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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 May 27
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DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION WCBS Radio Transcript - Ottinger Claims Asbestos Spray Cancerous
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PROGRAM NEWS RADIO 88
DATE
May 27th
VICES
STATION
11-15 11:45
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OTTINGER CLADS ASBESTOS SPRAY CANCEROUS
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Pollution of
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many differen
chester Congressman Richard Ottinger
Ottinger
says
millions
of
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actes
actes
actes
particles particles
particles particles
are released into the air from construction sites where asbestos
is sprayed on in liquid form The danger is that the sc unseen par-
ticles can cause cancer The candidate for the Democratic nomination
to the . 8
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of deaths caused by these particles but ottinger says that autopsy
reports show that 50 of the people who die in New York City have
asbestos in their lungs
RICHARD OTTINGUR One thing is sure and that is that the spraying of asbestos ought to be prohibited altogether The city has taken a very good first stop in imposing very strict controls c how it is
sprayed it the particles arc so finc the jun covering up the side isn't adequate I'd like the City to prolimit the spraying , and
I'd like
OFFICES IN
the Federal Government to step
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in on a national Lasis to do
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NERDGASTER- NERDGASTER- Officials in the Lindsay Administration nee with
representatives of Consolidated Edison this afternoon to discuss
ways of avoiding a recurrence of last summers power failures in
the City