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7 ) . . . A Danger in Dust C*a&i@r . SAN FRANCISCO '-'-"T MEW'S CAI L-fJULLETIN October. 6, 196U rs:FW axa^w *y?a ey.a H*>i Jr\ *?>. .. NEW YORK -- (API'-- Medical specialists poiuled By Alton Blakeslee American Canter Society, known fur Ins research on a strong finder of suspicion cigarcts and lung cancer. . toti.ty at asbestos as a cause exposing people in- general not only of lung cancer, but to some risk of cancers. ASBESTOS is a mineral, ;jl*y of anolber fonn of can Asbestos is used for in magnesium silicate.' About cer. rare but fatal. sulation, as a flooring ma o'-t million tons are used Known as mesothelioma, terial. in auto brake -shoes, i worldwide each year. this cancer involves the lin and in many other applica Tiny, hard particles of ing of the abdominal and tions. Ordinary wear-anri- asbestos can lodge in the chest cavities. tear, the specialists said, lungs during its mining, Much of their evidence corr.es from a'l'cp-jies or. may release atmosphere. dust into the 1 men who had worked with asbestos 'as an insulation material.. . ,, I The report was represent|ed to the 'American Public i Health Association by Drs. processing and implication, or possibly from dust raised through normal wear, they said. . "We had previously found liningJaelikoff_ and Jacob lung cancer.and. possibly BUT THEY 'said if'also Churg 'of' the .Mount Sinai gastrointestinal ctnCer is possible that dust from Hospital.. New York, and E. were markedly increased in asbestos products might be Cuyier Hammond of the incidence. among asbestos' insulation workers,". they said. ............. New they a.so find marked increase of meso thelioma, a cancer so rare it is not classed separately in the international classi fication of diseases. cy- 3ooq- l?o AS A prime example, they reported finding 10 deaths due to this form of cancer, in 307 deaths among New( York ami New Jersey build-' ing trades union members' using asbestos. I