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f 6/^72. " *V? linked to ! ! disease ! ( NEW YOfcK (AP) ~As. ' ( bestos,;il?eady linked with i , lung cancer ,in - .insulation, worker* who smoke, was1 <; further 1 linked yesterday | <' with canceri of the esopha- ... Jwe,.-- stomach, colon and < rectum. ( * . A substantial number Of < ' deaths nyer what would be \ expected from '.these can-. V cers were found In a study { of insulation .workeri Ut the / U.S. and Canada icoverinfi; . the period .1943 through | * 1971. The report came from' Dr. Irving J. Sellkoff of the j ^ Mount Sinai School of MOdi-1 ( cine in- New York- and fir. E. Cuyler; Hammond and \ Herbert ' Seidman : of the < American.Caaoer'Sdeiity. . < Their report was pre* . sented to a meeting of a \ working group - formed to ( assess the biological effects < of asbestos, at the-Interna tional Agency for Research 1 on.Cancer, World Health ( Organization, In 'LyOh, France. It was made avail- "able in New York by. the e-ii&i^Jcd^tahcer SOciftyv r > SPNY 000106