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in. Y:;i3Xf :> - s. i.,vb.i/n f.HlWG!lMEtl!OPOIIIIAKrA -.vkci'tivr: tekv .'y.nr.n Mu: c-.livkiU nc in' iv-t .Tinned to lvutcvt sp'v.-y nr:! other wusl ruction ryeployos; K . *.* - r . ; urn? Constivcilv.-i r'H;,get Jen;; rancor fietr. iniuditig n:;- ll VU>'* - ' ---V - ' , "* Mail 1871 Inin exposure to potentially1 besto., and nil city dwellers in- ' has,onions amount:, asbestos . hale sonic of the fibrose; miner- ' peilrils I 2 isagree on J)z or any other njrw- r.` dust in their, work and i also supports efforts to reduce or eliminate ti'.c nuisance of small amounts of dtr;t bein',' allowed H- escape into 'he commumfy sir,'' said sJ:. Puu.iaed:. who ;;; vice nl, a" City Council committee was tc'.d Wednesday. Dr. living J. Sctikcff, a New '; Void: physician and biological ; scientist, testified at tisc Corn- ; mirfo.c or. E':viro -n:'.-!i!r.l Co::- isfrom )W 71 SUN-TI:>!lc5 Cbicsco. Ill- 1, <rLv M-552000 S-720,000 presiiif.r.!. nf research and rfc- utffTbariipp ordered by May of A o- BY CASEY r-i'uno f Environment Editorj tveiepmont for Jc-ieis-Manvil-c iCorp. Dr. Pitodsacl: slid the in dustry is epiwsad to a ha:: e--: I j arbvsi.is sp:ay insulation ru the: Two risclnrs pave ccell'lcling j testimony yesterday or. the health efierts of a:-borne as- grr.j.nds of health hazards. He said asbestos is valuable as a firs rniarilsr.!. biilti:- iicucs. "Asbeslus pollution is so sy.-.v-ro in kuT.o cities that every person has potentially cancer- or Dafoy on the bazards c! as bestos. SeiikcCC, ci:rc.c;::Y c: environ mental medicine a: the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, urged iliac Chicago impose' stringent controls 'on tdi uses cf silo material. He-testified that uncontrolled sp'rayinr. of asbestos to .`ircproof r.-r-v bitiidfags poses a lic-alfh "disaster" for construc tion-workers. Tho scientist said sr,e deatii in every four or five among as bestos workers i: caused by lu;;* canesr. Selikoff said the haaard to pr.stcrsby at cor.s;rc:::-:o sites has nut been cetemine::, but producing fibers in their' studies he conducted for the limns," Dr. living J. Selikoff federal poverun-eat shew that testified before the City Council "everybody living in large Committee on Environmental cities has some atbastc-s in fas Cor.frci. Dr. Selikoff i; head of the Division of Environmental stoi T- lungs in small amounts.-' : Moreover, he said, bad ei- Medicine at the New York City tests of asbestos inhaiciio:! are- ' .. : University Mount Sinair School of Medicine. j Toils Asbestos Deaths | A study of 10,05.1 asbestos workers threout the country; since 1SG7 7a..red tint ci:e of; every feur or five deaths in the : group was caused by lung! cancer. Smokers who inhaled i asbestos fibers ran a greater; risk, he said. 11;ere have been" 51) deaths in the grbup. Major sources of asbestos in Uy Jay McMullen . . . . ; Selikoff was a witness before the City Council committee on Every person i:t America's : environmental control, which hip cities now has asbestos (i- j is considering a possible ordi-' hers in (he lungs, Chicago ai-- 'nance on asbestos controls; barmen were warned Wednes headed bv Aid. Michael Bilan- day.' die(lith). T.'-c. statement came from ,7 The doctor is'profcssor of tin- ; -. Dr.'- Irving Selikoff, the na v i r o n in e.r. t a 1 medicine at' tion's ; leading- `expert on as: ;Mount..Sinai. .SchooUof.Medir-.