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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA DATE 1970 June 17 DOC NMA158 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION WNYC Radio Transcript - Spraying of Asbestos Banned on City Construction Sites RADIO TV REPORTS INC ED ED 41 EAST 42ND STREET NEW YORK NEY 10017 697-5100 Manville DATE News June 16 1970 STATION 10:45 ART orrv KNYC SPRAYING OF ASBESTOS BANNED ON CITY CONSTRUCTION SITES ee NEWSCASTER Mayor Lindsay has ordewan in hult in all 8 8 bea ing of S == ety sce -e: cetce: cang 36 rech rech ten shows one out of every five asbestos workers in the metro- ee ne politan area dies of lung cancer os John Loc spokemon for win city's Invis Fro- Wren ) tection Ammini -- ere --- wrrciress ty Dr. Irving Sillicoff of Mt. the problem since 1953 Sinai Hospital who has showing the 20 per cent been studying death rate Once it's been inhaled it stays in your lungs forever Leo said Mayor Lindsay issued the " to discontinue the use of sprayed asbestes completclomplyetly wherever possible through his office from the U.S. Menten we wo Mayors in Denver Colorado ee | OFFICES IN NEW YORK > DETROIT LOT ANGELES * WAAN NGTON DC DC . MAN FRANCISCO - NEW ENGLAND CHICAGO . we ayy ~ . . on - a . j --- - ---