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FILE NAME Corning OC DATE 1968 Jan 11 DOC OC034 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Newspaper Articles - Rare Fatal Cancer Is Showing Up Among Those Handling Asbestos with Cover Letter ) AMSTERDAM NEW YORK 12010 518-843-3900 January 11 1968 Mr. Fred Kiel Owens Corning Fiberglas 717 Fifth Avenue New York N.Y. 10022 Corp. Dear Fred Enclosed please find the article discussed during my visit of 4 January Many thanks for the opportunity to visit with you Best Wishes Very truly yours POLYPLY INC RBK Enc Roger B. Knowles President { w 01 027 0PLAINTIFF'S EXHIBIT OCF ~- e . ey eee gas ae Rare FatalFatal Cancer ShowinUgp Among Those Handling Asbestos By Thomas O'Toole + Washington Poe Bist Writer A fatal cancer of the chest and abdominal Bavities is cropping up among the Na tion's asbestos workers In the United States morelioma morelioma Even today doctors than half of whom did not have trouble spotting it - begin working with asbestos whether they're trying to until 10 years ago diagnose it in a person still In terms of the number of persons involved the apparent See ASBESTOS AS Col 1 So rare that 20 years ago It asbestos peril may be even wasn't even in the medical greater than that posed by textbooks the cancer is called'uranium called'uranium mines Last May mesothelioma and seems at Labor Secretary W. Willard most peculiar to people posed to asbestos ex- Wirtz established the first Federal radiation Umits for stricken But oddly those with the deadly disease underground uranium mines in following disclosure that an clude a nurse whose estimated 115 men had died from worked in an asbestos plant lung cancer in a mining and a man who handled aspopulation never higher than bestos for no more than a 5600 Mesothelioma first spot- month while he insulated the Mesothelioma was plumbing in his own house lighted in 1960 when 8 South Any attention the disease African doctor found 82 cases gets might come none too soon More than 1 million among the people living and working in the Cape of Good tons of asbestos is consumed annu- asbestos fields The ally these days in the United'same United'same doctor turned up 87 States with more than 3000 more cases the next two years separate uses being reported for the fiber There are at knows Nobody knows how many least 100,000 asbestos workers Americans have had mesothe eom a es _ - 01 027 0380 362 . nd oO wee Costs . RS . . . . wo . aeher ned 7 88 ran TS ae ae 7 C . e . ae -e . oo a evare Fatal CanceIrs Showing Up Among Asbestos Workers ; * glive oe pla > gous = But in three & dows at with two sons who asbestos . separate grad pard - Insulators worked wa'in the lungs where they form is a ship cummy deposits This explains hoe asbestosis gets started ^ esin the last three years doel of have deaths that aremed perhaps even lung casoor we One have turned up 71 cases have only a questionable BazyBazy 11 appeared connection with asbestos ex theory is that the guramy substance that bude . mp of them to ^ avehad no real exposure to posures two turned out to be around the asbestos Peer cancer either But the other 'almost bizare One was allogged in the lung esa ^m either worked with aber sus cheesemaker who work elsewhere in the bodi dised with people who did or ed almost his coure We But how does it de 117 bed in Beghborhoods where around a large botter cov knows ved new and The al ass beavily jades with ered with asbestos Because it la such a maulation that ben busi fisked off at the touch little understood Baram The firm Amerless study Another was a worker in mesothelioma is also creating has abe run in 1964 by D Lered problems Irving 3 Belikoff of Ken York's Mount Sinal Hospital made Tracing the Uves of 632 New York tres members of the bresers where beer through pulp essentially of fiber and asbestos The west convincing is home serious economic cation No sule How It workmen study loves to sobod social andand : the diaruse ^fin ompensaties affucted a th Bellkoff working hospital hospital Middlesex Asbestos Workers Union conilt for bis WITH- the unios rolls bfeofuonrde ducted Jan Dr. them tJhi had died byBrunswick be whole the most recent conilt san be paid damages by a team of doctors Hetion Even now the first test ca are in the courts, General hospital in New where they may consitably NJ a few miles s ay tN a fos 2. ~ FY | 0 es: Ra ; example bestos Bot e him For plant one that employs much exposure to sibet hos 11 of the 255 died of asbes 3000 workery =. ne to a know bun de In the past three years tas can bring on the dou has created controverJ toe. greasingly ata due to all sewer than 10 sses of meso- Most last supuiste that as by of bintica disease brought on thelioma passed through Slid besus workers be in an en- pears of breathing in sebestes dieses General Only two of Bust found nearby abertos workers atvironment where there which wood 18 atvironment A serber spersim o ^ raiderin a Canadian asbestos jaaniation plaat fulof places in ffiinnd d out more the disease He's He's doing tijteisjteastteat_et_oto tijestate_to an earlier earlier time Ker shout the aliment Mount a 3500 grant from the period states Dr. W. Ker Sinaia Selikoff son Papermakers Union at