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Nor;vi i i_ai-;c si iCiVt; drivc, Chicago, ici.ihoir soon. <4 22 00 FO.-i GARDNER JONES AND COWELL pr?OGKAM MevsRadio 78 date- March 3, 1971 3:50 PM STATION V7LDM 'Radio city Chicago ESBESTOS POLLUTION ANNOUNCER: A report on local esbestos pollution was given in the Chicago City Council today. WEEM's City Hall Correspondent, Eob Crawford, has details. 'CRAWFORD:. The City Council has been urged to track down . every pound of esbestos material that comes into Chicago as'a first step towards drafting stringent new regulations to combat esbestos air pollution. Testifying before the City Council's Committee on Environmental Control, New York expert. Dr. Irving S.licof (?) , said the city must control esbestos usage at the source, if it is to prevent a community wide health hazard. He 'said, that although every `resident' of a major city has some esbestos .in'.his ,Jungs , the public at large..; is. not-currently facing great..danger i.>. - ... k ..; But its a different, story, he added, for..those, who -handle - esbestos material in their daily .work.- . SILICOF (?) : They have a very serious danger. For example, almost, 1 out of every 2, dies of some sort of cancer.' 1 out of 'every 5 deaths of an insulation worker, in New York City is now due to lung cancer. It's a disaster. ' "b. . REPORTER: Are you suggesting doctor, that there's a link between lung cancer and esbestos. SILICOF: There's no question that there is such a link among people who work with this esbestos. REPORTER: Dr. Silicof says the biagest single source of esbestos pollution is construction projects. 'A statement that has special meaning for a.'city like Chicago, where the sound of the mile drive]: seems to never cease. This is Bob Crawford, reporting, for WBBM MewsRadio 78. OFFICES IN: CHrCACO LOG ANOWLCO NEW YORK DETROIT WASHINGTON. O* C. * NEW eTnGLANO . * CAPCO KIN 0001171