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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1971 Dec 9 DOC NMA134 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION LA Times - Study Links Lung Disease to Asbestos Lung Study Links Disease to Asbestos Los Angeles Times Current File Dec 9 1971 ProQuest Historical Newspapers Los Angeles Tints 1881 - 1985 | Study Links Lung Disease to Asbestos BOSTON -A high incidence of chronic lung inflammation has been re- ported in a study of asbes- tos workers in a private ' New England shipyard The report in the cur- rent issue of New England Journal of Medicine said 101 pipe coverers in new ship construction studied were . It said the survey indi cated that prolonged ex- posure to low concentra- tions of asbestos is hazar- dous and supported the lowering of the threshold- limit values . More Common It said that asbestosis the lung disease caused by inhaling particles of the mineral fibers was 11 times more common among pipe coverers than among a control group The earliest case was found 13 years after em- ployment and the pre valence was 38 after 20 years the report said It said that the test ex- posure had been near the then recommended thre- shold limit of 5 million particles per cubic foot - Harvard Study The study was conducted by physicians and en- vironmental health spe- cialists from the Harvard school of public health and University the Boston University school of medicine The report said the stu- dy concentrated on shipyard pipe coverers because they generally are exposed to low concentra- tions of asbestos The principal author of the report was Dr Ray- mond L. H. Murphy of Harvard : Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission