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own* tub new yc n'ESDAY, MARCH 2, 19M. 4sbestos Oust Lcmed a Hazard j. iTo at Least One-Fourth of U*S* I By AAXE X. BRODY Axbestoi dust, which has al-| struction workers a__n_d___th__e_ir: re-Kiy been conaectad with families. i lit* development of fatal can-' Aocurdlng to the findings off err la one-hslf of asbestos three recent limited studies, the workers, may be potential dancers might extend to the! health haunt for one-quarter, general popul*Loo. The studies. ' of the population or more, u which Involved autopsies on,| jv.m reported yesterday. .1.100 persons in three cities, This preliminary fUvtlng was showed that 33 per cent of the-c d.'wnbed by Dr. Irving J. Sell* people had asbestos lodged lnit koff In announedag the e*tb-| their lungs. fl liatuncnt of an envuonmentali Dr. Seliktrff explained that;1 health laboratory at Mount1 rtu,Ue* "* * "cnide!' uwn.Mtil /MSnE.Ei.i?.i JJEiES, S.Ttech*nViqueb"eetiohaatfibdiesrc,losthedat otnuldy** **! become coated by an iron-nm.; ,.i .. nontl material while lodged In thej. ^ conUml*,lungs A more refined technique). Dr. 3clik..ff said the u . 'now .how* that many persons.* `-vx-en .-srwer snd asbestos ^ 'r n'>"TMt*d asbestos ft-,. V.d led hn to suspect that:ber` a., well, l.r said. , ther mineral duau that am-j New Study Started (j M.mlnate hth urban and rural' Dr Sellkoff and hi* col-< ... might .create medical has-,leagues at tho new laboratory.! aria Ior the public. ihare started a three-year study; rae new i tboratoiy will be in which they will: ' he vied by Dr. Sellkoff who.i SExamine. with Ue de-> v.th Dr. Jacob Churg, found Iceased'j family's approval thef nxt asbestos workers eventu. lung tissue of the from 3.000 to. ijjj^N.wrd tut to seven tlmes|4.0OO persons expected to die in ^Vn*1 death rate from lung) the next two year* at Mouat ^PF and three times the nor- *n*i. Elmhurst Hospital and; n:i death rate from cancer of Veterans Hospital In the Bronx.! -- d'ltnarh. robin and rectum. Tbs doctors wiU look for un- Other Workers Affected coated as well aa coated asbea- Hr Helrk'.ff noted that ttwjtos fibers m the tissues. lingers of exposure to aabsstoei kkonk for correlations be- were i..t limited to those!tween the causes of death and work directly with iM.'the presence of asbestos fibers; "ii'toin insulator and nilertla lung tissue. { . ilefi.il. The dangers, be said.! flDeternun# the occupational! *?mI to workers tm "txmtlgu-;bl*toTy of the deceased and their, .us trades,* such aa other ---- relatives and ether pertiaeatj background information. [ Aabestoe la a fibrous mineral: MgfcJy valued for rta noncer-i rowre and long-weartag prop-; erties. In additioa to Ua common' use aa a fireproof material. Dr. Sellkoff mid. aabestoe makes up about 00 per cent of asphalt tile and LS used In dental oament. brake liaingx plastics, beer At tar*. gas masks and paper. Until I last year, seen* achoula used asbestos duet instead of for children to play m. - ,, ? ux IVD AT__ nzuum dm*"'-' A-W* wrr& u0 ''TTrt-^5 (j F/U^t . MDs Study' u Effects of Asbestos Dust By EDWARD EDELSON Of U WrU-T*mrrmm ritff Doctors at Mount Sinai Hoa-ago to S3 million tona annually ; jltal today net up a laboratoy now. We're not going to see | t> find out whether the dust the results of this until 1990."; tiat haa been killing workers Futwra Problem Sam tn asbestos mines and plants Sellkoff pointed out that aa t; hurting the rest of ua. beetoa dust, once created, can The hospital's environmental never be destroyed. health laboratory wtU be "What we have now la not beaded by Dr. Irving J. Sell amply the production of S3 Jiotf who, with Dr. Janob million tons a year, but the ac- Churg. ha# cceiductad Invwmi cumulatian of some lour dec gitlons that revealed an alarm ade* of aabeeloe that haa been ingly high tnddence of lung mined.* be said. "Our problem and other cancer* among aa- now la one ter the future." . bastos worker*. The Mount Stow I laboratory Tba United States* Public will aso stody the elfecta of Health Service and the cuy other mineral dusts on Health Research Council arejhumans. A mineralogist will giving grants totaling 1321.000'be * member of the laboratory U> support the laboratory, it (staff. >u announced at a press con- "We have been filling the f.rence in the hospital.- air with a number of mineral Studied Uakm Members - dusts against which we have The Settkoff-Churg study no natural defense*," Sellkoff a aa conducted among mem- *ld. "Now we must determine btrs of the Asbestos Workers the elfacts of these environ l nlon In the New York are*, mental hazards." j-; teuixl abnormally high in- Among.the question* tn be C denee# of lung, stomach and settled. Sellkoff said, is Intestinal cancer In the group. whether there la a critical level Step* are befog taken to re below which asbestos exposure duce the workers* exposure to Is sale. aidesto* dust. But the doctors "We dooT know whether a are Increasingly concerned single small exposure haa a About the offset of aabeetoa carcinogenic (cancer-causing! dust on the population, at elfect." be said. 1/ rye. Asbestos Is used widely WO CoaUnus Startles hi the construction of new The researchers win look for bunding*. asbestos and other mineral "Our ashsefne workers who dusts In the lungs of rural and drvsloped cancer had at least city dwellers. Autopsies have 2) year* exposure,** Sellkoff shown trace# of asbestos ft wild. "Any etfset en cancer In beta In the lungs of ooe out of tl>e general `population--and four urban resident*. > we don't know what it la--It The laboratory wQl also tlie result of asbewte* exposure study the dlsssmlnattea of as turn 20 to 40 years ago. bestos dust tn the abr. Studies "Worldwide production of In Finland have shown that aibestos has Increased from the dust can be detected up to 5)0,000 ions a year 20 year* 35 miles from asbestos nulls. DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY 5201 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48202 AFFIDAVIT STATE OF MICHIGAN : S3 COUNTY OF WAYNE : AT ire nntms being first duly sworn, deposes and says thatshe is Librarian II of the Detroit Public Library and thatshe has compared the attached photoprint fxthexwith the original ASBESTOS. March 1930,, Volume XI. Number 9. Table of contents page, pagei and pages 2 through (Describe document) which is -in the possession of the Detroit Public Library and in my custody, and that said photoprint is a true transc " ' 'of the whole thereof Subscribed and sworn to before me this 15th day of May A.D. 1930 Notary Public, Wayne County, Michigan My commission expires EAR SARA ANNE KLONT Notary Public, Wayne County, Ml My Commission Expires July 7,1993