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FILE NAME Newspaper & Magazine Articles NMA
DATE 1966 DOC NMA042
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION NYT - Asbestos Dust Called a Hazard To at Least Fourth of U.S.
Asbestos Dust Called a Hazard To at Least Fourth of U.S.
By JANE E. BRODY
Historical Newspapers The New York Times 1851 - 2002
New York Times Current file Mar 2 1966 ProQuest
Asbestos Dust Called a Hazard
To at Least OneFourth of U.S.
E. By BROD BROY DY
Asbestos dust which has al- struction workers
and
their
autopsies ready been connected with families
the findings of
the development of fataaslbecsatno-s thrAececorredcienngt ltiomited studies the
cer in half of
dangers might extend to the
workers may be a potential general population The studies on
health hazard for quarterit which involved
of the population or more
1,100 persons in three cities
was reported yesterday
showed that 25 per cent of the
This preliminary finding was
asbestos lodged in
described by Dr. Irving J.
Seli peoplelungs explained koff in announcing
the estab-
their
Dr.
.
Selikoff
that
anouncing environmental crude lishment of an
the studies had used a
health laboratory at Mount technique thatfidbiesrcslotsheadt ohnalyd
laboratory those Sinai Hospital The
asbestos
rich will further investigate the become coated by an
of asbestos and material while lodged in the
dangers
to man environmental
contami- lungs A more refined technique
shows that many persons
other nantsDr.
Selikoff
Selikoff
said
said
the
link n haorwbor noncoated asbestos fi-
bers as well
said
between cancer suspect asbestos him
New Study Started
other mineral dusts that conand rural
Dr.
Selikoff
and his col-
laboratory
taminate boctrheatuerbmaendical haz- leagues at the new
air might
have started a three
in they will ards for the public
will be which
The new laboratory
with the de-
headed by Dr. Selikoff who gExamifanmeily's approval the Jacob Churg found ceased's of the 3,000 to 4,000
to die in the wtihtath aDsrb.estos workers eventu- lung tissue
at Mount Sinai
ally showed six to seven times persons the normal death rate from lung next two yHeoasrpsital and Veter-
The cancer and three times the nor- Elmhurst
in the Bronx
mal
death
rate
from
cancer
of ans Hospital
will look
for
uncoated
the stomach colon Aafnfdecrteecdtum daoscwteolrls as coated asbestos fibers
Other Workers
in the tissues
be-
Dr. Selikoff noted that the Look for
correlations and dangers of exposure to asbestos tween the
causesasbestosof dust were not limited to those the presence of
asbestos
occupational who work directly with tfilhleris in Dluentgetrimsisnuee the
material ubiquitous insulator dangers and said dangers
,
of the deceaseddeceased and
pertinent extend
to
workers
in
contigu- history contigu-
and other
relatives
ous tradterasdes such as other con-
information
background isa fibrous mineral
valued for its noncor-
highly and wearing prop-
rosive
to its common
ertles In addition
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