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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 May 5
DOC NMA149
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION WCBS Radio Transcript - Spraying of Asbestos Causes Lung Diseases
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PROGRAM
DATE
Lou Adler
Hay 415, 21970
12:30 P.H.
WCBS
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OF ASBESTASBOESSTOS CAUSES DISEASES
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medical world news editorial
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editorial notes that some medical the incidence of asbestos
scientists are predictlung cancer will soon
exceed that associated with cigarette smoking
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And cancer isn't the only disease the scientists sav asbes-
particles can generate Pathologists say the particles can
produce a variety of serious have recently shown that the
manifestations mortality rate
when inhaled Studies of workmen exposed to
asbestos under industrial conditions is sharply higher than that
for the working population as a whole
Asbestosis a condition similar to silicosis of the lung can develop among the general public too who constantly come into
dust dust
from
from
construction construction construction construction
sites sites
blies
Asbestosis creates a slow degenerative reaction in the lungs A condition leading to what the medical men call fibrosis which is the replacement of health tissue with scar tissue Enough of that and the lungs simply stop doing their job
.
Asbestos is used in insulatine materials It's fundamental
infireproofing And there's no adequate substitute for it not
vet or at least there isn't aa nn y ythat's been accepted either by
contractors building
or by doctors who are concerned lest asbestos
be replaced by something equally harmful
The New York experiment at banning the asbestos spraving is
being watched very carefully by concerned experts around the world
This is Lou Adler
UPI
11:08 a.m. Hay 26 1970
Houston - Government regulations are essential to
eso:
controlling the only type of air pollution definitely linked with
ee lung cancer a New York enviromental medicine specialist believes
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Dr.
Irving J.
Selikoff
said airborne
asbestos
fiber
from many materials used in the
construction industry pose
coming
a
distressing md often fatal hazard to men who work regularly
Because asbestos is used so extensively in insulation and
building materials he said its fibers can be found to a lesser
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dexice in the Tunes of alm every city dueller
Selikoff told the 10th International Cancer Congress that
by themselves asbestos fibers trigger both lung cancer and gastro-
men.
intestinal cancer In cigarette smokers he said they apparently
ete
a
team with smoking products to cause extra deadly results
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