Richland Wath para De is now nearby that if of Belief men had died soman abertos abeartops parently represent represnt the Ntheewasbestos work future mas be problemextensili a our laun of lung cancer rate && && times inhaled metropole higher than that in the ordering ordering a sal adult male population clothes asbestos dust in her husband's the second a ucles of asbestos dual per ane cubic foot of alta regulation work that many in the abestor to spin duery fought years to get Well more surprising her who lived ane black proved . program ound five deaths due from the plant But with messthelioma the disease disease the resothelioma A relatively new Dr. Bellkoff sen launched mesothelioma to also one follow study of B07 con the most difficult diseases might be brought go of by exposure to as little as one teath or bundredth that erative deaths among subes confrontedera confrontedera medicine 01 Insulation Sorters It is an an impossible [md : to Despite batecles like these treat gecognized.sear Broughout the whole North Mid leses General's Dr research has begun in hand the stamly stamly monitoring the 1800 Markers members Union the Asbestos Dr Borow studied land serious Union in It money Borow easy getting the Indeed k may be true as Ut New York The Philade money Dr Borow wral to 40 many doctors think that it phis local of the sarde unios organisations before he got it takes 20 years of exposure in bas started a similiar including the American Can asbestos to bring on mist with Mahneman Hospitaprolgram cer Society and uncover more informaLOR Health ServSOR Public leases of the disease If this 14 so says Dr. Norwood Norwood large Middlesex General's Dr. Some doctors think numbers of malignancies a Borow says that he is in the mesothelioma problem is just beginning to occur and will process of setting up a travel beginning Since the malig substantially increase in the ing exhibit to bring attention sancies now being gecognized.sear gecognized.sear future . Maxwell att Again to ^ surprise he SE ae turned ep 18 gesthe dua Chi Borow says that even most potent snucaneRT _TE=Y * Tara _ a a he * Jeselbe , About the me time drugs have no effect est est all that radiation treat- the About Pernaj State Departments de be my is remove ree some of the fluid that builds ment of Health began a blind to find New mesocha the lungs frain the dis i upin disease Some the fatal and Some might be affecting the more than 3000 asbestos disease is 163 per sout Brasilered Brasilered about the state fatal Dr Borow states . The Department sent queutually queutually takes less than a 703 takes Unnaires to 1 hospitata russ te queutually the southeastern part of the Kate asking the hospitals to stilosand Bat others report all mesotheliomas ding a was some victima of . dine me posed between 1950 and 1983 the get it after an ap chart Back game 42 documented patently mild exposure is em chart of patently be the disease only 31 of University of Mich not be traced to iges Genool of Medicine altes which could e exposure ' disease'posed disease'posed ums of the to be me ong case of a man who su es to there for about a who monia will be insulated ble iz stea lee ,,beste plants house Bis years later of plantsmost ofdicase mesotheliomUattmelseotheulinomda erattsh^e,d They dead their Woon They were mem bers of families the had one while is it is generally he ovat of IA WA 01 01 027 027 027 0381 0381 0381 0381 that more sebriles worker mem or year girl the Alarase attacks the of the chest and sodo father whose uning father was as sabesion n men sobody known how sodo gineer a auro whose father gew thare gineer for 15 years an When asbestos dunt & ta ed worked bestos plans and & woman haled the Obers get trapped ae 2 - ' - - 263 -~ FatalCancerIIss ShowinUg p ; Among Amondgown AsbestoAssbestosWorkersWorkers alte it Among worked as lungs + or pin alte Autopay eee all with sons who lasbestos Insulatori a three ship- in - But in separate stud- ^ ard jhatseemed Thes deaths years doc in the last three Of 10 Jora b^,veturned up 71 cases ta have only questionable in the ~ where they form rummy deposits This explains- how asbestosis geta started and perhaps even lung cancer |. thesey estos Tof Tof connection with 7 them appeared to ex substance That bullda up have had no real exposure to posures two turned out to be around the ssberins have had fibers But the other 80 almer bizarre One was lodged in the lung can cause tb . . wither worked with asbestos Swur cheeermaker who work cancer elsewhere in the body Wired with people who did or ed almost his entire life But how does it do it Nobody Jared is neighborhoods where around a large boiler cov knows the air was heavily laden with ered with asbestos insulation Because it is such a new and . that flaked off at the touch little understood disease sbestos dust The first American study Another was a worker in a mesothelioma is also eresting run www the in 1964 Dr. . Sellkoff ring York's Mount Sinal Tracing the lives of by brewery where beer of Newtered Newtered through pulp Hospital made essenually of 132 New fiber and asbestos econmic is fil some serious . social filterseconomic problems and cation No state lists the disease in 4 workmen study compensation York