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PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT
USM-275
Sprayed Mineral Fiber Manufacturers Association, Inc.
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/. P. VWHAlEN. PiwaarT \Jold fata Miacnl Product* CoMpaer R. H. TOTH. Vro Punurr Smith V C*rult Ccc*9S7
P.O. BOX 427, WESTFIELD, N. J. 07090
J. H. VTnrOP. Smuimt
lac. H. L. LEVINE, Timviu A*bcwap*ir Corpomoa A. . BINGER EntuTrrt Stcutur
August 15, 1967
To: A* E, Binger
J. Boyer - Cadawalader, Wickersham & Taft
H, L, Levine, S, Miller - Asbestospray
L. C, Jenne, H. WlUoa.-B^--3S[lttkop - BEH J. F. O'Rourke, (^\M, Stumpf/^.P, Verbal en - USM
M. Lieff - S&K
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Gentlemen:
Here we go again! Enclosed is a copy of a news article that appeared in Hew Brunswick's leading newspaper and which I thought you might want to * add to the file*
Very truly yours.
SMFMA, Inc,
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R, H. Toth Chairman, Promotional Committee
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THE DAILY HOME NEWS
-4** . jrrw BRUNSWICK. N.J.. WtDNSSDAY. AUGUST#. 1T
CITE DANGERS
OF ASBESTOSIS
SOMERVILLE--Two radiolo**
gists. Dr. Howard Adler and Dr. . .Nicholas G. Demy of Somerset
' Hospital reported in die July , issue of The American Journal
' of Roentgenology. Radium Ther
apy and Nuclear Medicine that asbestos .fibers breathed into human lungs cause asbestosis, a
long-term disease which can be
( fataL. i
It is-further, suspected, they " said, that -asbestosis increases
cancer of the lungs. ' The doctors stated "There is
no `washaway1 effect," no chance of destroying the fiber
\;v . once it.has become embedded in the lung tissue. - 'They discounted the theory that `Inhaled asbestos disap pears from the lung." The
' / fibrous material has a tendency to subdivide almost endlessly and the ability to reproduce new asbestos bodies. Patients Studied They studied'47 patients with malignancy believed resulting from asbestosis. Most had long exposure to .asbestos varying
/ - from IS to 2S years.-
In Philadelphia, 187 asbestos workers' in various' insulating trades* were examined.
Both in Somerville and Phila delphia studies point out the dis-
f * ease may be a public health
' hazard. Signs of asbestoeis have 'been - found in persons living
*... - near plants where asbestos is used, in random post mortems
5 ' >' . hr such ' varied' cities as
Montreal, ' Pittsburgh, Miami,
; ? _ 1 Capetown and London, and even
? \ in (h'smgls which live near as
bestos mines.
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