-, : bestes pollution:.: |, cine,iri- NevvYdrlhCity;, and.di-;.'- Scientists have warned there- rector- of .tile -school's:enviroEU.{ " air - in - cities .occurs when,, are strong Indications"tharas- mental science laboratory..- j asbestos insulation is being j bestos particles could cause He said of 3.0.53 consecutive: sprayed on and during donoli-' lung cancer. Such panicles- are autopsies 'performed in -'New iiou of buildings that have, carried fit-city air. ' -. -York City, asbestos- fibers asbestos insulation .on their v.'aiis, he said. Doubts Public Peril . Dr. Fred Pundrack, speaking for the Asbestos Information -' ' SEDIKOFF SAID the pres-' -were found in all-lungs.;As- : er.ee of asbestos fibers in lungs bes'tos bodies, which are big dees not mean everyone in big ger than.fibers, were foundin' chics w>7 Iillkl dUilwe oW*f l1uUn*`g6 cance4r*; J 50 py--er c---e---n---t of the lun g s.;- ' Association, said asbestos poses i Buf he added that 30 to 25 per ,1 . He urged the council com-. some health risks to workers ' cenr of deaths among U.S. as mittee to enact'controls on the exposed fo it for long periods, bestos workers since 1952 have use and manufacture of as typically no: evident ur.:d some. 35 years afterward. . -- " ' He said ?ny use tf:at car.': be controlled.should be outlawed. Asbestos is used I'orfasulaiiog ' Dr. Fred I.. Fimc'ssck, vice : p r e s i d e-i; M'or research .of : feHitationitAsshtr'rNteTfyY'o'rk,^ said;. .`.`The' asbestosJ indiisirv'. wholeheartedly supports the enactment cf regulations'', to protect workerr.-; ; "However," Pundsack-saicy ' "the industry is opposed to the 7 . '' complete banning of any usehi." material ... on the unproven .: a- supposition that its application a., i.-;; ' or use under proper operating ' -7:'-' conditions may present a ` health Itazard to the ger.erai public.'' ' .. but "there has never been a been attributed to lung cancer, bestos materials. recorded instance of anyone in: the general pi.biie being af-! by as&eslcs." j V-'iie'i asbfstos fibers arc i ir.hslc.! they rssnaui in thsi lut:;.s, said Dr. iV.ii'-r-'jC. K men: in the asbestos iu.-ustry arc not j with another 20 per cenc dying o: aohustssis or cancer of the . ANOTHER WITNESS was | Dr. Fred L. .Funthat:'.. a colon or stomach. I' spokesman for :3:o ,iv:e>tss ln- Asbessoais is a lung aiimem ; formation Assn, end vie-: prss- that results in extreme short ( i-.lcnt of research and devel- ness. e breath. j o p m c n t far .Tohnj.:.yauuiie.; protected they run serious; SCbtiCCFF SAID most as Ql!T.v a major asbestos mate- ; ricks, );: srid. ! Dr. iiciihoff co'Srd fer laws' bestos in city air comes front i rials manufacturer. sprcycd-cn itivefati?:! r.tcis- ', .Tchns-Mmvilfe is a finvneial and regulations reouiring pre-; ri.-.ls; domoiitir.r, ci huiicinjp; j supporter of Seiikoff's asbestos cautions in the use of asbestos. ' that have ashcsiitr. n.;,;crir.ls I research projects. in tlie wails, an;i a.sbai his fac- Fiiittiisok said there never is rFrom -'j'- 4~ 7 Z'MLY NEWS i toric-s. Seiiiiofi also reported 5hat "a combinatien of cigoreis nr/j asfjsitos ins -i very siro.i;; .{smuliiplying ofter.t" in the hu- J has been a recenl-'d instance j of asbestos attect'.og tit? health t of tfte gem-rat pubiic, though as'uestos poses some i health iisi;.-: to those v.-o-rkir.g with it -"Vigo, III. ........ mur. body. far i.iug periods. r-'ifo.GBo I CAPCO JEN 0003381