arex members of the The most convincing convincing lows so nobody affileted with Asbestos Workers Union who is the most recent conit conit can be paid damages for his - were on the union rolls before ducted by a team of doctors affliction Even now the first + \: Jan. 1 1943 Dr. Selke workf ing out of Middlesex at at in the courts found in test cases that 255 of them by General Hospital New where they may conceivably had died Jan. 1 1963 Brunswick NJ a few miles stay for the next 5 to 10 years he Some of what found did trom the Nation's largest an Th^fact that nobody knows employs plant hot surprise hum For example bestos plant one that how much exposure to asbes in a Canadian asbestos Insulation 5000 workers rker_operates braider A 12 of the 255 died of asbes - tos can bring on the disense worker years tenis a known but de in the past three no has controversy loo Py created places the relate earlier mamgly fatal du^t^anu fewer than 39 cases of meso- Most laws Rupulate that as ful of to find out more to diseaseHe's doing it in an r disease Mid- whichwood of Papermakers grant N holles brought on by thelioma passed through bestos_matk ere bestos_matk bout the asbes Only atvironment where there is no Afound antment with 23500 from Union whichwood , y9175 WOD WOD Richland Was - the 39 were not workers atvironment Sinai's Dr. Selikoff is now con- work But Dr. Selikoff also found the nearby asbestos plant more than five million par stantly monitoring the 1500 represents the asbestos health problem'in problem'in t be that 45 of the men had died one a woman who apparently ticles of asbestos dust per one of the ers Ashesins in the New Jersey plantfuture may very extensi regulation of lung cancer a rate 66 times inhaled asbestos dust in layn cuble foot of air members . Dr. Borow studied Union on metrapali- . and serinUS - - in true higher than that in the nor idering ber husband's work that many in thelabestos Workers It wasn't easy felling the indeed it may b" apitan mal- adult male populationclothes the second a idustry fought years get apitan New York The Philadel money Dr. Borow went to 40 many doctors think that to surpisng block Even more surprising heister heister who Ilved ane proved iphia loral of the same union organisations before he cot fi takes 20 seari ni exposure mesothelioms including found five deaths due to from the plant But with the has started a simUsar program the American Can- ashesins 10 bring On M. . relatively new disease disease might be brought on with Hahneman Hospital to eer Society and the Puhliz esses of the disease If mesothelioma DA Schikoff en launched mesothelioma is also one of by exposure to as little as one juncover more information Health Service it so sava Dr Norwood la 1 follow study of 307 con- the most difficult diseases to tenth or hundredth that Middlesex General's * Dr. Some dortars think thenumbers of malignancies and limit to mesothelioma ecutive deaths Iconfront modern medicine Borow save that he is in the problem is just bezinning to necur . asber among workers likethese substantially Tes insulatio'n insulatio'n insulatio'n It is almost impossible to Despite obstacles process of setting up a travel becinning Since the maliz rem 111 increase bring pancice rem throughout the whole treat Middlesex General's Dr. research has begun in a hand exhibit to attention pancice Dow rem rem increase his North surpri surs prise e MaxwellMaxwellB Bo o row rto hat w to turned up 10 deaths due no deaths the most potent anticancer drugsdrugs have effect_or it mesothelioma time the all that About the same Pennsylvania Blate Departments ment of Health began a bilad study to find how mesothe Loma might be affeeting the more than 5000 asbestos work About radiation Departments do be says is remove some of the fluid that builds up in the lungs the dis ease The disease is 100 per cent ema sesttered about the state . The Department sent questionnaires to 162 hospitals in the southeastern part of the Tate hospitals refor all m^'soth^'liomadsiar- nosed between 1958 and 1963 Back came 42 documented Catal Dr. Borow states and usually takes less than a year after to run its diagnosis course . at acks knoww hy ats tackattackss why it ssomoe me asbestos workers and not others or why some victims of the disease get it after an ap parently mild exposure to as of the casedisease only 11 ofbestos The University of Mich which could be traced asbestos exposure tojigan School of Medicine cites dne case of a man who was ex- disease Ten victims the posed to asbestos for about a turned out in de men month while he insulated his 7 worked asbestos plants Six years later he was Eight were people who lived of mesothelioma . of near asbestos plants most Even the nature of the their lives Three were memcsease memcsease is little understond hers of families who had While it is generally known ot more asbestos worker mem- the discase attacks the hers year girl whose of the chest and father was on asbestos_en- nobody knows how it gineer a nurse whose pets there for.35 atherios in father had worked for.35 years in an When atherios dust phon is | mbestos plant and a woman'haled the fibers get trapped . at. 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