure to asbestos may a number of industrial pro _ies are made to determine the lead to asbestosis, a degenera cesses. His studies are sup "effect of the beryllium dust. tive type of lung disease, and possibly to mesothelioma, a ported by a grant from the National Institute* of Health. Dr. Reeves said asbestos is much more difficult to study tum or of the lining of the Though his r e s e a r c h than beryllium because of the chest cavity, or pleura. - - animals are guinea pigs, Dr. difficulty in breaking asbestaa : Dr. 'Reeves said the asbes . Reeves ' is especially' coo-, ' -u p m to p a rtid e sc a a lla n o u fk JL -:: tos industry denies, on good e v i d e n c e , that asbestos cerned about the levels of both ' to He blown inio diamber* for asbestos and beryllium which inhalation by guinea pigs... ' .-'The team had lo design add hammer to-|> IS? y H has taken another formi- ' ` N- ^ toherynium , he ealA . , . "But the final word is not " In 0{iT research here at known," Dr. Reeves said, Wayne," Dr. Reeves said, " we nnihiny th at j | not 1hm.iwh found that, after rats had been yet what that form is a n d _ 5 xP?*e d ' to ,bfy.uiu . d>*y whether i t ' p r e s e n t s any h a d 'a very high incidence of hazard to humans cancer. Seeking "the final word," "But beryllium does not Dr. Reeves and bis research seem to cause cancer in team are planning an experi hum ans or in guinea pigs. l t is m ental system that will simu .. a ' toxic substance that late the mechanical action of . ^ sp ears to be species tpe- brakes, heat the asbestos to 1.S00 degrees Fahrenheit and Beryllium particles, how ,? tro d u c e 4 ,a p ^ S It erodes slightly1as it is used. Despite the researchers' attempts to remove trace metals, the "foreign parti cles" - introduced may be inhaled along with the asbes tos particles; ' Then, the researchers have a difficult time trying to ascertain whether the effects upon the guines pigs of the inhaled material should be attributed to asbestos o r to the trace metals. Dr. Reeves serves on the sir ` ' ' t-d u st i nto cham bers ever, are associated with a -pollution evaluation commit Jtffo&Hy guinea fugs, lung disease called berylliosi*. tee of the American Industrial r guinea pigs win then b^. Dr. Reeves' team is^trying Hygiene Association. 8 0 0 0 1 2 0 6 PQ