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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 June 16 DOC NMA049 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - City to Stop Spraying Asbestos Material Was Linked to Cancer a City to Stop SprayingSpraying New York Spraying Times ( Asbestos Material Was Linked to Cancer Current file Jun 16 1970 ProQuest Historical Newspapers The New York York Times 1851- 1851- City to Stop Spraying Asbestos Material Was Linked to Cancer Mayor Lindsay yesterday ordered the spraying of asbestos halted in all public construction projects His order followed findings the Environmental Protec- tion Administration that spray- ing of asbestos was not only harmful to construction work ers at the site but could pol lute the air over a much larger area Asbestos is believed to be a causing agent Last April the administration issued regulations re quiring that tarpaulins cover the area where asbestos is be- agencies must follow standards as least as stringent as those sfoaridprivate contracting jobs he Dr. Irving Selikoff of Mount Sinai Hospital who has been studying the effects of asbestos for many years testified at a recent city hearing that nearly one asbestos worker out of five tested here since 1943 died of lung cancer Since the April order many contractors have discontinued the use asbestos and switched to substitutes but Dr. Selikoff has said that such sub- ing sprayed on private con- stitutes may be just as damstruction projects and that aging waste asbestos be collected and buried in designated areas The Mayor's order yesterday said that he wanted to adopt an even more stringent policy for public agencies involved in construction projects He therefore directed the city agencies to forgo use of sprayed asbestos in all future public construction wherever possible In the event that use of the technique of insulation that is spraying under tarpaulins unavoidable then city Reproduced with permission of the copyright owner Further reproduction prohibited without permission